Fig 1.
Thermal Regimes and Site Locations.
The Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) classified by site type based on four thermal parameters. Blue, green and red regions represent lowTP, modTP, and highTP areas across the reef system. Stars indicate surveyed sampling sites.
Table 1.
Thermal Parameters Used For Site Classification.
Fig 2.
Differences in coral community structure across site type.
Average coral abundance (A), percent coral cover (B), coral species diversity (C), coral density (D), and coral species richness (E) at each site type. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) are marked with an *. Blue, green, and red bars (± 1 SE) represent lowTP, modTP, and highTP, respectively.
Fig 3.
NMDS of coral community variables by site type.
Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) plot of coral community differences clustered by site type. Blue circles, green triangles, and red squares represent lowTP, modTP, and highTP site types, respectively.
Fig 4.
Coral life history strategy by site type.
Abundance (count) of corals (±1 SE) grouped by life history (from Darling et al. 2012). Letters ‘a’ and ‘b’ show significant differences between site types (p<0.050) acquired from post hoc Tukey tests.
Fig 5.
Chl-a concentration by site type (±SE) Annual average chl-a for lowTP (blue), modTP (green), highTP (red) site types over the interval 2003–2013 (A). Chl-a concentrations averaged over the 13-year interval (B). Letters x, y, and z indicate results of post hoc Tukey tests showing significant differences in 13-year chl-a concentrations across site types (p<0.050).