Coral recovery dynamics on post-bleach coral reefs (Old ID 27474)
Role
Chief Investigator
Description
I will use a long-term data to investigate what determines patterns of coral settlement and survival in Lizard Island. 1) Investigate the fate of juvenile corals settled after the back-to-back bleaching events in the Island. 2) I will deploy current meters to provide hydrodynamic data to determine whether currents are able to explain the uneven distribution of recruits. 3) These current data will be combined with detailed 3D photogrammetry to generate small-scale digital photomosaic to estimate if and, to what extent multi-scale topographical details may interact with currents to determine the distribution, fate and growth of recruited corals.
Date
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Population Dynamics;Coral Demography;Coral Recovery;Coral Ecology;Demographic Traits;Coral Bleaching
Funding Body
Lizard Island Research Station
Amount
22000
Project Team
David Bellwood