Fig. 2.

Bleaching susceptibility and recovery of Stylophora pistillata colonies as a function of symbiont type. (A) Left axis: Cumulative histogram of the in situ visual assessments of bleaching susceptibility of S. pistillata colonies as a factor of symbiont type. Right axis: Symbiont cell loss expressed as a percentage loss (± SE) because bleaching by comparing March 2006 (bleached) with March 2005 (normal). (B) The recovery potential of S. pistillata colonies as a factor of symbiont type based on in situ visual assessments 8 months postbleaching (November 2006). Visual assessments were divided into categories: completely healthy, bleached, 10–20% mortality, >50% mortality, or total colony mortality. Number of examined colonies is shown in parentheses below the symbiont types.