Table 1.
BRUVS locations and corresponding anthropogenic and habitat factors
| Location | Reef | Protection status | Market gravity | Reef complexity | No. BRUVS | Moray MaxN | Shark MaxN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Barbuda – North | Open | 8 | 1.53 | 42 | 0.05 | 0.43 |
| Barbuda – Palasar | Closed | 9 | 2.11 | 45 | 0.13 | 0.71 | |
| Bahamas | Abaco – Bight of Old Robinson Bay | Open | 19.02 | 1.54 | 61 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Abaco – Bight Reef | Open | 18.41 | 1.8 | 68 | 0.03 | 1.04 | |
| Abaco – Elbow Cay Reef | Open | 22.2 | 1.71 | 57 | 0.04 | 0.54 | |
| Abaco – Green Turtle Cay Reef | Open | 19.52 | 1.28 | 61 | 0.05 | 0.79 | |
| Abaco – Guana Cay Reef | Open | 18.03 | 1.41 | 58 | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Abaco – Water Cay Bay | Open | 19.67 | 1.67 | 60 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Andros – North | Open | 24.57 | 1.13 | 57 | 0.11 | 0.84 | |
| Andros – South | Open | 19.95 | 0.84 | 56 | 0 | 1.09 | |
| Berry Islands – Chub Cay | Open | 20.91 | 0.74 | 39 | 0.05 | 1.03 | |
| Bimini – North | Open | 79 | 1.44 | 53 | 0 | 0.7 | |
| Bimini – South | Open | 79 | 1.43 | 52 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| Conception Island | Closed | 4.4 | 0.23 | 42 | 0 | 0.83 | |
| ∗Eleuthera – South | Open | 9 | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
| ∗Exumas – Middle | Closed | 8.67 | 0.68 | 67 | 0.01 | 1.3 | |
| Exumas – North | Open | 11.47 | 1.02 | 67 | 0 | 1.21 | |
| Exumas – South | Open | 8 | 0.49 | 42 | 0 | 1.12 | |
| New Providence – North | Open | 1135.84 | 0.47 | 32 | 0.25 | 0.5 | |
| New Providence – South | Open | 134.33 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.08 | 1.03 | |
| ∗San Salvador | Open | 4.81 | 0.41 | 78 | 0.04 | 0.65 | |
| Barbados | Northeast | Open | 124.75 | 0.16 | 29 | 0 | 0.24 |
| Northwest | Open | 173.81 | 1.36 | 31 | 0.52 | 0.06 | |
| Southeast | Open | 295.89 | 2.05 | 35 | 1 | 0.57 | |
| Southwest | Open | 18665.35 | 0.91 | 35 | 0.51 | 0 | |
| Belize | Belize City | Open | 106.64 | 1.46 | 39 | 0.26 | 0 |
| Glover's Reef East | Closed | 80.45 | 2.06 | 123 | 0.23 | 0.92 | |
| Glover's Reef West | Open | 85.1 | 1.52 | 41 | 0.34 | 0.12 | |
| Lighthouse Reef – Halfmoon Caye | Closed | 52.19 | 1.34 | 43 | 0.02 | 1.09 | |
| Lighthouse Reef – Sandbore Caye | Open | 45.65 | 1.77 | 31 | 0.13 | 0.61 | |
| South Water Caye | Open | 119.56 | 1.36 | 106 | 0.09 | 0.23 | |
| British West Indies | Montserrat – West | Open | 20.04 | 1.5 | 48 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Colombia | Coastal – Isla Mangle | Open | 133.2 | 1.62 | 50 | 0.16 | 0 |
| Coastal – Isla Tintipan | Open | 126.6 | 1.74 | 50 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| Coastal – Isla Grande | Closed | 287.7 | 2.65 | 49 | 0.51 | 0.04 | |
