Table 3.

Common evaluation methods for (A) ecological coral outcomes and (B) physical outcomes associated with built structures

Category	Subcategory	Method
A) Ecological	Biological interactions	Video surveys
		In situ visual transect
	Coral condition	In situ visual transect
		Photograph survey
		Mark and monitor
	Coral cover	In situ visual transect
		Photograph survey
		Video surveys
		In situ quadrat
		Photogrammetry
		Settlement tile
	Coral distribution	In situ visual transect
		Photograph survey
		In situ quadrat
		Habitat mapping
	Coral diversity	In situ visual transect
		In situ quadrat
		Microscope
		Photograph survey
		Photogrammetry
		Video surveys
		Edna sampling
	Coral genetic	Genotyping
		RNA extraction and analysis
		Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis
	Coral growth	In situ measurement
		Photograph survey
		Video surveys
		In situ visual survey
		Mark and monitor
		Stereo microscope
		Dissecting microscope
	Coral mortality	In situ measurement
		Photograph survey
		Video surveys
		Settlement tile
		Photogrammetry
		Model estimate
		Dissecting microscope
		Mark and monitor
	Coral recruitment	Settlement tile
		In situ visual transect
		In situ quadrat
		Photograph survey
		Video surveys
		Dissecting microscope
		Stereo microscope
		In situ measurement
		Blue light fluorescence survey
		Hydrodynamic model
		Mark and monitor
	Coral reef structure	In situ measurement
		In situ visual survey
		Rugosity (chain method)
	Coral reproduction	Coral branch surveys
		Larval settlement survey
	Coral species or population	Photogrammetry
		Remotely-operated vehicle (video)
		In situ visual transect
	Coral survival	In situ visual survey
B) Physical	Currents	Clod card
		Gypsum block
		Eddy simulation
		Dye tracking
	Sediment	Sediment traps
		Clod card
		Elevation remote sensing
	Waves	Hydrodynamic model
		Wave gauge
		Wave flume