Table 1.

Macroalgal abundance by genus (% cover; mean ± SE) inside and outside of no-take marine reserves at Namada, Vatu-o-lailai, and Votua villages (n=20 transects reef⁻¹ location⁻¹).

	Namada		Vatu-o-lailai		Votua
Macroalgae	% cover (mean ± SE)		% cover (mean ± SE)		% cover (mean ± SE)
	Reserve	Non-Reserve	Reserve	Non-Reserve	Reserve	Non-Reserve
Sargassum	0.0 ± 0.0	22.6 ± 2.0	0.0 ± 0.0	26.3 ± 4.0	0.0 ± 0.0	57.3 ± 2.7
Turbinaria	0.0 ± 0.0	14.1 ± 1.6	0.1 ± 0.1	21.8 ± 1.8	1.2 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.2
Dictyota	0.0 ± 0.0	6.3 ± 1.5	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	13.6 ± 2.7
Hormophysa	0.0 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	8.4 ± 1.4
Padina	0.0 ± 0.0	1.2 ± 0.4	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.4
Galaxaura	0.2 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.2	0.0 ± 0.0	0.7 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.2
Amphiroa	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.6	0.7 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	1.7 ± 0.4
Liagora	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	3.8 ± 0.7
Chlorodesmis	0.6 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.2
Halimeda	0.1 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	2.3 ± 0.7
Other	0.0 ± 0.0	2.2 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.7