Coral Diversity and the Severity of Disease Outbreaks: A Cross-Regional Comparison of Acropora White Syndrome in a Species-Rich Region (American Samoa) with a Species-Poor Region (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

Figure 4

Differences in Acropora white syndrome prevalence among coral species and their respective average abundances within transects. Data are from the 2008 survey at the outbreak site within American Samoa. Note that colonies of A. cytherea, although present within the belt transect, did not occur directly underneath the transect line and so the percent of cover was measured as zero.