Data from coral larval settlement and coral survival experiments. Data in each sheet of the excel file
are explained below. Data are presented for each replicate treatment as this was the data used to
generate figures and for statistical analysis
Effects of macroalgae on coral larval settlement (Experiment 1)
Sheet name: Volume of Macroalgae (1)
 Cover, height and volume of macroalgae in each of the experimental treatments
Sheet name: Tile benthos (1)
 Benthic cover on recruitment tiles in each of the treatments, data is averaged across all tiles
in each treatment as they are not independent.
Sheet name: Coral recruitment (1)
 Number of recruits on recruitment tiles in each of the treatments, data is averaged across all
tiles in each treatment as they are not independent.
Effects of macroalgae on the growth and survival of coral recruits (Experiment 2)
Sheet name: Volume of Macroalgae (2)
 Cover, height and volume of macroalgae in each of the experimental treatments
Sheet name: Tile benthos (2)
 Benthic cover on recruitment tiles in each of the treatments, data is averaged across all tiles
in each treatment as they are not independent.
Sheet name: Coral recruitment (2)
 Number of recruits on recruitment tiles in each of the treatments, data is averaged across all
tiles in each treatment as they are not independent.
Sheet name: Coral survival (2)
 Survival of coral recruits within each of the treatments, data is data is averaged across all
tiles in each treatment as they are not independent.
Sheet name: Coral growth (2)
 Size of coral recruits at each time interval (length um and polyp number), data is data is
averaged across all tiles in each treatment as they are not independent.