Table 1. Transition matrices for brooder corals on the (a) reef flat (Isopora, Pocillopora, Stylophora) and (b) reef slope (Isopora, Pocillopora, Stylophora, Seriatopora).
| a. Reef flat (brooders) | b. Reef slope (brooders) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size class | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | I | II | III | IV | V | VI |
| I | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| II | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| III | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| IV | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
| V | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| VI | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.48 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.60 | 0.93 |
| q x | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| R | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| n | 19 | 28 | 32 | 41 | 43 | 134 | 96 | 132 | 102 | 68 | 58 | 121 |
Each cell in the matrix is the mean proportion of a transition every six months for five time periods. Size classes are: I = 1–10 mm; II = 11–20 mm; III = 21–30 mm; IV = 31–40 mm; V = 41–50 mm; VI = >51 mm. q x = mean mortality. n = total number of individuals (excluding new recruits) in that size class for the entire study; R = total recruitment in that size class for the entire study.