Figure 1.
Map of study region, sub-regions, and the 2667 surveyed reefs (green dots).
Figure 2.
Coral cover in the Indo-Pacific.
(a) Cover (means ± 1 SE) in ten subregions of the Indo-Pacific. Data are from 2003 for seven subregions and from 2002 for three subregions not adequately sampled after 2002 (Hawaiian Islands, Taiwan & Japan, and Western Pacific). Values above the bars are the number of reefs surveyed in each subregion. (b-i) Histograms illustrating percent coral cover in the Indo-Pacific and selected subregions during different periods. (d) is based on [45].
Figure 3.
Regional trends in coral cover between 1968 and 2004.
(a) White bars represent Indo-Pacific coral cover and open symbols (right axis) are the number of reefs surveyed each year. (b) Coral cover in ten Indo-Pacific subregions in each of three periods. Plotted values are means±1 SE and values above each bar are the subregional sample sizes. * = no data were available
Table 1.
Results of linear repeated measures regression analyses on the relationship between coral cover and time in the Indo-Pacific.
Figure 4.
Illustrative examples of asynchrony of coral cover among 25 randomly selected monitored reefs on the GBR (a) and in Indonesia (b).