Standard Operating Procedure Documents for Coral Reef Ecological Monitoring
Owning Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
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This collection contains documents describing methods used by the Sandin Lab to collect standardized coral reef community ecology data. The methods documents and standard operating procedures have been designed to describe the key functional elements of the coral reef ecosystem: major flows of energy, major competitors for space, and principal contributors to biodiversity (with an emphasis on non-cryptic fishes and sessile benthic taxa). The research conducted by the Sandin Lab maintains attendance to detailed taxonomy, but the methods employed herein are not tailored for comprehensive biodiversity assessments. These methods are geared to track changes across space and through time based on insights from observational ecology. In an effort to investigate the mechanistic basis of variability within and among species, however, we also include methods designed to track changes in population densities and potential evidence of adaptation within species and communities. View this collection on the contributor's website.View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.
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