MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005

First Year: 

2005

Last Year: 

2024
The data presented here are the abundances of the major invertebrate herbivores and corallivores on Moorea coral reefs. Abundances are estimated in 4 fixed quadrats along 5 permanent transects at each of 4 habitats at 2 sites on each of the 3 shores of Moorea each year. Counts are made in one-meter-squared quadrats.

Package Type: 

Signature

Topic: 

Other Benthic Invertebrates

Related MCR Person: 

Robert Carpenter

Core Research Areas: 

Populations

Keywords: 

Acanthaster, Culcita, Diadema, Echinometra, Echinostrephus, Echinothrix, Tectus, Tripneustes, Trochus
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