ATARMAxxing · QCE Marine Science revision notes
Reading reef health data: diversity indices, Whittaker plots, coral cover trends, water quality, tipping points and hysteresis
Reef, habitats and connectivity
What this note covers
- Abundance, richness and Simpson's diversity index
- Rank abundance and Whittaker plots
- Reading coral cover trends across regions and time
- Water quality data and crown-of-thorns starfish
- Ecological tipping points and hysteresis
- Processes interact: describing net effects
6 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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