Marine Lechene and colleagues analyzed coral size structure using orthomosaics from 84 sites on the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. The dataset includes planar area measurements for 5880 coral colonies across gradients of latitude, cross-shelf position, wave exposure, and depth. This work was conducted under the EcoRRAP sub-program and published on data_gov_au.
Use Cases
- Modeling coral population recovery potential based on colony size and environmental gradients.
- Identifying source reefs for larval replenishment based on the prevalence of larger, more fecund colonies.
- Assessing habitat suitability for different coral morphotaxa across wave exposure and depth gradients.
Strengths
- Measurements for 5880 coral colonies provide a substantial sample size.
- Data spans 84 sites across a wide geographic range from the Torres Strait to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
- Analysis includes six dominant coral morphotaxa across multiple environmental gradients.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australian reefs.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Data collected via photogrammetry imaging procedures as part of the EcoRRAP sub-program.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-13 19:55:55.222386; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia (latitude range: -23.917571 to -9.73404).