Coral health surveys completed between March 2010 and September 2012 quantified the response and resilience of approximately 42,000 coral colonies from different taxa to successive bleaching events. The data was collected by researchers and published in Science of The Total Environment in 2020. Changes in benthic community composition before, during and after the thermal stress events were also assessed.
Use Cases
- Model coral bleaching mortality rates based on taxa susceptibility mentioned in the description
- Analyze benthic community shifts from coral to macroalgae based on repeated stress events
- Study the impact of fast El Niño-La Niña transitions on high-latitude reef assemblages
Strengths
- Approximately 42,000 coral colonies surveyed
- Data spans a multi-year period from March 2010 to September 2012
- Includes quantification of bleaching severity ranging from 99% to 17%
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Coral health surveys completed between March 2010 and September 2012.
- Time Range
- March 2010 to September 2012
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 08:48:05.830073; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Lord Howe Island