Coral Reef Monitoring: From Cytological Parameters to Community Indices

Table 7

Results of the regression between the DI and the results of four cytological tests of coral samples at six natural coral reef sites. MNT: micronucleus test. SSBs: −log single-stranded DNA breaks test where A stands for Acridine orange stained samples and P for PicoGreen stained samples. Es Ac: esterase activity test. Sty: Stylophora pistillata, and Po: Pocillopora damicornis. –log 10 of the results was tested for the correlations. 𝑅² and 𝑃 are given for the correlation of each test result with the DI at six sites (IUI, UO, JG, NR, NB, and MSS).

	MNT Sty	MNT Po	SSBs A Sty	SSBs A Po	SSBs P Sty	SSBs P Po	Es Ac Sty	Es Ac Po
𝑅^2	0.915	0.772	0.940	0.930	0.940	0.990	0.926	0.825
𝑃	0.003	0.021	0.001	0.002	0.001	<0.001	0.002	0.012