Table 2 Common metrics for (A) ecological coral outcomes and (B) physical outcomes associated with built structures

A) Ecological

Coral mortality

Percent mortality (or survival)

Larval mortality (or survival)

Transplant mortality (or survival)

Percent detached

Cause of death

Mortality count (or survival)

Coral growth

Growth rate (height, width, diameter)

Coral size (height, width, length, diameter, volume, weight)

Fragment size (height, width, length, diameter)

Colony size (heigh, width, length, diameter)

linear extension

Coral cover

Coral cover

Percent cover

Coral recruitment

Number of settlers or recruits

Settlement behavior

Recruitment density

Recruitment percent

Coral diversity

Species diversity

Species evenness

Species richness

Community composition

Coral condition

Bleaching proportion

Bleaching frequency

Bleaching severity

Coral condition

Percent corals per health category

Tissue stress proportion

Reef structure

Structural complexity

Reef height

Reef size

Coral distribution

Spatial distribution

Coral species or population

Abundance

Density

Number of functional groups

Coral biological interactions

Interactions with reef fish

Interactions with macroalgae

Interactions with macroinvertebrates

Coral reproduction

Number of gonads

Number of settlers or recruits

Size threshold of fecund corals

Coral genetic

Genetic diversity

Genetic abundance

Genetic richness

Gene expression

B) Physical

Waves

Wave attenuation

Wave energy

Wave height

Sediment and morphology

Shoreline morphology

Elevation change

Sedimentation rate

Currents

Current speed

Current magnitude