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| Title | Effects of coral nursery depth on growth and survival |
| Group | Marine Animal Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Ewout Knoester |
| Examiner(s) | Tinka Murk, Reindert Nijland, Ronald Osinga, Rosa van der Ven, Diede Maas |
| Contact info | ewout.knoester@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2024/05/01 |
| End date | 2025/05/01 |
| Description | Active restoration is one management tool to help degraded coral reefs recover. However, increasing ocean temperatures are impeding such efforts. As high light intensities exacerbate heat stress, one potential solution could be to increase the depth at which corals are grown and restored. We have available a large dataset of four coral species grown in nurseries across ten different depths that were monitored for two years: one with and one without heat stress. By quantifying the growth and survival rates of individual coral fragments and analysing this data in Rstudio, we hope to evaluate the benefits and potential drawbacks of increasing the nursery depth for corals to cope with heat stress. |
| Used skills | Data analysis |
| Requirements | Affinity with R |