Spatial variation in coral reef fish and benthic communities in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea

This study was funded by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology through a Competitive Research Grant (URF/1/1389-01-01), the Red Sea Research Center (URF/1/1973-01-01), and baseline research funds to Michael L. Berumen. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Fieldwork was facilitated by the KAUST Coastal and Marine Research Core Lab, and Tane Sinclair-Taylor provided assistance with creating one of the figures.