Small-Scale Spatial Analysis of In Situ Sea Temperature throughout a Single Coral Patch Reef

Table 1

Categories and abbreviations used in benthic characterization.

Category	Abbreviation
Coral
Porites compressa	PCO
Montipora sp.	MSP
Pocillopora damicornis	PDA
other corals	OCOR
Macroalgae
Dictyosphaeria sp.	DSP
Eucheuma sp. or Kappaphycus sp.	EKSP
other macroalgae	OMAC
Other substrates
dead coral with algae	DCA
recently dead coral	RDC
rubble	RUB
sand	SAN
Miscellaneous
other invertebrates	OINV
unknown	UNK