Table 1. Annual growth and productivity (± S.D.) of staghorn fragments in Florida and the DR.

Location	Type	Size Category	N fragments	Growth (cm per year)	Annual Productivity (growth/cm of initial coral)
DR	Nursery	Tips	*	*	*
DR	Nursery	S	130	59.3 (68.9)	5.6 (6.4)
DR	Nursery	M	156	97.2 (80.3)	4.5 (3.6)
DR	Nursery	L	94	173.1 (136.3)	3.3 (2.4)
DR	Reef	Tips	5	20.1 (15.9)	4.2 (3.1)
DR	Reef	S	72	29.7 (26.9)	3.0 (2.5)
DR	Reef	M	46	49.6 (43.2)	2.4 (1.9)
DR	Reef	L	*	*	*
Florida	Nursery	Tips	446	23.7 (16.1)	7.0 (5.1)
Florida	Nursery	S	140	48.5 (32.2)	6.0 (3.6)
Florida	Nursery	M	10	89.3 (29.5)	4.6 (1.4)
Florida	Nursery	L	*	*	*
Florida	Reef	Tips	75	28.1 (31.6)	5.9 (6.5)
Florida	Reef	S	349	36.5 (28.1)	4.2 (3.3)
Florida	Reef	M	25	71.1 (45.9)	4.0 (2.7)
Florida	Reef	L	*	*	*

*  =  <5 fragments of that size class were used.

Tips  =  <5 cm TLE, S  =  5–15 cm TLE, M  = >15 – 30 cm TLE, L  = > 30 cm TLE.