Table S1. Sites (n = 21) where Acropora palmata was recorded along the Mesoamerican Reef in 2010-2012. Sites are arranged from north to south for Mexico and Belize and from West to East in Honduras. SD: Standard deviation. Country Site code Reef name Date of survey Latitude Longitude Depth Transects (N) Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Belize Belize Belize Belize Honduras Honduras Honduras Honduras Honduras Honduras Honduras Mx1 Mx2 Mx3 Mx4 Mx5 Mx6 Mx7 Mx8 Mx9 Mx10 Be1 Be2 Be3 Be4 Ho1 Ho2 Ho3 Ho4 Ho5 Ho6 Ho7 La Bandera Limones Punta Venado Yalku Akumal 1 Akumal 2 Tulsayab Xcalak 1 Xcalak 2 Xcalak 3 San Pedro Cay Caulker Lighthouse Reef Glover Reef Big Swan Channel Roatan 1 Roatan 2 Cayo Cochinos Utila Salmedina's Cay Cocalito 24/10/2011 26/03/2012 17/05/2012 04/05/2102 20/06/2011 20/06/2012 19/09/2011 01/04/2012 01/04/2012 13/04/2012 25/08/2011 26/08/2012 06/12/2011 23/11/2011 19/07/2011 21/07/2011 01/09/2011 30/08/2010 14/12/2011 21/04/2012 28/05/2011 21.1705 20.9872 20.5509 20.4074 20.3838 20.3833 20.2506 18.2401 18.2137 18.1860 17.8817 17.7996 17.2591 16.7200 17.4104 16.3982 16.4071 15.9811 16.1215 16.0430 15.9118 -86.7297 -86.7964 -87.1492 -87.2995 -87.3158 -87.3151 -87.3954 -87.8262 -87.8274 -87.8330 -87.9694 -87.9954 -87.5558 -87.8387 -83.9162 -86.2824 -86.4071 -86.4787 -86.9151 -86.9797 -87.6171 6.5 1.5 3.9 6.0 7.6 5.1 6.8 6.7 9.8 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.6 9.0 6.8 7.7 4.8 5.4 9.3 7.6 3.1 Surveyed 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 6 10 10 w/ A. palmata 4 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 A. palmata Mean cover (SD) A. palmata Median cover 3.2 (4.2) 34.7 (24.5) 6.8 (11.6) 0.4 (0.8) 2.3 (5.7) 6.7 (13.2) 3.5 (6.4) 1.7 (4.1) 1.5 (3.7) 0.2 (0.4) 4.5 (7.1) 5.5 (6.6) 0.7 (1.6) 1.8 (4.0) 0.5 (1.2) 6.3 (11.7) 0.1 (0.4) 1.0 (2.8) 0.2 (0.4) 1.4 (4.4) 5.0 (9.1) 1.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1