Detailed information regarding the number of plates deposited/retrieved, number of spats collected/identified, number of identified spats from different genera, and recruitment rate/identification rate per plate at all sites.

Spat number for different genera is listed. The order of sites was based on the recruitment rate per plate from the highest to lowest. Abbreviations of sites are as described in Table 2.anumber of spat collected per retrieved platebnumber of coral spat identified from collected spats (e.g., total 263: misidentified 6, other cnidarians 9 = 248, identified spat 224, collected spat 248 = 0.903)Detailed information regarding the number of plates deposited/retrieved, number of spats collected/identified, number of identified spats from different genera, and recruitment rate/identification rate per plate at all sites.