Table 3. Competitive hierarchy of study species under different conditions (lowered pH ‘OA’ and present-day pH ‘Ambient’) based on different scenarios.
| Species | Spatial competition model |
Capacity to suppress growth of competitors |
Capacity to resist competitors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient | OA | Ambient | OA | — | |
| Pocillopora damicornis | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Acropora variabilis | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Galaxea fascicularis | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Stylophora pistillata | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Cyphastrea chalcidicum | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Porites lutea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bold values highlight shifts in the competitive hierarchy under OA versus Ambient conditions.