Table 1. PERMANOVA results based on Euclidean distances on mean growth rate for the two acroporids, to test for the effect of: Season (Se), Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer; Sampling time (Ti), 2 to three nested per season; Sites (Si), Mario and San Cristobal (no A. prolifera found in Media Luna) and Species (Sp), A. cervicornis and A. prolifera.

Source of Variation	df	MS	Pseudo F	p(perm)
Season = Se	3	0.008	1.09	0.454
Site = Si	1	0.014	19.32	0.006
Species = Sp	1	0.017	10.99	0.006
Time(Se) = Ti(Se)	7	0.002	3.36	0.077
Se × Si	3	0.006	8.09	0.016
Se × Sp	3	0.001	0.89	0.570
Si × Sp	1	0.001	0.74	0.419
Ti(Se) × Si	6	0.001	0.40	0.883
Ti(Se) × Sp	7	0.001	0.88	0.576
Se × Si × Sp	3	0.001	0.99	0.458
Ti(Se) × Si × Sp	6	0.001	0.60	0.738
Res	317	0.002
Total	358