Realm: Marine
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical coral
Central latitude: -18.835909
Central longitude: 146.653577
Duration: 4 years, from 2013 to 2016

734 records

180 distinct species

Across the time series Porites massive 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. The abundance of each sclertinian coral species at each site at each time point was the average of the four transects laid out. Survey was conducted yearly. Unit of abundance = PercentCover, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Kuo, C.-Y. “Scleractinian Coral Dataset”, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia. Accessed 2016.