MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Early life stage bottleneck determines rates of coral recovery following severe disturbance; Data for Speare et al., 2024, Ecology

The data included in this data package were collected on the north shore of Moorea, French Polynesia, from 2011-2018 to evaluate drivers of different recovery rates of corals at two depths (10m and 17m). Data on juvenile coral densities, growth, and mortality, were collected from annual time series photoquadrats. Data from two experiments on coral settlement tiles were used to evaluate how exclusion of fishes influences the density of coral recruits, and the survival of coral recruits at 10 and 17m. These data were used for analyses in the manuscript entitled "Early life stage bottleneck determines rates of coral recovery following severe disturbance". These data are in support of a publication Speare et al. (2024) Ecology. This material uses data collected by the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research (MCR LTER) site under Grant No. OCE 2224354 (and earlier awards). Additional financial support to the MCR LTER site was provided through a generous gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Research was completed under permits issued by the French Polynesian Government (Délégation à la Recherche) and the Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie Francaise (DTRT) (Protocole d'Accueil 2005-2024).本数据包收录的数据于2011至2018年间在法属波利尼西亚茉莉雅岛（Moorea）北岸采集，旨在探究两个水深（10米与17米）下珊瑚恢复速率存在差异的驱动因素。研究通过年度时间序列摄影样方（photoquadrats）采集了幼珊瑚密度、生长及死亡率相关数据。本研究同时采用两项珊瑚附着基实验的数据，用以评估鱼类排除行为对10米与17米水深下珊瑚幼体密度及存活率的影响。上述数据用于题为"Early life stage bottleneck determines rates of coral recovery following severe disturbance"的论文分析工作，该成果对应Speare等人2024年发表于《Ecology》的研究论文。本数据集依托美国国家科学基金会（U.S. National Science Foundation, 简称NSF）茉莉雅珊瑚礁长期生态研究（Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research, 简称MCR LTER）站点的采集数据，资助编号为OCE 2224354（及此前资助奖项）。茉莉雅珊瑚礁长期生态研究站点还获得了戈登与贝蒂·摩尔基金会的慷慨捐赠作为额外经费支持。本研究的开展已获得法属波利尼西亚政府研究代表团（Délégation à la Recherche）及法国驻波利尼西亚高级专员公署（Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie Francaise, 简称DTRT）签发的许可（接待议定书2005-2024）。