Calcification and growth rate recovery of the reef-building species in the northeast tropical Pacific following an ENSO disturbance.

Pocilloporids are one of the major reef-building corals in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) and also the most affected by thermal stress events, mainly those associated with El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) periods. To date, coral growth parameters have been poorly reported in species in the northeastern region of the tropical Pacific. Monthly and annual growth rates of the three most abundant morphospecies (, , and ) were evaluated during two annual periods at a site on the Pacific coast of Mexico.