Table 1. Summary of available information on experiments conducted to observe the effects of different stresses on early development stages in corals. **Fertilization *Pre larval stages.

Coral Species	Development stage observed	Type of stress	Main Results	Reference
**Acropora digitifera	Fertilization, embryo development, larval survivorship and settlement	Sediment	Decreased fertilization, larval survivorship and settlement. Embryo development not affected	Gilmour, 1999 (74)
Porites astreoides	Larvae survivorships and metamorphosis	Temperature	Elevated temperature increases mortality and metamorphosis	Edmunds et al, 2001 (18)
**Diploria strigosa	Fertilization, development, and larval survivorship	Temperature	No significant differences in fertilization at 30,31,32°C; aberration in development at 31°C and 32°C	Bassim et al, 2002 (10)
Diploria strigosa	Effect on larvae, larval survivorship, and metamorphosis	Combined effects of ammonium concentration and temperature	Ammonium and increased temperature cause a decrease in motility and rate of settlement	Bassim et al, 2003 (20)
Acropora palmata, Montastrea annularis, M. franksi	Larval survivorship	UV radiation	Larvae from deep water parents have lower survivorship than conspecifics from shallow water parents	Wellington and Fitt, 2003 (75)
Acropora muricata	Larval survivorship	Temperature, light condition, and presence of zooxanthellae	Presence of zooxanthellae did not affect survivorship; at 36°C all larvae die within 40 hours	Baird et al, 2006 (21)
**Favites abdita, F. chinensis, Mycedium elephantotus, Acropora millepora.	Fertilization and early embryo development	Temperature	Reduced fertilization and more embryonic abnormalities with increasing temperatures in A. millepora; high level of fertilization in other corals	Negri et al, 2007 (12)
Acropora solitaryensis and Favites chinesis	Larval settlement and post-settlement survivorship	Temperature	Larval settlement is increased at higher temperatures, while post-settlement mortality increases with long exposure	Nozawa and Harrison, 2007 (22)
*Acropora palmata	Development, survivorship, and settlement	Temperature	Development is accelerated at higher temperatures and rate of mortality and presence of abnormalities are increased	Randall and Szmant, 2009 (23)
*Fungia repanda, Acropora millepora, A. spathulata, Symphyllia recta	Larval pre-competency	Temperature	Higher % of larval metamorphosis in higher temperatures	Heyward and Negri, 2010 (38)
Porites panamensis	Larval survivorship and settlement, and growth into primary polyps	Combined effect of temperature and CO2	Survival and settlement unaffected by increasing CO2 and 1°C, polyp growth reduced by the combined effect	Anlauf et al, 2011 (39)
*Montastraea faveolata	Early embryo stages sensitivity	UV radiation	Low sensitivity during early development; susceptibility in the motile planula stage	Aranda et al, 2011 (76)
Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora hystrix, and Stylophora pistillata	Larval respiration	Temperature	Respiration rate was parabolic in relation to temperature, peaking at 28°C	Edmunds et al, 2011 (37)
Acropora millepora, A. tenuis	Larval metamorphosis	Combined effects of copper contamination and temperature	Synergic interactions: reducing Cu concentration prevents negative effect of 2–3°C increase	Negri and Hoogeneboom, 2011 (40)
Goniastrea retiformis and Leptastrea cf transversa	Larval metamorphosis and settlement	CO2	No direct effects of acidification	Chua et al, 2012 (77)
**Acropora palmata	Fertilization and development	Temperature and effect of different genotypes	Genotypic diversity affects the response of fertilization and developmental success	Baums et al, 2013 (42)
**Acropora tenuis, Acropora millepora	Fertilization, development, survivorship, and settlement	Combined effects of CO2 and temperature	No effect of CO2; no effect of 2°C difference on fertilization, survivorship, and metamorphosis, increases rate of development	Chua, 2013 (11)
*Goniastrea favulus, Acropora spathulata	Embryo and larval survivorship	Temperature	Slower development at 20°C. Temperature above ambient lower survival. A. spathualata is more affected that G. favulus	Woolsey et al, 2013 (17)