Introduction to Linking covariates & external data module

Introduction to Module

The interpretation and understanding of coral reef monitoring data often requires linking covariates (e.g. Sea Surface Temperature (SST), bathymetry) and other external data.

For this module, we will provide examples of common external data sources that compliment coral reef monitoring data (e.g. taxonomy, IUCN Realist status) which should provide skills that can be applied across other external data sets of interest.

Please review this short introductory video of the module and key expectations:

Next steps

Before getting started with the training examples, we should review some of the GCRMN standards for environmental, taxonomic and trait data.