©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.The goal of this survey was to make a catalog of species found at the site, and determine whether they were relatively rare or abundant. Counts of coral colonies per species were made along transects to achieve this goal. Fifty-meter transect tapes were laid at each site at 10, 20, and 40 feet. Each side of the tape was referred to as either 'transect 1' or 'transect 2'. Scuba divers made a visual search for all live corals greater than 5 centimeters, and recorded the number of individuals seen...
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These data are counts of coral colonies along transects at monitoring sites. Each transect was 2x50 meters in length. There were two transects per depth x three depths (10, 20, and 40 feet). Counts were stopped at 10 colonies per transect such that the max number of colonies per transect was 10, even if there were more colonies present on the transect.
Altieri, A., Meyer, J. L. (2025) Counts of coral colonies per species along monitoring transects from the Caribbean Coast of Panama in August to September 2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-07-21 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/876676 [access date]
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