Table 3 Study sites and atolls with indicated the presence or absence of human settlement (uninhabited or resort), the two types of locations (lagoon or oceanic reefs), latitude, and longitude.

From: Coral recovery in the central Maldives archipelago since the last major mass-bleaching, in 1998

Atoll

Type

Site

Position

Latitude

Longitude

North Male

Uninhabited

Udhafushi

Lagoon

4 18.47′N

73 30.14′E

North Male

Resort

Bandos

Lagoon

4 16.26′N

73 29.29′E

Ari Atoll

Resort

Velidhu

Lagoon

4 11.34′N

72 49.10′E

Ari Atoll

Resort

Fesdu

Lagoon

4 0.31′N

72 48.35′E

North Male

Uninhabited

Rasfari

Oceanic

4 36.19′N

73 35.90′E

South Male

Uninhabited

Emboodhu

Oceanic

4 7.77′N

73 28.19′E

North Male

Uninhabited

KudaKandu

Oceanic

4 36.19′N

73 35.90′E