Full description
This collection consists of data sheets, aquarium system design files and a programming data base for the AutoSpawner system. Data was collected for larvae produced using the AutoSpawner and traditional, manual coral spawning methods in November and December of 2022 for four species of broadcast spawning corals (Acropora kenti, Acropora loripes, Dipsastrea favus and Mycedium elephantotus) to assess the functioning and performance of the AutoSpawner system in the National Sea Simulator at AIMS headquarters in Townsville. For each spawning method data was collected on the number of eggs collected, sperm concentration, fertilisation success, larval survival and larval metamorphosis success. Data was analysed using Bayesian methods in the software R.For full methodological and analytical details please refer to the full research report, manuscript and supplementary materials. Definitions ofterms and abbreviations used in data files are defined in each associated analysis script file (.Rmd), located in the zipped folder of analysis files ("2022_AutoSpawner_AnalysisFiles").
This research was funded by the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation through the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program.
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CreditNordborg, FM (AIMS)
Heyward, A (AIMS)
Abdul Wahab, MA (AIMS)
Brunner, C (AIMS)
MontalvoProano, J (AIMS)
Negri, AP (AIMS)
Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP), funded by the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Australia
Severati, A. AIMS & the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim)
Modified: 18 09 2026
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text: westlimit=147.0561; southlimit=-19.2683; eastlimit=147.0561; northlimit=-19.2683
text: westlimit=146.52669; southlimit=-18.76522; eastlimit=146.52669; northlimit=-18.76522
AutoSpawner control flow chart [PDF file size: 20 kb]
AutoSpawner system schematic [PDF file size: 205 KB]
Severati & Nordborg et al. (2024). The AutoSpawner system - Automated ex situ spawning and fertilisation of corals for reef restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 366, 121886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121886
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121886![]()
AutoSpawner other data files [zip folder size: 316 KB]
AutoSpawner Experimental Photos [zip size: 2.92 GB]
AutoSpawner Analysis files [zip size: 355 MB]
AutoSpawner programming parameters [xlsx file size: 24 KB]
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