Colony-scale growth metrics (average ± SD) for six Mexican Caribbean coral species comparing two reef sites.

Species: OFAV: Orbicella faveolata, PAST: Porites astreoides, SSID: Siderastrea siderea, PSTR: Pseudodiploria strigosa, AAGA: Agaricia agaricites and ATEN: Agaricia tenuifolia. Reef sites: Orange: Fore reef, green: Back reef. Panel B) additionally displays linear extension rates obtained by CT scanning of coral cores from the same sites (crosses; Medellín-Maldonado et al., in preparation).