Hello,

As part of the ESA-listed coral recovery planning effort, we are gathering geospatial data from across the Indo-Pacific relevant to our recovery effort. Our plan is to use this spatial information, and input from partners on the ground, to identify focus areas across the Indo-Pacific for implementation of recovery actions.

One dataset we have been struggling to gather is a proxy for coral connectivity in the larger indo-pacific region. After finding MGELS Larval Connectivity tool I had a few questions:

1. Would this tool be appropriate to use on a scale as large as the indo-pacific (African east coast to Hawaii) or would it be more appropriate to down size the scale so something like the coral triangle alone. 

2. If the tool is not appropriate would you have suggestions on how to represent connectivity across our region of interest?

Thank you for any help you can offer,

Best

Ilan Bubb