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The following supplement accompanies the article

Density, size and biomass of Diadema mexicanum (Echinoidea) in Eastern Tropical Pacific coral reefs

Juan José Alvarado*, Jorge Cortés, Hector Guzman, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla

* Corresponding author: juan.alvarado@ucr.ac.cr; juanalva76@yahoo.com

Aquatic Biology 24: 151–161 (2016)

Table S1. Sampling localities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

Country Locality Sampling date Locality description

México Isla Espíritu Santo November 2009

Reyes-Bonilla & López-Pérez 1998, Reyes-Bonilla 2003

Cabo Pulmo November 2009

Arizpe et al. 1993, Reyes-Bonilla 1993, 1997, 2003, Calderón-Aguilera et al. 2007

Marietas March 2010 Carriquiry & Reyes-Bonilla 1997, Calderón-Aguilera et al. 2007 Carrizales February 2010 Chávez-Comparan & Macías-Zamora 2006, Reyes-Bonilla et al. 2013. Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo February 2010 Salcedo-Martínez et al. 1988, Oseguera-Cruz 2004, Victoria-Salazar 2007 Bahías de Huatulco September

2010 Glynn & Leyte-Morales 1997, Reyes-Bonilla & Leyte-Morales 1998, López-Pérez & Hernández-Ballesteros 2004

El Salvador Los Cóbanos January 2009 Reyes-Bonilla & Barraza 2003 Costa Rica Bahía Culebra July 2009 Cortés & Guzman 1998, Jiménez et al. 2001, Cortés & Jiménez 2003 Isla del Caño July 2009 Cortés & Guzman 1998, Guzman & Cortés 2001, Cortés & Jiménez 2003 Isla del Coco February 2009 Guzman & Cortés 1992, 2007, Cortés & Guzman 1998, Cortés & Jiménez 2003 Panamá Isla Coiba June 2010 Maté 2003, Guzman et al. 2004 Archipiélago de las

Perlas April 2010 Maté 2003, D’Croz & O’Dea 2007, Guzman et al. 2008

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Table S2. Density of some Diadema species around the world.

Species Site Year Number of localities

Density (ind m-2)

Source

D. mexicanum ETP 2009-2010 12 0.47±0.15 min: 0.02; max: 2.19

This study

D. antillarum Caribe 1973-1974 - 71-100 Sammarco 1980 1977-1979 30 5.47±6.04

min: 0.04; max: 25.80 Bauer 1980

1980-1982 13 ~5.22±6.41 min: 0.20; max: 20.00

Hay 1984

2003-2004 6 ~3.0±0.6 min: 0.00; max: 8.9

Carpenter & Edmunds 2006

Brazil 1995-2001 4 ~4-12 Atrill & Kelmo 2007 Cuba 2004-2005 22 0.33±0.52

min: 0.00; max: 2.18 Martín-Blanco et al. 2010

D. africanum Canarias 2004 26 2.82±1.58 min: 0.07; max:13.57

Hernandez et al. 2008

D. paucispinum Hawaii 2007 16 0.02±0.29 min: 0.0; max: 1.0

Vermeij et al. 2010*

D. setosum Kenia 1988 4 1.6±0.8 min: 0.02; max: 3.7

McClanahan & Shafir 1990

Fiji 1999 4 0.04±0.02 min: 0.003; max: 0.07

Coppard & Campbell 2007

Australia 2009 1 < 0.03 Young & Bellwood 2011 D. savignyi Kenya 1988 4 5.7±2.7

min: 0.2; max: 12.9 McClanahan & Shafir 1990

Fiji 1999 5 0.25±0.10 min: 0.01; max: 0.46

Coppard & Campbell 2007

Australia 2009 1 < 0.03 Young & Bellwood 2011

*M. Vermeij supplied additional information.

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Figure S1. A) Pocillopora spp. coral reef in Las Tachuelas, Cabo Pulmo, México; B) Porites lobata reef

in Las Cataratas, Isla del Caño, Costa Rica.

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