MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Pocillopora Abundance, Cover and Recruitment data for Tsounis and Edmunds 2016 Peer J

First Year: 

2010

Last Year: 

2015
The dataset contains stony coral cover percent and Pocillopora cover obtained in on the north shore of Moorea in 2010 and 2014/2015 using photoqudrats. A subset of the data were obtained by counting adults and juveniles in situ using quadrats. Recruitment rates were quantified using settlement tiles. These data support the publication Tsounis and Edmunds, The potential for self-seeding by the coral Pocillopora spp. In Moorea, French Polynesia, Peer J, 2016.

Package Type: 

Publication

Topic: 

Coral

Related MCR Person: 

Georgios Tsounis
Peter Edmunds

Core Research Areas: 

Populations

Keywords: 

Scleractinian Coral, Pocillopora, Scleractinia, Carbonate Rocks, Corals, Polyps (organisms), Populations, Shallow Water, Reef Resistance and Resilience
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