Comparison of the distribution of settlers of D. marginatus and D. aruanus among corals with and without conspecific adults presented as the percent of settlers observed on each coral category.

Values are based on the data which were documented in the corals of each category during an entire recruitment event from all settlers of the species at the same event. The distribution of each fish species is represented separately for each recruitment event. The expected random distribution is actually the percentage of coral colonies of each category from all tagged colonies. The expected distribution when all S. pistillata are excluded is also provided. n = the total number of settlers of each species per event. The results of χ2 test comparing the observed and expected distribution of selected corals is provided for each species at each recruitment event among all tagged corals (critical χ2 = 7.815; α 0.05) Dm = D. marginatus; Da = D. aruanus; Sp = S. pistillata.