MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Benthic Community Dynamics: Island Scale Coral Cover Analysis

These data describe the results of outer reef surveys that are conducted on an
irregular schedule to quantify coral reef community dynamics on a scale of
kilometers. The first island-wide survey was completed in 2006, and the second in
2010; we anticipate conducting such surveys every 5-6 years or as needed to capture
the large-scale effects of disturbance regimes. The island-wide sampling adds 3 new
sites per shore (for a total of 5 sites/shore with the fixed LTER sites) in each
year that the larger scale analyses are completed.