Temperature metrics extracted from each weekly time-series of sea surface temperature.

<p>(a) Total DHWs per bleaching year; (b) rate of increase in temperature.</p

Comparison of methods available to prioritize areas for conservation in a climate change context.

<p>Contrasts in terms of the source of the data used (blue ring), the temporal coverage of the analyses (green ring) and the type of areas targeted for protection (red ring).</p

Diagram showing the overall methods used.

<p>(a) In each location, sea surface temperature time series are extracted and (b) the total amount of DHWs per bleaching event is calculated in each site. These values are (c) tabulated, (d) transformed into percentiles, and then (e) the average and standard deviation is calculated and plotted. This way the sites can be separated according to the intensity of acute thermal stress (weak or severe) and its variability (recurrent or not). Additionally, in each location, (f) the rate of change in temperature is quantified from the time series, (g) tabulated, (h) transformed into percentiles and (i) divided in terciles. (j) These two classifications are then incorporated into one final classification scheme.</p

Temperature patterns in reef areas inside the Honduran EEZ.

<p>(a) Average acute thermal stress; (b) variability in acute thermal stress; and (c) rate of warming.</p

Spatial arrangement of thermal regimes in Honduras.

<p>Classification of extreme categories following the colour scheme in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0110634#pone-0110634-g003" target="_blank">Figure 3j</a> with areas with high rate of warming are depicted in black. Unclassified areas are depicted in white. Inset shows average vs. standard deviation percentiles of thermal anomalies in four Caribbean-wide bleaching events (1995, 1998, 2005 and 2008) in reef habitats in Honduras.</p

Clonal Structure of <i>Montastraea annularis</i> populations across the Caribbean.

<p>Based on the relationship between genotypic diversity and genotypic evenness, populations (n = 18) have been divided into 3 groups ranging from sexual to mostly asexual. Four of the five populations from Colombia are overlapping.</p

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Data from: Seascapes as drivers of herbivore assemblages in coral reef ecosystem

Relationship between colony size and hurricane incidence in <i>Montastraea annularis</i> populations across the Caribbean.

<p>n = 18 sites.</p

Relationship between genotypic diversity (G_o/G_e) and physical parameters in <i>Montastraea annularis</i> populations across the Caribbean.

<p>a) Colony Size; b) Hurricane Incidence; and c) Reef Slope. Higher genotypic diversity is associated with a) larger colony size; b) lower hurricane incidence; and c) gentler reef slope. n = 18 sites.</p

Physical parameters for 18 populations of <i>Montastraea annularis</i> across the Caribbean.

a<p>Reef abbreviations provided in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0053283#pone-0053283-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>.</p>b<p>Number of hurricanes to pass a location between 1863 and 2004.</p>c<p>Exposure values of 10⁻²³ are effectively zero.</p>d<p>Mean±SE.</p