Competitive method refuge parameters for Aquarius reef research station

This data frame contains refuge density parameters for the competitive refuge method. It records the density of refuges (no./m^2) in each of ten 5 cm fish-length bins (0-50 cm), derived from field measurements at the Aquarius reef research station (FORCE dataset, Dryden 2017), from the same field hole-density survey pipeline as karpata_refuge. Like karpata_refuge, this profile is general-purpose and can be used with any mizerReef model, not just one particular example model.

Usage

aquarius_refuge

Format

A data frame with 10 rows and 3 columns: start_L (start of length bin in cm), end_L (end of length bin in cm), and refuge_density (refuge density in no./m^2).

Source

FORCE dataset, Aquarius reef research station (Dryden 2017)

Details

Use this with method = "competitive" in setRefuge().

References

FORCE dataset. From: Dryden, C. (2017). Habitat structural complexity of Caribbean coral reefs and its relationships with fish community structure. PhD Thesis, Newcastle University.

Beese, C. (2025). PhD Thesis. "Modelling Coral Reef Futures: Exploring the role of structural complexity in sustaining ecosystem services." Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.26421523