Distribution and abundance of <i>Acropora palmata</i> in the Mesoamerican Reef System.

<p>(<b>a</b>) Location of the 107 coral reef sites sampled between 2010 and 2012. Blue circles represent sites in which <i>Acropora palmata</i> was recorded in the transects. Yellow circles represent sites where <i>A. palmata</i> was not recorded. (<b>b</b>) Box-and-whisker plot of percent <i>A. palmata</i> cover at the 21 sites where this species was found along the Mesoamerican Reef System in 2010–2012. The bottom and top of the box are the first and third quartiles, respectively, the black dot inside the box is the average and the black line is the median. Whiskers are the lowest datum still within 1.5 times that of the lower quartile and the highest datum still within 1.5 times that of the upper quartile. The open circles at the end of the boxplot represent outliers (transects with <i>A. palmata</i> cover values 1.5 times less or greater than the interquartile range). Sites are arranged from north to south for Mexico and Belize and from West to East for Honduras. For site codes see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0096140#pone.0096140.s002" target="_blank">Table S1</a>.