Field surveys were conducted at 28 coral reef sites within
Spermonde Archipelago to assess the abundance of A. ocellaris and
its host anemones from October to November 2008 (Fig. 1). The 28
reef sites were divided into two groups: high exploitation (HE;
n ¼ 14) and low exploitation (LE; n ¼ 14) (Fig. 1, Table 1). High
exploitation is defined as close to settlements with high fishing
activity, inhabited islands, and unguarded islands. Low exploitation
is defined as protected, guarded by local islanders, private or
tourism islands, reefs which have been utilised to a limited extent
or protected naturally by their physical characteristics, such as
submerged patch reefs which are sometimes difficult to find by
fishermen. Reefs with low exploitation include locations relatively
distant from settlements, since access requires much more fuel for
the boats.