Year-long monitoring of physico-chemical and biological variables provide a comparative baseline of coral reef functioning in the central Red Sea.

Research reported in this publication was supported by funding to CRV from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Year-long monitoring of physico-chemical and biological variables provide a comparative baseline of coral reef functioning in the central Red Sea.

Research reported in this publication was supported by funding to CRV from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

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Coral Reef Monitoring (1 year, central Red Sea); find details in the the README.tx

Bacterial OTUs and algal groups of biofilms that differed in abundance between reefs and seasons.

<p>Bacterial OTUs and algal groups of biofilms that differed in abundance between reefs and seasons.</p

Summary of reef water bacteria, bacterial biofilms, and algal biofilms from three coral reefs along a cross-shelf gradient in the central Red Sea over four seasons during 2012–2013.

<p>Summary of reef water bacteria, bacterial biofilms, and algal biofilms from three coral reefs along a cross-shelf gradient in the central Red Sea over four seasons during 2012–2013.</p

Correlations between physico-chemical variables and biological-environmental (BIOENV) matching.

<p>Correlations between physico-chemical variables and biological-environmental (BIOENV) matching.</p

Summary of multivariate PERMANOVAs evaluating the spatio-seasonal structuring of biotic and physico-chemical data from three coral reefs along a cross-shelf gradient in the central Red Sea during 2012–2013.

<p>Summary of multivariate PERMANOVAs evaluating the spatio-seasonal structuring of biotic and physico-chemical data from three coral reefs along a cross-shelf gradient in the central Red Sea during 2012–2013.</p

Proportions of differentially abundant bacterial OTUs between reefs and seasons.

<p>(Rhodobac. = Rhodobacteraceae; Cystobac. = Cystobacterineae; Gloeobac. = Gloeobacteraceae; Pseudanab. = Pseudanabaenaceae; Flavobac. = Flavobacteriaceae).</p

Overview of monitoring data from three reefs along a cross-shelf gradient over four seasons in the central Red Sea during 2012–2013.

<p>Overview of monitoring data from three reefs along a cross-shelf gradient over four seasons in the central Red Sea during 2012–2013.</p

Current profiles from three coral reefs along a cross-shelf gradient over four seasons in the central Red Sea during 2012–2013.

<p>Rose plots display seasonal current profiles and a full year profile for each of the study sites (nearshore, midshore, offshore). Lengths of bars show the frequencies of current directions, angles indicate the direction where currents come from, and current speeds are coded by color. (Seasons: spring 2013, summer 2013, fall 2012, winter 2012–13)</p