Coral Trait Database

The Coral Trait Database is a growing compilation of scleractinian coral life history trait, phylogenetic and biogeographic data. It is an open source research initiative that aims to make all observations and measurements of Scleractinian corals accessible in order to more rapidly advance coral reef science. Anyone collecting coral trait data (e.g., collected in field and laboratory studies, extracted from the literature, or by other means) can join and contribute to the growing data compilation. The citation system has been carefully designed to ensure full transparency about the origin of each individual data point as well as larger data compilations of other peoples' data (such as data extracted from literature for meta-analyses).