A Demographic Analysis of Populations of a Mushroom Coral Exposed to Contrasting Levels of Disturbance

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The rates of sexual and asexual recruitment were quantified over 3.5 years, in addition to the rates of growth, injury and survival of the different sizes and stages of polyps of Fungia fungites at Mainland and East Lewis reef in the Dampier Archipelago (see large thumbnail).
From this data, the rates of transition of polyps through their life cycle (vital rates) were obtained and incorporated into simple stage-structured matrix models that estimated the growth rates of the populations, their likelihood of approaching stability, and the relative importance of different polyp stages to population maintenance.

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Title A Demographic Analysis of Populations of a Mushroom Coral Exposed to Contrasting Levels of Disturbance
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c3abd3e3-251c-46f9-961a-0ada6e3d5379
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
j.gilmour@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/1997 - 01/10/2000
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "A Demographic Analysis of Populations of a Mushroom Coral Exposed to Contrasting Levels of Disturbance". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/a-demographic-analysis-of-populations-of-a-mushroom-coral-exposed-to-contrasting-levels-of-dist