hat
Gwosè ak ekstansyon lineyè total ki pi byen mezire lè l sèvi avèk chèf fleksib oswa tep mezire. Pou branch koray, mezire TLE vin difisil yon fwa yo koray vin gwo anpil (&gt; 50cm TLE) epi yo gen anpil branch. Nan ka sa yo, ekwasyon pou estime gwosè yo te devlope pou koray nan branch karayib yo lè l sèvi avèk mezi nan wotè koloni, longè ak lajè. ref Ka Anyèl kwasans nan koray Lè sa a, ap kalkile kòm chanjman nan TLE sou tan pou chak koray. ref
eng
Size and total linear extension is best measured using flexible rulers or measuring tape. For branching corals, measuring TLE becomes difficult once they corals become very large (&gt;50cm TLE) and have many branches. In these cases, equations to estimate size have been developed for Caribbean branching corals using measurements of colony height, length and width. ref Annual growth of corals can then be calculated as the change in TLE over time for each coral. ref