The semi-quantitative rubric was designed by Dr. Esther Peters for the histological analysis.

Data legend:
ND = No Data
NS = not enough tissue to determine, not seen

Lesion Description:
H = healthy
WBD = white band disease
RTL = rapid tissue loss
BL = bleaching

Bleaching:
0 = none
1 = paling
2 = bleaching

Bleaching Distribution:
1 = focal
2 = multifocal distinct
3 = multifocal indistinct
4 = diffuse

Condition Scores:
0 = excellent
1 = very good
2 = good
3 = fair
4 = poor
5 = very poor

Intensity/Severity Scores:
0 = no change
1 = minimal
2 = mild
3 = moderate
4 = marked
5 = severe

Other:
P = present
A = absent
SI = staining issue
NS = not seen
N/A = not available
N = no

Epidermal mucocytes:
0 = not larger than ciliated columnar cells, uniform distribution
1 = slightly hypertrophied, numerous
2 = many hypertophied, abundant mucus release
3 = uneven, hypertrophied vs reduced
4 = atrophy, necrosis, and epidermal foci lacking mucocytes
5 = atrophy and most mucocytes lacking

Mesenterial Filament (CGB Epithelium) Mucocytes:
0 = none to few
1 = less than 1/2 area, not hypertrophied
2 = about 1/2 area, some hypertrophied
3 = about 1/2 area, all hypertrophied
4 = about 3/4/ area, some vacuolated
5 = much of area vacuolated, necrotic, loss of mucocytes

Calicodermis Condition:
0 = cells squamous but "thick," cover mesoglea
1 = cells slightly atrophied in some foci
2 = 1/2 of cells atrophied
3 = Most cells atrophied, beginning separation from mesoglea
4 = Cells atrophied and loss or sloughing present

Costal Tissue Loss:
0 = none, tissue over costae intact
1 = a few gaps noted
2 = 1/4 of costae exposed
3 = 1/2 of costae exposed
4 = 3/4 of costae exposed
5 = Most costae exposed, tissues attenuated, retracted?

Oocytes:
0 - none present
1 - single cells in mesoglea
2 - early oocytes
3 - mid-development
4 - mature
5 - spawned

Spermaries:
0 - none present
1 - clusters of single cells in mesoglea
2 - few, early spermaries
3 - numerous spermaries, spermatocytes
4 - mature, spermatozoa
5 - spawne

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:

added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
added lat, lon columns

coral_histology.csv