Dataset: coral percent cover

Name: Percent cover of coral and other sessile invertebrates at Caribbean reefs determined using the point-intercept method along transects in 2009 and 2011
Published: 2013-09-06
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.4005.1

Spatial Extent: N:19.3775 E:-61.75907 S:12.02697 W:-81.3835

Temporal Extent: 2009-09-12 - 2011-12-01

Project:

Impact of the 2010 Caribbean Coral Bleaching Event: Assessing Changes in Coral Immune Function (Climate_Corals_Bleach_Disease)

Principal Investigator:

Ernesto F. Weil (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, UPRM)

Contact:

Ernesto F. Weil (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, UPRM)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2013-09-06

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Percent cover of coral and other sessile invertebrates at Caribbean reefs determined using the point-intercept method along transects in 2009 and 2011

Abstract:

This dataset includes percent cover of coral and other sessile invertebrates at Caribbean reefs determined using the point-intercept method along transects in 2009 and 2011.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2013-09-06	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.4005.1	2022-05-13

Description

Percentages of live cover of corals, octocorals, zoanthids, hydrocorals and sponges in reefs studied in 2009 and 2011 at Curacao, Grand Cayman, Genada, and Puerto Rico.

Methods & Sampling

The point-intercept method was used along the same transects (N=15 per reef) to assess the percentage of live cover of corals, octocorals, zoanthids, hydrocorals and sponges in each habitat and reef.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Added lat and lon from the metadata provided.
- Replaced abbreviated reef names with full names.

Data Files

File
Percent_Cover.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 638.09 KB) MD5:5816c1586d4ffb08e2e4fe9c7fb58ff7 Primary data file for dataset ID 4005

Supplemental Files

File
group_codes.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 199 bytes) MD5:898b6c1f4d38981afad0115afd704544 Group Codes From project: Impact of the 2010 Caribbean Coral Bleaching Event: Assessing Changes in Coral Immune Function PI: Ernesto Weil Version date: 30 July 2013

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1105143

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Coral_Bleaching_Dives_Weil		2008-01-01	Caribbean_Coral_Reefs	Ernesto F. Weil (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
location	Name of the country where the reefs are located.	text	site
reef	Name of the reef.	text	site
year	4-digit year when reefs were surveyed.	unitless	year
habitat	Description of the habitat: Deep, Intermediate (INT), or Shallow (SHA).	text	site_descrip
lat	Latitude of the reef.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the reef.	decimal degrees	lon
transect	Transect identification number.	integer	transect
depth	Sampling depth.	meters	depth
rep	Replicate number.	integer	no_bcodmo_term
date	Date when the transect was surveyed.	mm/dd/YYYY	date
person	Initials of the scientific investigator.	text	investigator
group	Type of coral or invertebrate. See Supplemental File "group_codes.csv"	text	no_bcodmo_term
genera	Genus name or abbreviation.	text	taxon
species	Species name or abbreviation.	text	species
line_cover	Length of the portion of the transect line surveyed.	centimeters	no_bcodmo_term
cover_pcnt	Percent cover of the species in the "line_cover" area.	percent	no_bcodmo_term
intercept	Point intercept position along the transect.	centimeters	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: coral percent cover