Table 1. Abundance of some invertebrate species at Conero Promontory (NW Adriatic Sea) before, during and after the disease.

Species	Annual average abundance (data collected before the disease, from 2006 to 2010)	Average abundance in Septemebr and October (data collected before the disease, from 2006 to 2010)	Abundance during the disease (06 Oct 2011, present work)	Abundance after the disease (03 Nov 2011, present work)
Eudendrium racemosum (hydranths cm-2 of colony surface ± SD)	Annual average 32.3 ± 19.3 [28]	September 79.7 ± 24 October 26.7 ± 19 [28]	Colonies present but almost completely lacking of polyps	Fully recovered colonies with 34.1 hydranths cm-2 ± 4.8
Epizoanthus arenaceus (zoanthid cover (%± SD))	Annual average 13.2% ± 8.2 [30]	September 6.8% ± 10.9; October 12.5% ± 17 [30]	Most of the polyps were contracted 2.9%±1.7	Fully recovered polyps 8.2% ± 9.9
Chondrosia reniformis (sponge cover (%± SD))	Annual average 43.2% ± 6.8 [29]	September 43.8% ± 8.7 October 53.2% ± 0.5 [29]	63.1% ± 25.0 (damaged surface: 98.2% ± 4.2)	6.3% ± 4.9 (damaged surface: 0%)
Tedania anhelans (sponge cover (%± SD))	Annual average 4.9% ± 3.4 [29]	September 2.9% ± 2.2 October 1.6% ± 1.7 [29]	6.9% ± 3.8 (damaged surface: 0%)	2.9% ± 2.5 (damaged surface: 0%)
Irciniidae-Spongiidae (sponge cover (%± SD))	Average in June 2009 14.7% ± 18.3; (before the disease of 2009) (unpublished)	October 2009 (after disease) 15.3% ± 15.4 (unpublished)	19.7% ± 13.2 (damaged surface: 56.5% ± 46.1)	10.5% ± 8 (damaged surface of 9.6% ± 17.3)
Irciniidae-Spongiidae (sponge m-2 ± SD)	Average in June 2009 9.5 ± 16.5; (before the disease of 2009) [35]	October 2009 (after disease) 6.8 ± 1.1 [35]	5.7 ± 9.3	3.1 ± 9.8
Cornularia cornucopiae (thousands of polyps m-2 ± SD)	Annual average 12.7 ± 8.7 [36]	September 19.8 ± 1.9 October 8.6 ± 0.8 [36]	2.2 ± 3.5 (all the polyps were contracted)	Fully recovered colonies with 20.3 ± 16.6