Fig 2. Non-metric multidimensional scaling plot (nMDS) comparing metrics used by studies with monitoring and resilience objectives.

AIMS = Long Term Monitoring Program, Australia Institute of Marine Science; AGGRA = Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment; CARICOMP = Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity; CRAMP = Hawai‘i Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program; CREMP = Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature; NOAA BB = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch.