Coral Recruitment and Temperature Data from Six Reefs in Cairns-Port Douglas, 2023-2025
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Description
Two years of relative coral recruitment data from six reefs in the Cairns-Port Douglas region, collected by JCU TropWATER from 2023/2024 to 2024/2025. The dataset includes GPS coordinates, recruit counts per tile and by coral family, tile orientation data, in-situ temperature logs, and Rapid Health Impact Survey results. Data was collected using limestone settlement tiles deployed during annual mass spawning periods.
Use Cases
Modeling coral larval settlement success based on tile orientation and location data.
Analyzing the relationship between in-situ temperature records and coral recruitment rates.
Assessing reef health impacts on recruitment using concurrent Rapid Health Impact Survey data.
Comparing recruitment patterns across different scleractinian coral family groups.
Strengths
Data spans two full years across six specific reefs and 18 sites, providing temporal and spatial coverage.
Includes multiple data facets: GPS coordinates, recruit counts, temperature logs, and health surveys for integrated analysis.
Standardized methodology with tiles deployed at a consistent depth and spacing, allowing for comparative study.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Temperature data has some omissions due to logger failure or loss, as noted in the description.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Provenance
Source
Australian Ocean Data Network, via data_gov_au. Associated with JCU TropWATER and Reef Hub.
Collection Method
Limestone settlement tiles deployed annually at mass spawning periods, with in-situ temperature loggers and Rapid Health Impact Surveys.
Time Range
2023/2024 to 2024/2025
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-04 06:36:27.130099; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Cairns-Port Douglas region, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Opal, Agincourt, Hastings, Moore, Flynn, and Rudder Reefs).
License is unknown; terms of use should be verified before application.