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Table 6 Total number of studies, experimental studies, and observational studies by outcome category

From: Evidence on the impacts of chemicals arising from human activity on tropical reef-building corals; a systematic map

Outcome category

Total

Experimental

Observational

Bioaccumulation

1082

(13.6%)

11

(0.3%)

1071

(26.2%)

BioaccumulationF

968

(12.2%)

222

(5.8%)

746

(18.2%)

Physiology

1344

(16.9%)

1247

(32.4%)

97

(2.4%)

Cover

1113

(14%)

24

(0.6%)

1089

(26.6%)

Mortality

716

(9%)

543

(14.1%)

173

(4.2%)

Microbiome

483

(6.1%)

424

(11%)

59

(1.4%)

Growth

339

(4.3%)

264

(6.9%)

75

(1.8%)

Recruitment

302

(3.8%)

161

(4.2%)

141

(3.4%)

Reproduction

271

(3.4%)

189

(4.9%)

82

(2%)

Disease

219

(2.8%)

44

(1.1%)

175

(4.3%)

Bleaching

215

(2.7%)

145

(3.8%)

70

(1.7%)

Coral diversity

203

(2.6%)

1

(0%)

202

(4.9%)

Calcification

185

(2.3%)

155

(4%)

30

(0.7%)

Genetic

90

(1.1%)

78

(2%)

12

(0.3%)

Distribution

15

(0.2%)

 

15

(0.4%)

Other

392

(4.9%)

337

(8.8%)

55

(1.3%)