Figure 5
From: Recruitment Drives Spatial Variation in Recovery Rates of Resilient Coral Reefs
Variation in coral reef community structure between 2005 and 2015, during which corallivory by COTS and Cyclone Oli depressed coral cover close to zero by 2010. Variation in community structure is shown for one site on each side of the island (LTER 1 – north shore, LTER 6 – west shore, and LTER 3 – east shore) to illustrate spatial variation in rate of recovery. (a) Mean cover (±SE, n = 36–40 quadrats) of scleractinians and Millepora at the three sites. (b–d) NMDS plots based on analysis of community structure with (b) functional groups (c) coral taxa, and (d) algal taxa. Circles are scaled to show mean cover in each year of (b) scleractinians and Millepora, (c) Pocillopora spp. and (d) turf algae. Green = first year of analysis and red = last year of analysis.
