Table 1.
Allelic richness (number of alleles per locus) and sizes of scleractinian coral populations in surveyed literature (multiple records for a species indicate data for different populations)
| Species | No. of populations | No. of loci | No. of alleles per locus per population (mean) | No. of colonies sampled per population (total sampled) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acropora millepora | 1 | 9 | 5–20 (8.7) | 23 (23) | vanOppen et al. (2007) |
| 1 | 1 | 11 (11.0) | 20 (20) | vanOppen et al. (2007) | |
| A. nasuta | 8 | 1 | 3–6 (3.9) | 10–39 (216) | Mackenzie et al. (2004) |
| A. palmata | 10 | 4 | 10–18 (14.4) | 39–127 (818) | Zubillaga (unpub. data) |
| Favia fragum | 2 | 15 | 2–16 (5.2) | 45–48 (93) | Carlon and Lippe (2008) |
| Goniastrea favulus | 1 | 5 | 2–10 (5.3) | 32–44 (32–44) | Miller and Howard (2004) |
| Montastraea annularis | 3 | 4 | 3–15 (9.8) | 45–48 (146) | Foster et al. (2007) |
| M. cavernosa | 1 | 5 | 9–17 (12.2) | 58 (58) | Shearer and Coffroth (2004) |
| 10 | 5 | 6–16 (10.1) | 21–56 (363) | Shearer (2004) | |
| M. faveolata | 4 | 6 | 4–29 (14.7) | 150–216 (692–780) | Porto (Table S1) |
| Platygyra daedalea | 1 | 5 | 4–11 (7.2) | 50–80 (50–80) | Miller and Howard (2004) |
| Pocillopora damicornis | 1 | 10 | 3–10 (5.6) | 21 (21) | Starger et al. (2007) |
| 2 | 7 | 6–10 (7.9) | 55–64 (119) | Shearer (Table S1) | |
| P. meandrina | 7 | 4 | 5–18 (10.2) | 22–49 (257) | Magalon et al. (2005) |
| Porites astreoides | 1 | 3 | 3–9 (6.0) | 50 (50) | Shearer and Coffroth (2004) |
| 7 | 2 | 2–6 (3.9) | 12–52 (192) | Shearer (unpub. data) | |
| Seriatopora hystrix | 1 | 10 | 3–14 (6.7) | 51 (51) | Underwood et al. (2006) |
| 1 | 9 | 2–15 (5.7) | 49 (49) | Underwood et al. (2006) | |
| 10 | 3 | 5–16 (8.6) | 11–32 (207) | Maier et al. (2005) |