Video and photogrammetric data for soft coral communities offshore Thailand, Japan and Fiji

This dataset contains video (841 mp4) and photograph (8674 jpg) data of soft and hard coral communities from Thailand, Japan and Fiji. These data were collected in order to be used to construct 3d models of the coral forests and reefs. The 3D models were creating by extracting stills from the video, and supplementing with added photographs, then using Agisoft metashape to make the photogrammetric reconstructions of the coral communities (as *.psx files). These data will be used to reconstruct the community ecology using spatial point process analyses and Bayesian network inference. There are 128 models from 8 sites taken across 25 days from Phi Phi Islands, Phuket, Thailand. The Thailand models consist of videos taken with a variety of different techniques, and were an exercise in honing the methods of data collection, rather than taking data to be used. There are 14 models from four sites in Okinawa and Shikoku Islands, Japan across 4 days. There are 47 models from nine sites in Rainbow Reef, Tavenui, Fiji across 13 days. This data set is part of an project to understand the eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animal communities using ecological approaches with this data providing modern analogue communities.本数据集包含来自泰国、日本及斐济的软硬珊瑚群落的视频（841个MP4文件）与照片（8674个JPG文件）数据，采集本次数据的目的为构建珊瑚林与珊瑚礁的三维模型。上述三维模型的制作流程为：从视频中提取静帧画面，补充额外拍摄的照片后，利用Agisoft Metashape完成珊瑚群落的摄影测量重建，输出文件格式为*.psx。本数据集将通过空间点过程分析与贝叶斯网络推理，用于重建珊瑚群落的生态特征。其中，来自泰国普吉府皮皮群岛8个采样点位、历时25天采集的模型共计128个；该区域的视频拍摄采用了多种不同技术，其初衷为优化数据采集方法，而非直接用于后续研究。日本冲绳与四国群岛的4个采样点位、历时4天采集得到14个三维模型。斐济塔韦乌尼岛彩虹礁的9个采样点位、历时13天采集得到47个三维模型。本数据集是一项研究项目的组成部分，该项目旨在利用生态学方法解析早期动物群落的生态-演化动态，本数据集将作为现代类似群落的参考样本。