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. 2013 Jan 8;8(1):e50719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050719

Table 9. Changes in species composition along the different sections of the Coral Reef in Luhuitou, Sanya, Hainan Island, between 1966 and 1991.

1966 [50] 1991 [51]
Coral debris No living corals 120 m
Reef flat Goniastrea Zone Boulder Negroheads Goniastrea aspera Goniastrea yamanarii 150 m
Goniastrea yamanarii Porites lutea 180∼200 m
Favia speciosa Fungia fungites
250 m
Montipora Zone Moat Montipora ramose
Goniastrea aspera Fungia fungites 250∼300
Goniastrea yamanarii Montipora ramosa
Favia speciosa Pocillopora lingulata
Acropora pulchra Platygera rustrica
Fungia fungites
Fungia sp.
Porites lutea
330 m
Acropora Zone Shingle Rampart No living corals
Upper Zone Acropora Zone, Upper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 380 m
Acropora corymbosa Psammocora contigua Acropora corymbosa
A. surculosa Pavona frondifera A. surculosa
A. prostrate P. (Polyastra) minikoiensis
Pocillopora brevicornis Porites lutea
P. danae P. matthaii
P. damicornis P. pukoensis
Acropora armata Favia speciosa
A. brueggemanni uncinata F. palauensis
A. conferat Goniastrea pectinata
A. nasuta Goniastrea yamanarii
A. pulchra Platygyra crosslandi
A. pulchra stricta P. rustica
Montipora fruticosa Hydnophora contignatio
M. gaimardi Cyphastrea serailia
M. trabeculata Galaxea fascicularis
M. hispida Symphyllia agaricia
450 m Lower Zone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2 m- - - - - - - - - - - - - 450 m
Seaward slope Lower Zone Acropora formosa Montipora foliosa Acropora corymbosa
A. affinis Montipora solanderi Acropora surculosa
A. pacifica Astreopora myriophthalma A. affinis
A. brueggemanni uncinata Pavona decussata A. brueggemanni uncinata
A. humilis Pavona lata A. fizardi
A. nasuta Goniastrea retiformis Acropora formosa
Montipora trabeculata Hydnophora microconos Porites lutea
M. hispida Galaxea lamarckii P. pukoensis
Pavona frondiferi G. aspera Goniastrea yammanarii
Porites lutea Lobophyllia costata Lobophyllia costata
P. pukoensis Lobophyllia corymbosa Millepora latifolia
Goniastrea pectinata Merulina laxa M. platyphylla
Platygyra crosslandi Merulina ampliata
P. rustica Pectinia lactuca
Hydnophora contignatio Turbinaria peltata Simularia sp.
Cyphastrea serailia Fungia fungites (Softcoral)
Galaxea fascicularis Fungia echinata
Symphyllia agaricia F. sp.
Millepora platyphylla Millepora latifolia
M. murrayi Millipora intricata
−6.6 m