Table 1.
The total number of microbes in coral tissue and mucus, samples from Qit’at Benaya inshore reef and Umm Al-Maradim offshore reef system on various sampling dates.
| Site | Date | Coral host | Total count for microbes Mean (min–max) SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral tissue (×109 cell g-1) | Coral mucus (×109 cell ml-1) | |||
| Inshore reef | March 2008 | Coscinaraea columna | 7.7 (7.0-8.6) 0.7 | 15.1 (14.3-17.1) 1.2 |
| Platygyra daedalea | 5.1 (4.4-6.1) 0.6 | 12.0 (11.7-12.4) 0.2 | ||
| Porites harrisoni | 4.4 (3.8-4.8) 0.3 | 15.6 (14.9-16.7) 0.8 | ||
| October 2008 | Platygyra daedalea | 7.3 (6.4-9.5) 1.2 | 14.8 (13.6-15.6) 0.7 | |
| March 2009 | Platygyra daedalea | 8.3 (6.3-9.9) 1.3 | 17.2(14.4-19.3) 2.4 | |
| Offshore reef | October 2008 | Platygyra daedalea | 6.9 (6.4-7.5) 0.4 | 7.3 (7.1-7.5) 0.1 |
Min, minimum; max, maximum; SD, standard deviation.