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Long-term Lagoon Coral Census in the Coral Beach Nature Reserve lagoon and Reef Coral Census in Eilat coast, from 2004 onwards
Citation
Berkowicz S.; Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat; (2018) Long-term Lagoon Coral Census in the Coral Beach Nature Reserve lagoon and Reef Coral Census in Eilat coast, from 2004 onwards. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6093

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Description
This dataset contains Lagoon Coral Census raw data from the annual Israel National Monitoring Program survey conducted in the southern part of the Coral Beach Nature Reserve lagoon. more

The survey is done in summer and employs a systematic transect-quadrate array from the shoreline to the back-reef. In addition, it also contains Reef Coral Census raw data conducted at several locations and depths along the Eilat coast. The survey employs a random transect array using 10 meters transects. For the locations and more information please check the “Methods” section or the annual NMP reports (in Hebrew: for an abbreviated English summary of the Methodology for all the observations collected under this survey programme, see https://iui-eilat.huji.ac.il/Research/NMPMethodsEng.aspx). Selection options include individual survey sites, the 10 most abundant coral genera of Eilat, and discreet colony size-ranges (Huge>=30cm, 15cm<=Large<30cm, 5cm<=Medium<15cm, Small<5cm). Default or “all” will provide the entire data from the required survey.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Coral, Data, Israel, Eilat

Geographical coverage
Israel, Eilat [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2004 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Count

Contributors
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences Of Eilat (IUI), more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2018-11-12
Information last updated: 2018-11-12
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