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7.0 Appendix
Appendix 1. Biotic Temporal Descriptives. Average vegetation cover-density measurements of 30 sites in the POM basin. Mean
biotic measurements listed ± standard deviation for cover-density (#/m2)
Year Season Syringodium Thalassia Halodule Halophila
Red
Algae
Calcareous
Algae
Green
Algae
Brown
Algae
2005
Dry 1.51 ± 1.58 0.73 ± 1.22 0.80 ± 0.95 0.05 ± 0.14 0.40 ± 0.46 0.28 ± 0.39 0.04 ± 0.14 0.02 ± 0.07
Wet 1.36 ± 1.54 0.57 ± 1.20 0.49 ± 0.89 0.13 ± 0.56 0.34 ± 0.62 0.31 ± 0.45 0.33 ± 0.66 0.04 ± 0.14
AVG 1.43 ± 1.55 0.65 ± 1.20 0.64 ± 0.93 0.09 ± 0.41 0.37 ± 0.54 0.30 ± 0.42 0.19 ± 0.49 0.03 ± 0.11
2006
Dry 1.24 ± 1.47 0.68 ± 1.27 0.78 ± 1.28 0.01 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.54 0.21 ± 0.30 0.27 ± 0.43 0.03 ± 0.10
Wet 1.67 ± 1.73 0.64 ± 1.37 0.55 ± 1.07 0.06 ± 0.22 0.29 ± 0.48 0.30 ± 0.50 0.28 ± 0.44 0.07 ± 0.16
AVG 1.45 ± 1.61 0.66 ± 1.31 0.67 ± 1.17 0.03 ± 0.16 0.39 ± 0.52 0.25 ± 0.41 0.27 ± 0.43 0.05 ± 0.14
2007
Dry 1.57 ± 1.49 0.80 ± 1.20 0.57 ± 0.76 0.01 ± 0.03 0.69 ± 0.61 0.32 ± 0.54 0.13 ± 0.30 0.003 ± 0.02
Wet 1.70 ± 1.52 0.56 ± 0.79 0.68 ± 1.14 0.09 ± 0.34 0.25 ± 0.57 0.55 ± 0.50 0.22 ± 0.28 0.05 ± 0.15
AVG 1.63 ± 1.50 0.68 ± 1.01 0.63 ± 0.96 0.05 ± 0.24 0.47 ± 0.63 0.44 ± 0.53 0.17 ± 0.29 0.02 ± 0.10
2008
Dry 1.35 ± 1.37 0.83 ± 1.26 0.49 ± 0.69 0.11 ± 0.47 1.13 ± 0.94 0.21 ± 0.35 0.07 ± 0.17 0.31 ± 0.47
Wet 1.43 ± 1.55 0.59 ± 0.89 0.56 ± 1.11 0.20 ± 0.66 0.22 ± 0.42 0.40 ± 0.54 0.14 ± 0.44 0.03 ± 0.13
AVG 1.39 ± 1.45 0.71 ± 1.09 0.52 ± 0.92 0.15 ± 0.57 0.68 ± 0.85 0.31 ± 0.46 0.10 ± 0.33 0.17 ± 0.37
2009
Dry 1.33 ± 1.48 0.74 ± 1.02 0.19 ± 0.36 0 0.90 ± 0.78 0.10 ± 0.20 0.03 ± 0.12 0.01 ± 0.03
Wet 1.23 ± 1.74 0.79 ± 1.13 1.00 ± 1.22 0.35 ± 1.02 0.12 ± 0.24 0.36 ± 0.45 0.11 ± 0.23 0
AVG 1.28 ± 1.60 0.77 ± 1.07 0.59 ± 0.98 0.17 ± 0.74 0.51 ± 0.69 0.23 ± 0.37 0.07 ± 0.18 0.003 ± 0.02
2010
Dry 1.24 ± 1.24 0.22 ± 0.47 0.35 ± 0.73 0 1.55 ± 1.03 0.11 ± 0.25 0.10 ± 0.31 0.01 ± 0.03
Wet 0.82 ± 0.93 0.40 ± 0.49 0.69 ± 0.81 0.05 ± 0.22 0.03 ± 0.06 0.20 ± 0.28 0.24 ± 0.50 0
AVG 1.03 ± 1.10 0.31 ± 0.48 0.52 ± 0.79 0.03 ± 0.15 0.79 ± 1.05 0.15 ± 0.27 0.17 ± 0.42 0.003 ± 0.02
2011
Dry 1.30 ± 1.34 0.75 ± 0.97 0.48 ± 0.87 0.003 ± 0.02 0.69 ± 0.55 0.34 ± 0.59 0.07 ± 0.16 0.02 ± 0.12
Wet 1.38 ± 1.22 0.58 ± 0.92 0.45 ± 0.81 0 0.19 ± 0.41 0.54 ± 0.69 0.18 ± 0.30 0.02 ± 0.07
AVG 1.34 ± 1.27 0.66 ± 0.94 0.47 ± 0.83 0.001 ± 0.01 0.44 ± 0.54 0.44 ± 0.64 0.13 ± 0.25 0.02 ± 0.10
Average
Dry 1.36 ± 1.41 0.68 ± 1.09 0.52 ± 0.86 0.02 ± 0.19 0.83 ± 0.81 0.22 ± 0.40 0.10 ± 0.26 0.06 ± 0.22
Wet 1.37 ± 1.49 0.59 ± 1.00 0.63 ± 1.02 0.12 ± 0.54 0.21 ± 0.44 0.38 ± 0.51 0.21 ± 0.43 0.03 ± 0.11