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. 2020 Aug 24;8:e9776. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9776

Table 1. Mangrove-coral habitat data for Upper Florida Keys sites.

Sites indicate locations of channel corals (C), prop-root corals (P) or no corals (NC) as depicted in Figs. 1 and 2. Brackets contain the number of coral colonies observed per species at a given site.

Date Local time
(EDT)
Site Location Habitat Coral Sp. Lat/Long Temp (°C) Salinity DO (mg/L) pHNBS Turbidity (FNU) Tidal state Depth (m)
10/5/19 10:00 C1 Swan Creek channel Siderastrea siderea [3], Siderastrea radians [8], Stephanoceonia intersepta [1] 25.34798 –80.24977 27.8 36.32 4.47 7.93 −0.9 falling 1.2
10/5/19 10:15 C2 Swan Creek channel S. siderea [2], S. radians [2] 25.34793 –8024963 28.0 36.33 4.65 7.93 −1.1 falling 1.4
10/5/19 10:25 C3 Swan Creek channel S. radians [1] 25.34819 –80.24959 28.0 36.34 4.80 7.91 −1.1 falling 1.37
10/5/19 12:30 C4 Angelfish Creek channel S. radians [56], Solenastrea bournoni [1] 25.3326–80.2645 28.2 36.57 4.25 7.78 −0.3 rising 1.96
10/6/19 10:45 P1 Swan Key prop root Porites porites [1] S. radians [1] 25.34598 –80.24873 27.6 36.86 5.35 7.96 −0.8 falling 0.39
10/6/19 11:40 P2 Swan Key prop root P. porites [1] 25.34755 –80.25092 27.8 36.87 5.76 7.99 −0.9 falling 0.48
10/6/19 12:05 P3 Swan Key prop root P. porites [1] 25.34757 –80.24982 27.9 36.78 6.03 8.00 −1.0 falling. nearly slack 0.46
10/7/19 13:34 NC Key Largo Negative control channel N/A 25.1584–80.3783 27.5 36.77 2.27 7.24 −0.5 rising 0.95

Note:

EDT, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4); Lat/Long, latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; DO, (optical) dissolved oxygen; FNU, Formazin Nephelometric Units; N/A, not applicable.