Table 3 Resilience assessment (composite index) and management assessment in relation to the absolute percentage hard coral cover before (2014) and after (2016, 2022) the 2015/16 coral bleaching event at Aldabra and the relative changes following the event.
From: Supporting resilience-based coral reef management using broadscale threshold approaches
Site | Composite index score | Management assessment | Pre-bleaching (2014) | Post-bleaching (2016) | Post-bleaching (2022) | Bleaching impact a | Recoveryb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||||
Overall | 87.5 | Recover | 22.5 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 17.0 | 1.6 | −53.8 | 75.6 |
ARM01 | 87.5 | Recover | 26.8 | 1.9 | 12.2 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 2.7 | −54.4 | 62.4 |
ARM02 | 100 | Recover | 34.1 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 22.3 | 5.4 | −72.6 | 65.5 |
ARM03 | 75 | Recover | 14.2 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 15.2 | 4.2 | −44.7 | 107.0 |
ARM04 | 87.5 | Recover | 29.4 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 3.7 | −65.9 | 60.9 |
ARM05 | 62.5 | Transform | 12.3 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 2.0 | −61.3 | 42.8 |
ARM06 | 87.5 | Recover | 28.1 | 7.6 | 17.6 | 4.6 | 24.9 | 5.7 | −37.5 | 88.7 |
ARM08 | 62.5 | Recover | 25.5 | 4.0 | 13.2 | 1.0 | 24.1 | 3.5 | −48.3 | 94.4 |
ARM12 | 75 | Recover | 9.7 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 1.1 | −14.4 | 100.0 |