| Coastal – Isla Tesoro | Closed | 267 | 2.88 | 50 | 0.58 | 0.16 | |
| ∗Seaflower – Albuquerque | Open | 12 | 1.14 | 50 | 0.02 | 1.28 | |
| Seaflower – Serranilla | Open | 1 | 1.14 | 63 | 0.03 | 1.37 | |
| Seaflower – Providencia | Open | 264.78 | 1.06 | 43 | 0.14 | 0.79 | |
| Cuba | Guanahacabibes – Maria la Gorda | Closed | 70.56 | 3.13 | 40 | 0.15 | 0.2 |
| Guanahacabibes – Reef | Closed | 66.9 | 3 | 40 | 0.08 | 1.8 | |
| Punta Frances North | Closed | 39 | 2.79 | 40 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Punta Frances South | Closed | 100 | 3.38 | 40 | 0.25 | 0 | |
| Jardines de la Reina | Closed | 33.47 | 2.7 | 62 | 0.34 | 0.71 | |
| Dominican Republic | Bayahibe | Open | 249.23 | 0.49 | 42 | 0.07 | 0 |
| Boca Chica | Open | 2661.95 | 0.56 | 44 | 0.11 | 0 | |
| Buen Hombre | Open | 312.93 | 1.89 | 40 | 0.13 | 0 | |
| Santo Domingo – La Caleta | Closed | 2962 | 2.34 | 40 | 0.38 | 0 | |
| French West Indies | Guadeloupe – Grande cul de Sac | Open | 159.07 | 3.07 | 41 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
| Guadeloupe – Petit Terre | Closed | 95.18 | 2.21 | 48 | 0.42 | 0.08 | |
| Martinique – Reef 1 | Open | 226.9 | 2.96 | 42 | 0.76 | 0 | |
| Martinique – Reef 2 | Open | 137.64 | 3.15 | 47 | 1.02 | 0 | |
| Jamaica | Coastal – Dragon Point | Open | 330.54 | 1.54 | 25 | 0.44 | 0 |
| ∗Coastal – East Portland | Open | 329.92 | 1.68 | 37 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| Coastal – Negril | Closed | 513.64 | 1.44 | 24 | 0.38 | 0 | |
| Coastal – Ocho Rios | Open | 377.82 | 1.24 | 34 | 0.15 | 0 | |
| Pedro Bank | Open | 15.58 | 3.12 | 54 | 0.28 | 0.67 | |
| Turks and Caicos | South Caicos – Back | Open | 67 | 0.19 | 25 | 0 | 0.4 |
| South Caicos – Reserve | Closed | 61.55 | 0.52 | 20 | 0 | 0.8 | |
| U.S.A. | Florida – Miami | Open | 13,785.08 | 0.4 | 38 | 0.03 | 0.18 |
| Florida Keys – Lower Keys | Open | 92.55 | 0.76 | 43 | 0.16 | 0.33 | |
| Florida Keys – Tip | Open | 125.67 | 1.5 | 40 | 0.23 | 0.45 | |
| ∗Florida Keys – Middle Keys 1 | Open | 171.88 | 0.79 | 43 | 0.23 | 0.49 | |
| Florida Keys – Middle Keys 2 | Open | 135.58 | 0.85 | 42 | 0.12 | 0.29 | |
| Florida Keys – Middle Keys 3 | Open | 107.14 | 0.73 | 41 | 0.15 | 0.39 | |
| Florida Keys – Upper Keys 1 | Open | 250.88 | 0.59 | 42 | 0.07 | 0.38 | |
| Florida Keys – Upper Keys 2 | Open | 226.29 | 0.96 | 44 | 0.18 | 0.66 | |
| Florida Keys – Upper Keys 3 | Open | 199.79 | 1.38 | 48 | 0.17 | 0.58 |
Reefs with an asterisk denote where eDNA samples were also collected. Protection status refers to open or closed to fishing. Market gravity score is derived from Cinner et al. (2018) ‘Global Gravity of Coral Reefs Spatial Layer.’ Reef complexity (0–5) is scored for each BRUVS (via BenthoBox online annotation tool [https://benthobox.com/]) and averaged per reef. Moray MaxN and Shark MaxN are the mean per reef.