Table 1 A regional/sub-regional comparison of average percent cover of organisms recorded along benthic surveys.
From: Low net carbonate accretion characterizes Florida’s coral reef
Region/sub-region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent cover | DRTO | LK | MK | UK | BISC | SEFL |
Coral | 7.8 (0.5) | 10.7 (1.1) | 9.6 (1.5) | 7.3 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.9) | 1.5 (0.2) |
CCA | 2.6 (0.2) | 5.1 (0.6) | 3.7 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.4) | 2.3 (0.5) | 1.1 (0.2) |
Hydrocoral | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.0) |
Macroalgae | 41.3 (1.2) | 17.4 (1.6) | 20.1 (2.6) | 27.3 (1.2) | 22.2 (3.0) | 23.8 (1.4) |
Soft Coral | 7.3 (0.4) | 5.7 (0.4) | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.3) | 9.5 (1.7) | 8.9 (0.7) |
Sponge | 6.3 (0.3) | 7.4 (0.7) | 7.7 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.3) | 6.9 (1.1) | 9.7 (0.6) |
Seagrass | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.2 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.5 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.2) |
Turf Algae | 15.6 (1.0) | 30.7 (1.6) | 30.3 (2.6) | 32.2 (1.4) | 40.3 (4.2) | 38.4 (1.6) |
Bare Substrate | 14.6 (1.0) | 18.6 (1.5) | 23.7 (2.9) | 17.8 (1.4) | 8.8 (2.3) | 11.2 (1.3) |
