Table 3. Variation in total fish biomass, herbivore biomass, number of coral juveniles, number of coral recruits, macroalgae cover, fish species richness, and CCA cover among reefs.
| Undisturbed | Recovered | Unrecovered | ||||
| Wheeler | Davies | Rib | John Brewer | Trunk | Significant differences (p-value<0.05) | |
| Fish biomass (kg/ha) | 993.6 (±123.4) | 771.8 (±97.2) | 625.0 (±77.1) | 595.7 (±79.5) | 478.7 (±62.4) | Wheeler > John Brewer, Rib, Trunk |
| Herbivore biomass (kg/ha) | 566.1 (±47.0) | 453.4 (±57.3) | 387.4 (±47.2) | 343.5 (±53.6) | 265.5 (±31.5) | Wheeler > John Brewer, Trunk |
| Number of coral juveniles (<5 cm) per site | 46.1 (±4.6) | 63.1 (±4.6) | 96.6 (±9.1) | 60.8 (±6.0) | 59.1 (±7.2) | Rib > Davies, John Brewer, Trunk, Wheeler |
| Number of coral recruits (<1 cm) per site | 1.7 (±0.3) | 2.0 (±0.4) | 1.6 (±0.3) | 1.2 (±0.3) | 1.6 (±0.4) | - |
| Macroalgae cover (%) | 5.3 (±1.4) | 7.8 (±1.7) | 0.7 (±0.2) | 9.9 (±1.4) | 12.7 (±2.5) | Rib < Davies, John Brewer, Trunk, Wheeler |
| Fish species richness per site | 51.3 (±2.3) | 50.4 (±2.3) | 55.5 (±4.0) | 52.2 (±3.2) | 47.7 (±2.7) | - |
| CCA cover (%) | 9.7 (±1.4) | 14.9 (±1.6) | 12.2 (±1.0) | 12.0 (±1.3) | 10.7 (±1.6) | - |
The values are means per site ± standard error. The last column highlights significant differences among the reefs.