Figure 1

Figure 1. Association between acroporid corals and macroalgae. (left) Acropora cervicornis thicket from Discovery Bay, Jamaica in 1978. Note thick understory of Dictyota and Amphiroa adjacent to a territory of the threespot damselfish, Stegates planifrons. Photo credit: William Precht. (center) Stegates-occupied branching-Acropora thicket from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, 2010. Photo credit: John Bruno. (right) High biomass of macoalgae underneath a plating acroporid coral from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, 2010. Photo credit: John Bruno.