Realm: Marine
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical Coral
Central latitude: -18.835910
Central longitude: 146.653600
Duration: 8 years, from 2013 to 2020

2441 records

242 distinct species

Across the time series Montipora aequituberculata is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Four 50m point intercept transects were laid out parellel to the coastline at the same depth at each study site. Benthic composition under 100 points with 50 cm interval of each transect were recorded and sclertinian corals were identified to species level. The abundance of each sclertinian coral species on each transect was estimate as the relative abundance on each transect. Survey was conducted yearly. Unit of abundance = PercentCover.

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