Benchmarks in Organism Performance and Their Use in Comparative Analyses

Benchmarks in organism performance and their use in comparative analyses

Peter J. Edmunds†, Hollie M. Putnam, Roger M. Nisbet, and Erik B. Muller

†Corresponding Author, e-mail:

Online Resource 1. Summary of values compiled from the literature and summarized to describe a representative scleractinian. 1 – Caribbean, 2 – Pacific or Indo-Pacific, 3 – Red Sea, 4 – temperate/cold water; nd = depth not reported or not discernable.

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