Neglecting the obvious change
with time, Acropora exhibited higher recruitment on lagoon outer
flats, but higher survival in lagoon slopes; Pocillopora had higher
recruitment on shallow ocean reefs and higher survival on both
lagoon and ocean outer flats; the others did not show any particular
spatial pattern. These results suggest that the typical coral
zonation is already established in the early phases of coral settlement
and colonisation (Miller et al., 2000).