Benthic cover (% cover) compared across sites from cluster 1 (uninhabited, oceanic), cluster 2 (inhabited, oceanic), and cluster 3 (inhabited & uninhabited, lagoonal) (a-f).

<p>The relative abundance of hard coral morphotypes is shown for the 3 site clusters in e1-e3. Note that the opportunistic <i>Montipora</i> sp. is considered separately from all other stony corals for both cover and morphotype. The box-and-whisker plots show the median value (dark horizontal bar); the box length is the interquartile range, the upper whisker marks the smaller of the maximum value and quartile 3+1.5 interquartile range (IQR), and the lower whisker marks the larger of the smallest value and quartile 1–1.5 IQR. Outliers are not shown. Plots produced using the R package <i>graphics</i>, version 3.3.1.