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. 2013 Aug 8;8(8):e70966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070966

Table 2. The number and percentage of bleached host anemones at each study location.

Location Species % bleached N
Marshall Islands, 2009 E. quadricolor 1.3 157
H. magnifica 0 1
S. mertensii 0 1
Total 1.3 159
2010 E. quadricolor 1.8 334
H. aurora 20 5
H. crispa 0 3
H. magnifica 0 1
S. mertensii 0 4
Total 2 347
Norfolk Island E. quadricolor 0.1 2,269
S. haddoni 0 2
Total 0.1 2,271
Kosrae, 2010 H. magnifica 0 1
S. mertensii 0 3
Total 0 4
2012 C. adhaesivum 0 2
H. crispa 0 4
H. magnifica 0 4
S. haddoni 0 1
S. mertensii 0 8
Total 0 19
Lord Howe Island, 2009 E. quadricolor 0.5 3,557
2011 E. quadricolor 0.2 2,138
H. crispa 0 4
Total 0.2 2,142
Middleton Reef E. quadricolor 0 30
Elizabeth Reef E. quadricolor 0 47
Pohnpei E. quadricolor 0 126
H. magnifica 0 1
Total 0 127
North Solitary Island E. quadricolor 0 278
H. crispa 0 6
Total 0 284
Mooloolaba E. quadricolor 0 30
Keppel Islands, 2007 E. quadricolor 0.4 686
H. crispa 0 6
Total 0.4 692
2011 E. quadricolor 19.4 1,762
Papua New Guinea H. crispa 13.6 44
S. haddoni 44.1 111
Total 35.5 155
Guam E. quadricolor 0.7 137
H. crispa 0 1
Total 0.7 138
Ashmore Reef S. gigantea 0 9
Christmas Island, 2005 C. adhaesivum 9.1 22
H. magnifica 30 20
Total 19.5 42
2010 C. adhaesivum 70 40
H. magnifica 2.6 38
S. mertensii 33.3 3
Total 37 81
Cocos Islands, March 2008 H. magnifica 0 3
September 2008 H. magnifica 0 18
Total 0 21
Farasan Banks, 2009 E. quadricolor 1.6 64
H. aurora 0 5
H. crispa 0 22
H. magnifica 2.3 43
S. haddoni 0 112
Total 0.8 246
Farasan Banks, 2010 E. quadricolor 7.1 14
H. aurora 0 2
H. crispa 0 5
H. magnifica 0 14
S. haddoni 0 56
Total 1.1 91
Thuwal-Yanbu E. quadricolor 0 11
H. aurora 0 2
H. crispa 0 2
H. magnifica 0 45
S. haddoni 0 89
Total 0 149
Thuwal E. quadricolor 100 6
H. magnifica 100 6
S. haddoni 100 3
Total 100 15
Total all locations All species 3.5 13,896

Anemone data is combined for all sites and depths (3 to 20 m) at each location. The five major anemone bleaching events are indicated in bold.