For the octocorals, 11 genera belonging to the major
familiesNephtheidae andXeniidae, andfourgorgonian
genera were significantly more abundant in PC than in
WT, whereas the two low encrusting or stolon-forming
genera
Clavularia
and
Briareum
had higher representa-
tion in WT but were missing or rare in PC (
Table 2
).
Finally,25speciesoffishwerelikelytooccurathigher
abundanceinPCthaninWT.Theseincludedtenspecies
susceptible to fishing pressure, three coral-dependent
species(
Chaetodon aureofasciatus
,
C. lineolatus
,
C. pleb-
ius
),andtwograzingherbivores.Incontrast,13fishspe-
cies had a high to moderate probability of occurring
at higher abundance in WT than in PC. These included
no coral-dependent species, only one species suscep-
tible to fishing pressure and six grazing herbivores
(
Table 2
).
The percentages of algal, coral andfish taxa thatsig-
nificantly differed in abundances between regions are
summarized in
Fig. 6
. Among the macroalgae that
strongly differed in abundance between the regions,
For the octocorals, 11 genera belonging to the majorfamiliesNephtheidae andXeniidae, andfourgorgoniangenera were significantly more abundant in PC than inWT, whereas the two low encrusting or stolon-forminggeneraClavulariaandBriareumhad higher representa-tion in WT but were missing or rare in PC (Table 2).Finally,25speciesoffishwerelikelytooccurathigherabundanceinPCthaninWT.Theseincludedtenspeciessusceptible to fishing pressure, three coral-dependentspecies(Chaetodon aureofasciatus,C. lineolatus,C. pleb-ius),andtwograzingherbivores.Incontrast,13fishspe-cies had a high to moderate probability of occurringat higher abundance in WT than in PC. These includedno coral-dependent species, only one species suscep-tible to fishing pressure and six grazing herbivores(Table 2).The percentages of algal, coral andfish taxa thatsig-nificantly differed in abundances between regions aresummarized inFig. 6. Among the macroalgae thatstrongly differed in abundance between the regions,
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