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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	[Edmunds et al. 2023 Oecologia: Settler Density] - Density of coral settlers detected on settlement tiles each year at two 10m sites on the north shore of Moorea, French Polynesia from 2008 to 2020 (Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research site)		M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_918324_v1

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.918324.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/918324
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Data Abstract: These data describe the number of coral settlers detected on settlement tiles each year, with annual settlement determined by adding mean recruits on tiles retrieved in Jan/Feb to mean density on tiles retrieved Aug/Sept. Results paper abstract, Edmunds et al. (2023) : * [See "Related Datasets" section for access to related datasets discussed here] Understanding population dynamics is a long-standing objective of ecology, but the need for progress in this area has become urgent. For coral reefs, achieving this objective is impeded by a lack of information on settlement versus post-settlement events in determining recruitment and population size. Declines in coral abundance are often inferred to be associated with reduced densities of recruits, which could arise from mechanisms occurring at larval settlement, or throughout post-settlement stages. This study uses annual measurements from 2008 to 2021 of coral cover, the density of coral settlers (S), the density of small corals (SC), and environmental conditions, to evaluate the roles of settlement versus post-settlement events in determining rates of coral recruitment and changes in coral cover at Moorea, French Polynesia. Coral cover, S, SC, and the SC:S ratio (a proxy for post-settlement success), and environmental conditions, were used in generalized additive models (GAMs) to show that: (a) coral cover was more strongly related to SC and SC:S than S, and (b) SC:S was highest when preceded by cool seawater, low concentrations of Chlorophyll a, and low flow speeds, and S showed evidence of declining with elevated temperature. Together, these results suggest that changes in coral cover in Moorea are more strongly influenced by post-settlement events than settlement. The key to understanding coral community resilience may lie in elucidating the factors attenuating the bottleneck between settlers and small corals.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[Edmunds et al. 2023 Oecologia: Settler Density] - Density of coral settlers detected on settlement tiles each year at two 10m sites on the north shore of Moorea, French Polynesia from 2008 to 2020 (Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research site)
variable	Year		String
attribute	Year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	Year	units	String	unitless
variable	Site		String
attribute	Site	long_name	String	Site
attribute	Site	units	String	unitless
variable	All_corals		float
attribute	All_corals	actual_range	float	1.52, 10.479
attribute	All_corals	long_name	String	All_corals
attribute	All_corals	units	String	number of settlers per tile
variable	Pocillopora		float
attribute	Pocillopora	actual_range	float	0.333, 9.69
attribute	Pocillopora	long_name	String	Pocillopora
attribute	Pocillopora	units	String	number of settlers per tile

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