Figure 1.
Frequency distributions of the number of coral spat per well for each treatment.
The x axis shows the number of coral spat in each well, the y axis shows the frequency of wells containing different numbers of spat for all replicate tiles. The three graphs compare frequency distributions for the three tile treatments (terracotta control, N-Wax, S-Wax).
Table 1.
Mean and standard error of settled coral spat per well for number of wells containing at least one spat per tile for each tile type.
Figure 2.
Comparison of survival curves for Acropora millepora spat on tiles with modulated fouling cover.
Kaplan-Meier estimated survival is shown pooled over each tile type (terracotta control, N-Wax; S-Wax) over a time of 39 days.
Table 2.
Results of two-factor ANOVA for percent coral spat survivorship.
Figure 3.
Comparison of fouling cover for among treatments.
Average percentage cover of fouling (mean +/− se) is shown for each experimental tank and for each treatment (terracotta control, N-Wax, S-Wax).
Figure 4.
Representative pictures of fouling cover on the three tile types.
Square pictures show the entire settlement tile (20×20 cm). Round inserts show microscope images of spat in the settlement wells (diameter ∼10 mm) for A: terracotta control; B: N-Wax; C: S-Wax after 39 days.
Table 3.
Results of two-factor ANOVA for fouling on tiles.
Figure 5.
Comparison of the relationship between survival and fouling cover.
Graph shows a scatter plot of percentage survival after 39 days over percentage fouling cover a) pooled over all tile types and b) each of the three treatments individually (terracotta control, N-Wax; S-Wax). Results of the regression analysis are shown in Table 4.
Table 4.
Linear regression analyses for survival vs. fouling cover (Figures 5 a, b).