TABLE 1.
Prevalence of coral colonies exhibiting signs of WPD and total number of colonies surveyed by reef and sampling eventa
| Reef | Location | 2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | ||
| Carysfort | 25°13.248′N, 80°12.594′W | 3/8 | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/6 | 1/6 |
| Molasses | 25°00.528′N, 80°22.590′W | 1/12 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 4/10 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 1/6 |
| Sombrero | 24°37.518′N, 81°06.696′W | 2/8 | 0/8 | 0/9 | 0/8 | 2/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 2/8 |
| Looe Key | 24°32.700′N, 81°24.400′W | 0/32 | 0/31 | 0/28 | 0/31 | 10/31 | 0/31 | 0/27 | 6/27 |
| Rock Key | 24°27.270′N, 81°51.534′W | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Western Sambo | 24°28.680′N, 81°43.026′W | 0/11 | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/8 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/7 |
a
Boldface indicates that disease was observed. Any increase in colony number between seasons was generally due to a fragmented branch, resulting in an additional individual at the subsequent sampling time. Colony loss between sampling times was due to hurricane damage. No colonies were lost because of disease during the study period.