Initial coral assemblage drives benthic community response to different disturbance type events

Ahmyia J. Cacapit; Anela K. Akiona; Esmeralda A. Alcantar; Alex Araújo; Isa Bersamin; Ninoshka Betancourt; Daeyla’ Boyd; Bostony Braoudakis; Zachary Capilitan; Angelica Dimas; Theresa Duncan; Clinton B. Edwards; Audrey Ellias; Beverly J. French; Nahir Guadaloupe; Charles Hambley; Maxine Hauser; Nikki Jackson; Phi Lang; Mary Liesegang; Orion McCarthy; Nicole Pedersen; Elena Pilch; Samantha Scheibler; Rex Shettlesworth; Jackson Shoultz; Blake Stoner-Osborne; Brian J. Zgliczynski; Stuart A. Sandin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0317515

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Initial coral assemblage drives benthic community response to different disturbance type events

Ahmyia J. Cacapit ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: acacapit@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4569-8658

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Anela K. Akiona,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-1966

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Esmeralda A. Alcantar,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Alex Araújo,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Science and Technology, Antillean Adventist University, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States of America
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Isa Bersamin,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America
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Ninoshka Betancourt,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Recinto de Cupey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America
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Daeyla’ Boyd,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, California, United States of America
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Bostony Braoudakis,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Biology, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Zachary Capilitan,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Biology, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Angelica Dimas,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Theresa Duncan,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Geological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Clinton B. Edwards,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Audrey Ellias,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Beverly J. French,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-0093

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Nahir Guadaloupe,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, Puerto Rico, United States of America
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Charles Hambley,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America
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Maxine Hauser,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America
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Nikki Jackson,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Phi Lang,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mary Liesegang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Orion McCarthy,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5068-4832

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Nicole Pedersen,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Elena Pilch,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Samantha Scheibler,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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Rex Shettlesworth,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Jackson Shoultz,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7067-0103

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Blake Stoner-Osborne,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Brian J. Zgliczynski,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Stuart A. Sandin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Initial coral assemblage drives benthic community response to different disturbance type events

Ahmyia J. Cacapit,
Anela K. Akiona,
Esmeralda A. Alcantar,
Alex Araújo,
Isa Bersamin,
Ninoshka Betancourt,
Daeyla’ Boyd,
Bostony Braoudakis,
Zachary Capilitan,
Angelica Dimas

Published: May 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317515

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