Table 2. Transects grouped by localities and palaeo-depths, sorted by Millepora abundance (decreasing).
Locality | Age | Depth category | Number of replicates | % Millepora ± standard deviation | % Sediment ± standard deviation | Scleractinia highest abundance | % Scleractinia highest abundance ± standard deviation |
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Wadi Igla | pre-MIS5e | – | 5 | 18.7 ± 8.5 | 34.5 ± 2.6 | Porites | 18.7 ± 14.1 |
Sharm El Bahari | MIS5e | Reef edge | 3 | 11.7 ± 0.1 | 14.8 ± 0.4 | Porites | 35.4 ± 6.0 |
Sharm El Bahari | MIS5e | Reef slope | 4 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 29.4 ± 0.8 | Goniastrea | 11.0 ± 3.8 |
Flamenco Beach | MIS5e | Reef slope | 3 | 7.8 ± 3.4 | 29.3 ± 0.9 | Porites | 42.9 ± 1.9 |
Wadi Nakari | MIS5e | Reef edge | 3 | 7.6 ± 2.7 | 31.5 ± 0.5 | Porites | 21.8 ± 1.4 |
Wadi Nakari | MIS5e | Reef slope | 2 | 0.9 ± 0.4 | 37.8 ± 1.3 | Porites | 33.4 ± 1.0 |
Sharm El Luli | MIS5e | Reef edge | 3 | 0 | 12.7 ± 2.6 | Porites | 72.9 ± 2.3 |
Sharm El Luli | MIS5e | Reef slope | 3 | 0 | 37.7 ± 1.5 | Porites | 30.6 ± 0.7 |
Sharm El Quibli | MIS5e | Reef edge | 3 | 0 | 19.5 ± 1.4 | Porites | 54.3 ± 2.1 |