Measured environmental (i.e., light, depth, temperature, nutrients, pH) variables considered in the 157 reviewed articles were placed into categories defined by Abrego and colleagues.

Categories are adapted from the 6 chemical and physical factors that limit the distribution of corals (Abrego and colleagues) and 2 additional categories (i.e., Salinity and Geomorphology). Black boxes show if a factor/category was considered in the reviewed study, and 42 studies considered temperature, 40 light, 19 sediments, 14 salinity, 12 hydrodynamics, 9 geomorphology, 8 nutrients, and 5 carbonate chemistry. ID of the article is listed and can be linked to the specific publication in S1 Table. Carbonate chemistry includes measurements of pH, alkalinity, aragonite saturation, pCO2, and/or dissolved inorganic carbon. (XLSX)