UTOPIAN Dataset - Mapping the benthic ecological state of the Reunion Island coral reef using the COral Reef Rapid Assessment Method (CORRAM)

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As part of the UTOPIAN project, a data acquisition spanning from August 2021 to January 2025 has allowed for the evaluation of all coral reefs in Réunion. The CORRAM method (COral Reef Rapid Assessment Method) was used, which involves estimating 8 indicators of benthic community composition through circular plots (coral cover, percentage of the genus Acropora within coral communities, algal cover, opportunistic species cover, structural complexity, diameter of the coral colony, coral state of health, density of coral juveniles). More than 5,000 circular plots have been assessed through snorkeling or freediving up to 15 meters deep. From this database, the ATLAS project is underway to spatialize all this information and compile it into an Atlas of the ecological status of the coral benthic communities of Réunion.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.17882/104728
Metadata Access http://www.seanoe.org/oai/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:seanoe.org:104728
Provenance
Creator Léo, Broudic; Mathieu, Pinault
Publisher SEANOE
Publication Year 2024
Rights CC-BY
OpenAccess true
Contact SEANOE
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Marine Science