out of 1540 (0.3% prevalence) displayed active disease signs with similar proportions noted as pale or with recent predation scars. Though the size data has not been analyzed yet, there were notable shifts in species composition (Table 4). The proportional representation of larger reefbuilding species such as Diploria spp has declined slightly, while the proportion of Agaricia spp. has declined substantially. Meanwhile, the representation of S. siderea, M. meandrina and S. intercepta has increased notably due to strong recruitment evidenced by the observation of many small colonies. Table 4. Number of colonies and proportional composition of corals sampled on 2012 expedition (NOAA team) compared to that sampled in 2004 (M.Vermeij)
2012 # colonies Agaricia Spp
2004 Proportion
# colonies
Proportion
424
0.235
1979
0.478
C.natans
6
0.003
13
0.003
Diploria spp
5
0.003
47
0.011
D. stokesii
7
0.004
10
0.002
E. fastigiata
46
0.025
80
0.019
M. annularis
6
0.003
17
0.004
M.cavernosa
42
0.023
68
0.016
M fav/fr
83
0.046
235
0.057
M. meandrina
48
0.027
11
0.003
Porites massive
273
0.151
439
0.106
Porites branching
236
0.131
543
0.131
S. intercepta
80
0.044
0
S.siderea
368
0.204
435
0.105
Other
182
0.101
266
0.064
TOTAL
1806
4143
0