en:data:coral
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Community of coral reefs around Tikus island, Indonesia
Source of data
Warwick et al. (1990) - collected and published results of analysis, Anderson et al. (2011) - published part of the data in Appendix S1
Description of the dataset
Dataset contains covers of 75 coral reef species, collected along 10 transects during 1981-1988. In 1982, as a result of El Nino, the area was heavily disturbed, resulting into bleaching of coral reefs.
Locality
Coral reefs in the surrounding of Tikus island in Indonesia (part of Thousand Islands archipelago north of Jakarta).
The file with coordinates, which can be opened in Google Earth: tikus.kmz1)
Environmental variables
| Name of the variable | Description |
|---|---|
| Transect | Abbreviation for transect |
| Year | Year of observation (1981, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88) |
Script for direct import of data into R
tikus.spe <- read.delim ('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zdealveindy/anadat-r/master/data/tikus-spe.txt', row.names = 1) tikus.env <- read.delim ('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zdealveindy/anadat-r/master/data/tikus-env.txt')
The dataset is also available in package mvabund as data (tikus).
References
- Warwick, R.M., Clarke, K.R. & Suharsono (1990): A statistical analysis of coral community responses to the 1982-1983 El Nino in the Thousand Islands, Indonesia. - Coral Reefs, 8: 171-179.
- Anderson, M.J. et al. (2011): Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist. - Ecology Letters, 14: 19-29 (pdf, Appendix S1)
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you need Google Earth installed on your computer to open this file
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