Dataset: Reef locations, macrobioerosion rates, and nitrate concentrations in the tropical Pacific from 2011-2012 (Coral Reef Ecosystem OA Impact project, Thermal Thresholds and Projections project)

ValidatedFinal with updates expectedVersion 2014-12-10 (2014-12-10)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator, Contact: Anne L. Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Student, Contact: Thomas DeCarlo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Project: Toward Predicting the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Net Calcification by a Broad Range of Coral Reef Ecosystems: Identifying Patterns and Underlying Causes (Coral Reef Ecosystem OA Impact)

Project: Constraining Thermal Thresholds and Projections of Temperature Stress on Pacific Coral Reefs Over the 21st Century: Method Refinement and Application (Thermal Thresholds and Projections)

Using an automated program to quantify macrobioerosion in three-dimensional computerized tomography (CT) scans of coral cores, macrobioerosion rates of live Porites colonies in both low-nutrient (oligotrophic) and high-nutrient (>1 µM nitrate) waters were measured across the Pacific basin.

Related Datasets:
Porites macrobioerosion: seawater chemistry
Porites macrobioerosion: skeleton density: individual core data

Relevant References:

* DeCarlo, T. M., Cohen, A. L., Barkley, H. C., Cobban, Q., Young, C., Shamberger, K. E., Brainard, R.E., Golbuu, Y. (2015). Coral macrobioerosion is accelerated by ocean acidification and nutrients. Geology.

DeCarlo, T. M., Cohen, A. L., Barkley, H. C., Cobban, Q., Young, C., Shamberger, K. E., Brainard, R.E., Golbuu, Y. (2015).  Supplemental information to the above publication associated with DeCarlo et al. (2015) in Geology.

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Manzello, D.P., Kleypas, J.A., Budd, D.A., Eakin, C.M., Glynn, P.W., and Langdon, C., 2008, Poorly cemented coral reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific: Possible insights into reef development in a high-CO2 world: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 105, p. 10,450–10,455, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712167105.

Shamberger, K.E., Cohen, A.L., Golbuu, Y., McCorkle, D.C., Lentz, S.J., and Barkley, H.C., 2014, Diverse coral communities in naturally acidified waters of a Western Pacific reef: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41, p. 499–504, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058489.


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