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Table 3 Relative coverage and numbers of colonies examined (in parenthesis) for Acropora species

From: Acropora distribution patterns in the northern and northeastern Persian Gulf

Species

Larak

Farur

Khark

Depth (m)

Depth (m)

Depth (m)

 

3

6

9

6

9

3

6

9

A. downingi

28.41 ± 3.73

29.08 ± 9.12

0.47 ± 0.33

24.92 ± 1.25

23.57 ± 1.20

23.88 ± 5.57

23.13 ± 15.52

15.81 ± 4.08

(149)

(225)

(2)

(116)

(111)

(118)

(114)

(85)

A. arabensis

9.91 ± 3.64

7.76 ± 0.96

2.34 ± 1.39

3.44 ± 0.23

4.25 ± 0.23

1.71 ± 1.22

1.62 ± 0.46

5.58 ± 1.83

(52)

(60)

(10)

(16)

(20)

(8)

(8)

(30)

A. valida

1.14 ± 0.40

0.90 ± 0.42

-

0.86 ± 0.18

1.06 ± 0.15

-

-

-

(6)

(7)

(4)

(5)

A. muricata

0.38 ± 0.36

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(2)

A. horrida

-

0.16

-

0.19

0.21

-

-

-

(1)

(1)

(1)

A. mossambica

0.55 ± 0.49

0.12

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3)

(1)

A. tortuosa

-

-

-

0.24

-

-

-

-

(1)

A. aspera

-

-

-

0.43 ± 0.21

0.42 ± 0.26

0.11

-

-

(2)

(2)

(1)

A. nasuta

0.59 ± 0.53

0.51 ± 0.18

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3)

(4)

A. sp.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.19

        

(1)