Seventeen-year study reveals fluctuations in key ecological indicators on two reef crests in Cuba

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Aquatic Biology

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Introduction

Materials & methods

Study area

Data collection

Data analysis

Results

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Sea water temperature over time

Sea water temperature at Playa Baracoa (A) and Rincon de Guanabo (B) from 2012 to 2021. The horizontal black line inside the box represents the mean, the size of the box is the interquartile range, and the whiskers represent the minimum and maximum data values. Black circles indicate outliers.

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Sample size, variables and sites surveyed

Sample size by variables across years and site. The band transect (10 m2) was the sampling unit that was used for the determinations of Acropora palmata and Diadema antillarum density. The linear transect (10 m) was employed when determining colony diameter and health as well as benthic cover.

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Analyses performed on data

Analyses and R models used and the key results that were found.

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Raw data

Each data point from every survey conducted from 2005 to 2021.

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Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

Anastazia Banaszak is an Academic Editor for PeerJ.

Author Contributions

Amanda Ramos conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Patricia González-Díaz conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Anastazia T. Banaszak conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Orlando Perera performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Fredy Hernandez Delgado performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Sandra Delfín de León performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Patricia Vicente Castro performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Gabriela Caridad Aguilera Pérez performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Alain Duran conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data are available in a Supplementary File.

Funding

This work was supported by The Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Amanda Ramos Romero was supported by a scholarship from CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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