Kenting Coral Reef - Taiwan

Basic Information
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Site Name
Kenting Coral Reef
Short name
Kenting
Country
Taiwan
Operating Organisation
National Chung Hsing University
Site Description
The Kenting Long-Term Ecological Research Site is the only marine LTER site in Taiwan. It is a part of the Kenting National Park.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:20

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2000
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
TERN (Taiwan)✔ (LTER-EAP-TW-6)This site is a verified "TERN (Taiwan)" member.
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 21.8333 Longitude: 120.833

Size
ca. 15206.10ha
Elevation (average)
245.00msl
Elevation (min)
-10.00msl
Elevation (max)
500.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Marine
Tropical coral
Air Temperature: Average Annual
20.50°C
Precipitation Annual
2200.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER