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Repository for the development of ADRIA: Adaptive Dynamic Reef Intervention Algorithms. ADRIA is a multi-criteria decision support tool set particularly useful for informing reef restoration and adaptation interventions.
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Change seed values to reflect absolute total number of corals to be deployed #105

Closed ConnectedSystems closed 2 years ago

ConnectedSystems commented 2 years ago

Currently the Seed1 and Seed2 values represent number of corals deployed on a per 100m^2 and are converted to proportional cover, assuming the deployment site area is 1 hectare.

This should be changed such that coral seed values are the total number of corals to be deployed (e.g., 10 million).

This value will then be distributed over n sites selected for deployment per intervention year (e.g., 10M / intervention year / n sites)

We can then estimate the proportional cover at a deployment site as: n_corals_deployed * colony_area_of_size_class / site_area , accounting for k (maximum carrying capacity of a site). Both colony area and site area are required to be in m^2.

Note that the conversion has to occur after the intervention sites are selected by the DMCDA function so that areal information for the selected site is available/known.

KRNA01 commented 2 years ago

@ConnectedSystems, thanks for this. Looking forward to next steps