Benthic cover data from the Galeta Island reef flat, Panama

Created 12/03/2025

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Six parallel transects, located 2 m apart were surveyed offshore from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute laboratory on Galeta Island, Panama.Transects consisted of a 150 m line (divided into 5 x 30 m lines) extending from datum to the surf zone and 1 x 30 m reverse line extending from datum to the mangroves.Line intercept survey methods were used to indentify the benthos along each transect. This research was undertaken to characterize the benthos of the reef flat off Galeta Island, Panama.

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Title	Benthic cover data from the Galeta Island reef flat, Panama
Language	eng
Licence	Not Specified
Landing Page	https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/b5c26e59-4505-4625-9eac-be38829c189c
Contact Point	CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period	20/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage	Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Data Portal	Data.gov.au