Dataset: Coral and algae cover, coral richness, and coral diversity from coral reef sites sampled by small boats in the Palauan archipelago from 2011-2013

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.520476.2Version 2 (2015-06-23)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Samantha J. de Putron (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

Co-Principal Investigator: Kristopher Karnauskas (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Co-Principal Investigator: Daniel C. McCorkle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Co-Principal Investigator: Ann M. Tarrant (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Contact: Hannah Barkley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Contact: Kathryn E.F. Shamberger (Texas A&M University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

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

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: An Investigation of the Role of Nutrition in the Coral Calcification Response to Ocean Acidification (OA Nutrition and Coral Calcification)

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)

Abstract

Average coral and algae cover, coral richness, and coral diversity from 8 coral reef sites in Palau.

Cite Dataset

Average coral and algae cover, coral richness, and coral diversity from 8 coral reef sites in Palau.

For more information, see main article and supporting information (including figures and tables) from:
Barkley et al. (2015), DeCarlo et al. (2015), and Shamberger et al. (2014).

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Methods
Barkley, H. C., Cohen, A. L., Golbuu, Y., Starczak, V. R., DeCarlo, T. M., & Shamberger, K. E. F. (2015). Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH. Science Advances, 1(5), e1500328–e1500328. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500328
Methods
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, 43(1), 7–10. doi:10.1130/g36147.1
Methods
Shamberger, K. E. F., Cohen, A. L., Golbuu, Y., McCorkle, D. C., Lentz, S. J., & Barkley, H. C. (2014). Diverse coral communities in naturally acidified waters of a Western Pacific reef. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(2), 499–504. doi:10.1002/2013gl058489

Cohen, A., de Putron, S., Karnauskas, K., McCorkle, D., Tarrant, A. (2015) Coral and algae cover, coral richness, and coral diversity from coral reef sites sampled by small boats in the Palauan archipelago from 2011-2013. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2) Version Date 2015-06-23 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.520476.2 [access date]

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