Figure 2
From: Repetitive sex change in the stony coral Herpolitha limax across a wide geographic range
Herpolitha limax (Okinawa, Japan): a heat-map displaying ‘expressed sexuality’ per individual coral (i.e corals whose reproduction had been studied for two years or more) throughout the study years. The cluster-aggregated boxplots to the right of the heat-map display the individual coral weight (g). Centerlines show the medians; box limits indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles; whiskers extend to min and max values and the range is colored in accordance with the legend below the heat-map; data points are represented by blank circles. n (from top to bottom) = 10, 21, 43, 22 individual coral weights. The color of each cell in the heat-map corresponds to the legend below it. Gray cells (ND) correspond to missing data and blue cells (NR) to non-reproductive coral. The rows (individual corals) are ordered by patterns of sexuality. Boxplot (a) – represents individuals that were documented only as ‘males’ throughout the study; Boxplot (b) – represents individuals that changed sex at least once but were not documented as having both gametes simultaneously (i.e. transitional); Boxplot (c) – represents individuals that were documented as containing both gametes simultaneously (i.e. transitional) at least once during the study. Boxplot (d) - represents individuals that were documented only as ‘females’ throughout the study.
