MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-Term Coral Population and Community Dynamics: Annual Island Wide Coral Demography Survey 2011 to present

Demographic performance (recruitment, growth, and survival) are quantified annually for
multiple individual colonies of the three most common genera (Acropora, Pocillopora,
Porites) at both backreef and forereef sites. Each coral was tagged in 2011 and subsequently sampled annually to track colony growth and mortality dynamics. Since 2013, investigators
have transitioned to identifying coral through detailed mapping methodology and will continue to identify corals using this method in the subsequent years.

本数据集每年对礁后与礁前生境中三个最常见造礁珊瑚属（鹿角珊瑚属Acropora、杯形珊瑚属Pocillopora、滨珊瑚属Porites）的多个独立珊瑚群体的种群统计特征（涵盖珊瑚补充、生长与存活）开展量化测定。所有珊瑚个体均于2011年完成标记，后续每年实施采样监测，以追踪珊瑚群体的生长与死亡动态。自2013年起，研究人员已转为采用精细化制图法开展珊瑚种类鉴定工作，并将在后续研究年份持续沿用该方法完成珊瑚识别。