DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18387783
title: Underwater images collection of Mayotte reefs - Future Maore Reefs (FMR)

description: This dataset is the result of a fieldwork conducted at Mayotte island, over-sea French territory. Mayotte is part of the Comoros archipelago located northward in the Mozambique Channel, western Indian Ocean (WIO). Five well-developed coral reef ecosystems (Aéroport International, Île Blanche, Jolly Roger, N'Gouja, Surprise) representing fringing (F) and inner patch reefs (IPR) within 2-8m depth were sampled during ten field trips between october 2021 and september 2025.

This parent dataset provides a comprehensive overview of all underwater imagery datasets collected as part of the Future Maore Reefs (FMR) project in Mayotte.
description: We thank NEXTGenerationEU/France Relance, the French Office of Biodiversity (OFB), the Natural marine park of Mayotte (PNMM) and the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) for their financial support to the project 'Future Maore Reefs' coordinated by Dr A. Tribollet (IRD-LOCEAN-IPSL) and Dr F. Guilhaumon (IRD-ENTROPIE) between 2021 and 2023. We thank the OFB, the PNMM and IRD for their financial support to the project 'Future Maore Reefs-2' coordinated by Dr A. Tribollet (IRD-LOCEAN-IPSL) between 2024 and 2026.
description: Scuba divers collected images of individual coral colonies / benthic substrate using a sony© RX-100 V camera enclosed in a nauticam© housing.

Overview

This collection contains underwater images from 5 reef sites in Mayotte, totaling 80 datasets. The images document various coral colonies and reef plots across multiple sites.

Sites and Datasets

Aéroport International

Acropora humilis (5 colonies)



colony 01 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600316)

colony 02 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600346)

colony 03 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600365)

colony 04 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600463)

colony 05 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600514)


Porites cylindrica (5 colonies)



colony 06 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600552)

colony 07 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600578)

colony 08 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600602)

colony 09 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600648)

colony 10 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600675)


Porites lutea (5 colonies)



colony 11 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600699)

colony 12 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600707)

colony 13 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600716)

colony 14 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600731)

colony 15 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600766)


Plot



Reef plot imagery (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600777)


Jolly Roger

Acropora humilis (5 colonies)



colony 01 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601178)

colony 02 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601181)

colony 03 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601188)

colony 04 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601192)

colony 05 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601204)


Echinopora lamellosa (5 colonies)



colony 06 - Echinopora lamellosa (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601232)

colony 07 - Echinopora lamellosa (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601243)

colony 08 - Echinopora lamellosa (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601263)

colony 09 - Echinopora lamellosa (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601275)

colony 10 - Echinopora lamellosa (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601298)


Platygyra daedalea (3 colonies)



colony 11 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601308)

colony 12 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601316)

colony 13 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601324)


Favia sp (2 colonies)



colony 14 - Favia sp (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601337)

colony 15 - Favia sp (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601345)


Plot



Reef plot imagery (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601361)


N'Gouja

Isopora palifera (5 colonies)



colony 01 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601389)

colony 02 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601407)

colony 03 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601442)

colony 04 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601447)

colony 05 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601451)


Porites cylindrica (5 colonies)



colony 06 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601457)

colony 07 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601462)

colony 08 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601467)

colony 09 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601475)

colony 10 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601477)


Porites lutea (5 colonies)



colony 11 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601486)

colony 12 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601496)

colony 13 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601507)

colony 14 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601518)

colony 15 - Porites lutea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601534)


Plot



Reef plot imagery (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601551)


Surprise

Isopora palifera (5 colonies)



colony 01 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601577)

colony 02 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601604)

colony 03 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601622)

colony 04 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601645)

colony 05 - Isopora palifera (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601657)


Pocillopora damicornis (5 colonies)



colony 06 - Pocillopora damicornis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601698)

colony 07 - Pocillopora damicornis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601715)

colony 08 - Pocillopora damicornis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601726)

colony 09 - Pocillopora damicornis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601733)

colony 10 - Pocillopora damicornis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601743)


Goniastrea retiformis (5 colonies)



colony 11 - Goniastrea retiformis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601759)

colony 12 - Goniastrea retiformis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601767)

colony 13 - Goniastrea retiformis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601776)

colony 14 - Goniastrea retiformis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601816)

colony 15 - Goniastrea retiformis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601830)


Plot



Reef plot imagery (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601837)


Île Blanche

Acropora humilis (5 colonies)



colony 01 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600816)

colony 02 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600847)

colony 03 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600866)

colony 04 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600898)

colony 05 - Acropora humilis (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600910)


Platygyra daedalea (5 colonies)



colony 11 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601023)

colony 12 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601032)

colony 13 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601040)

colony 14 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601071)

colony 15 - Platygyra daedalea (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601103)


Porites cylindrica (5 colonies)



colony 06 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600927)

colony 07 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600946)

colony 08 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600963)

colony 09 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600979)

colony 10 - Porites cylindrica (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17600998)


Plot



Reef plot imagery (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17601127)


Data Citation

When using data from this collection, please cite both this parent dataset and the specific individual dataset(s) you used.