Table 1. Data on pelagic and benthic Sargassum species from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo.

Year	Month	Size of thalli collected (cm)				Average of the percentage of hydroid cover				Number of epibiont hydroid taxa
		Sf III	Sn I	Sn VIII	Spo	Sf III	Sn I	Sn VIII	Spo	Sf III	Sn I	Sn VIII	Spo
2018	April	16	15	22	nc	30.48	15.49	48.76	nc	2	3	1	nc
	May	29	10	28	18	47.89	15.38	55.63	49.71	1	1	1	2
	June	14	14	34	nc	47.62	7.08	59.75	nc	1	1	1	nc
	July	17	15	17	nc	30.38	0.53	79.70	nc	1	2	1	nc
	August	17	15	21	nc	9.26	0.00	50.70	nc	1	0	1	nc
	September	31	15	28	nc	29.34	24.16	38.16	nc	1	1	2	nc
	October	8	18	19	18	70.91	24.76	73.42	50.00	1	2	2	1
	November	19	10	16	nc	19.71	66.28	54.30	nc	2	1	1	nc
	December	10	13	17	nc	63.60	5.11	27.85	nc	1	2	3	nc
2019	January	11	13	17	nc	14.20	24.48	33.00	nc	2	1	2	nc
	February	21	13	13	nc	16.67	45.09	58.02	nc	3	2	1	nc
	March	38	24	38	nc	34.27	0.82	36.93	nc	1	4	1	nc
	Average	19	15	23	18	34.53	19.10	51.35	49.85	1.42	1.67	1.42	1.5

Note:

Sf III, Sargassum fluitans III; Sn I, Sargassum natans I; Sn VIII, Sargassum natans VIII; Spo, Sargassum polyceratium var. ovatum; nc, not collected.