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. 2018 Mar 12;6:1728. Originally published 2017 Sep 22. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12660.2

Table 1. Bleaching categories of hard corals at Nata Reef on 12 June 2016.

BMI = Bleaching Mortality Index.

taxa unbleached moderate severe dead BMI n
Acropora selago 0 0 0 100 100 1
Montipora aequituberculata 0 0 0 100 100 3
Montipora efflorescens 0 27 27 45 73 11
Goniastrea pectinata 0 50 50 0 50 2
Milleporidae 17 33 50 0 44 6
Dipsastraea rotumana 0 100 0 0 33 1
Montipora turgescens 0 100 0 0 33 1
Platygyra ryukyuensis 25 50 25 0 33 4
Platygyra verweyi 67 0 0 33 33 3
Dipsastrea pallida 30 50 20 0 30 10
Montipora crassituberculata 46 32 18 4 26 28
Montipora digitata 71 0 29 0 19 7
Acropora nasuta 50 50 0 0 17 2
Pocillopora damicornis 67 22 11 0 15 9
Pavona venosa 57 43 0 0 14 7
Porites annae 60 40 0 0 13 5
Acropora hyacinthus 71 29 0 0 10 7
Platygyra pini 75 25 0 0 8 4
Porites cylindrica 77 23 0 0 8 13
Acropora digitifera 81 19 0 0 6 32
Galaxea fascicularis 82 18 0 0 6 11
Favites halicora 86 14 0 0 5 7
Goniastrea retiformis 86 14 0 0 5 14
Acropora aspera 100 0 0 0 0 1
Acropora gemmifera 100 0 0 0 0 1
Astrea annuligera 100 0 0 0 0 1
Cyphastrea serailia 100 0 0 0 0 3
Favites abdita 100 0 0 0 0 3
Favites magnistellata 100 0 0 0 0 2
Montipora monasteriata 100 0 0 0 0 4
Pavona decussata 100 0 0 0 0 2
Porites lichen 100 0 0 0 0 3
Porites lutea 100 0 0 0 0 1
Porites rus 100 0 0 0 0 6
Psammocora contigua 100 0 0 0 0 1
total 64 23 8 5 216 18