Remnant hollowed out dead coral skeleton branches defer coral community recovery
Fig 5
Comparison of changes in community structure 5 years after two major disturbance events.
Benthic community structure at 10-m depth on the north shore fore reef of Moorea following corallivory by Acanthaster spp. and cyclone Oli in 2010 (A) and bleaching in 2019 (B). Both graphs show mean (± SE, n = 77–80 year-1) percentage cover over a 5-year period for all corals and Millepora sp. (pooled among taxa), Pocillopora, and macroalgae.