Dataset: Coral Species Frequency

Name: Frequency of coral species richness in 36 cm × 36 cm quadrats from field surveys on a fringing reef in Fiji
Published: 2019-02-21
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-18.2057 E:177.6706 S:-18.2057 W:177.67

Project:

Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals (Killer Seaweeds)

Principal Investigator:

Mark Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Contact:

Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2019-02-21

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Data not available

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/756580/data

Frequency of coral species richness in 36 cm × 36 cm quadrats from field surveys on a fringing reef in Fiji

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Description

We surveyed coral species richness on hard substrates within a ~1 km section of fringing reef neighbouring our study site (− 18° 12′ 20.52′′ S, 177° 40′ 14.16′′ W). Frequency data are derived from 36 cm × 36 cm quadrats placed at 15 randomly chosen intervals along 20 30 m transects that were non-overlapping and located haphazardly across the reef. We counted coral species richness in each quadrat, focusing exclusively on quadrats located on 100% hard substratum (113 quadrats total) to mirror our experimental plots.

These data was also funded through:
National Institutes of Health (2 U19 TW007401-10)
Teasley Endowment to the Georgia Institute of Technology

Methods & Sampling

These are the raw count data, which were recorded in the field.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0929119

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Diving Mask and Snorkel

Supplied Name: snorkel

Supplied Description:

These data were collected near shore via snorkel.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Diving Mask and Snorkel

Generic Description:

A diving mask (also half mask, dive mask or scuba mask) is an item of diving equipment that allows underwater divers, including, scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater.

Snorkel: A breathing apparatus for swimmers and surface divers that allows swimming or continuous use of a face mask without lifting the head to breathe, consisting of a tube that curves out of the mouth and extends above the surface of the water.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Transect	The number of each transect (n= 20)	unitless	transect
location_on_trans	The location where quadrats were surveyed on each 30 m transect. All quadrats not located on 100% hard substratum were excluded.	meters (m)	site_descrip
Coral_species_present	The number of coral species observed in the 36 cm × 36 cm quadrat	count	abundance
lat	latitude with North values positive, negative denotes South	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude with East values positive, negative denotes West	decimal degrees	lon

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Dataset: Coral Species Frequency