Dataset: Dongsha Atoll Ecological Survey Data
Deployment: Cohen_2013-15

Images were analyzed using the program Coral Point Count with 5 randomly placed points per image identified to coral genera or benthic substrate type. The same survey methodology was repeated at the same locations pre- and post-bleaching for reef flat stations (E2-E5), while fore reef station E1 was surveyed only post-bleaching. The channel north of Dongsha Island was inspected visually for bleaching on 24 June and 29 July, but no photo surveys were conducted. In total, we made 22,500 point identifications in our study. All corals, whether alive and pigmented, bleached, or recently dead were identified to genera level. Bleached corals were identified based on lack of pigment and the presence of live polyps, whereas recently dead corals were distinguished based on structurally intact corallites without any live polyps present.

BCO-DMO Processing:
- transposed data so sample data are in columns;
- replaced spaces with underscores and removed parentheses from site identifiers.