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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/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.918324.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/918324 (external link)
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\nfor legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data\nContributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any\nof their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or\nimplied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a\nparticular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,\ncompleteness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Data Abstract:\n\nThese 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.\n\n\nResults paper abstract, Edmunds et al. (2023) :\n* [See \"Related Datasets\" section for access to related datasets discussed here]\n\nUnderstanding 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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