Table 3. Percentage of Scleractinian colonies affected by diseases (Dis) and involved in competitive interactions (CI) in Xcaret in 2005.
Dis (%) | CI (%) | |||||||||
Code | DS | WP | YB | Nec | TAS | Malg | CCA | Falg | Gorg | Spo |
Species affected (n) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Colonies affected (%) | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 33.3 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
Dominant species | ||||||||||
Aaga | 1.6 | 1.2 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | |||
Aten | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | ||
Dsto | 1.4 | 48.6 | 12.5 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||||
Dstr | 24.0 | 21.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 10.6 | ||||
Mcav | 3.1 | 29.7 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 9.4 | |||
Mdec | 40.9 | |||||||||
Mfav | 27.3 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 13.6 | |||
Past | 1.9 | 27.3 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 6.2 | |||
Pdiv | 12.2 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||||||
Ppor | 4.3 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 2.1 | ||||
Sint | 4.2 | 37.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||||||
Ssid | 12.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 59.0 | 12.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
Only species with more than 20 colonies are shown. WP: white-plague disease, DS: dark-spot disease, YB: yellow-band disease, Nec: necrosis, TAS: turf-algal sediment mats, Malg: macroalgae, CCA: calcareous coralline algae, Falg: filamentous algae, Gorg: gorgonian, Spo: sponges. Species codes and sample size as in Table 1.