Table 1 Reef site, zone, date, and health status of coral fragments and coral cores at the time of collection.

From: Newly deceased Caribbean reef-building corals experience rapid carbonate loss and colonization by endolithic organisms

A

 

D. cylindrus

Reef

Catedral

Pared

R. Pirata

State

L

D

D

L

D

L

D

Year

15

19

20

15

20

15

20

Exposure

0

1

2

0

2

0

2

Replicates

4

3

1

1

1

1

1

B

 

P. strigosa

S. siderea

O. faveolata

Zone

Back

Fore

Back

Fore

Back

Fore

State

L

D

L

D

L

D

L

D

L

D

n/a

Year of sample

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

n/a

Exposure

0

2

0

2

0

2

0

2

0

2

n/a

Replicates

4

3

3

2

6

3

4

4

4

6

n/a

  1. Number of fragments collected from each colony of Dendrogyra cylindrus, Pseudodiploria strigosa, Siderastrea siderea, and Orbicella faveolata. Only S. siderea, P. strigosa, and O. faveolata samples were collected. 2015 = Living D. cylindrus colonies. 2019 = 1-year dead D. cylindrus colonies. 2020 = 2-year dead D. cylindrus colonies. The D. cylindrus colony at La Pared is very large [diameter (5 m); height (2 m)], which allowed for multiple samples to be collected. L Living; D Dead; 15 = 2015; 19 = 2019; 20 = 2020. Exposure indicates the number of years after the colonies died.
  2. n/a not applicable.
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