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.