Change in the benthic community composition from 2012-2019
The relative contribution of individual benthic components to the reef
benthic composition are shown from 2012-2015 (Fig 4a) and 2016-2019 (Fig
4b), with only slight changes to the benthic components at the Indonesia
sites between these time groups. Furthermore, potential
simplification/stabilisation of the benthic composition at the Indonesia
sites can be observed based on the entirety of the ordination space
occupied pre-2016 compared to 2016-2019 (Fig 4c). However, at the
Honduras sites, a drastic change in the benthic components which drives
the community composition was observed from 2012-2015 compared to
2016-2019 (Fig 4d,e). This coincided with a shift in the ordination
space occupied by each site. (Fig 4f).
No significant shift in the benthic composition under global warming,
quantified as SSTA, at the Indonesia site was identified (Fig 5).
However, the shift in the benthic composition at the Honduras site was
significantly driven by global warming (F = 6.195, df = 31, p = 0.0184,
Fig 4f, Fig 5).