Dataset: Stress band counts from coral cores taken in the central equatorial Pacific between 1982 and 2015

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.773896.1Version 1 (2019-07-31)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Nathaniel Mollica (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Skeletal Records of Coral Reef Bleaching in the Central Equatorial Pacific (Coral Bleaching Skeletal Records)

Abstract

Coral cores were collected in the central equatorial Pacific (Central Pacific Coral reefs, -5 to 5 latitude, Dongsha Atoll, Curacao, Barbados, Martinique coral reefs) between March 1982 and June 2015. Stress bands were identified in the CT scan images of each core and quantified.

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Coral cores were collected in the central equatorial Pacific (Central Pacific Coral reefs, -5 to 5 latitude, Dongsha Atoll, Curacao, Barbados, Martinique coral reefs) between March 1982 and June 2015. Stress bands were identified in the CT scan images of each core and quantified.

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Results
Mollica, N. R., Cohen, A. L., Alpert, A. E., Barkley, H. C., Brainard, R. E., Carilli, J. E., … Young, C. W. (2019). Skeletal records of bleaching reveal different thermal thresholds of Pacific coral reef assemblages. Coral Reefs. doi:10.1007/s00338-019-01803-x
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
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Barkley, H. C., Cohen, A. L., Mollica, N. R., Brainard, R. E., Rivera, H. E., DeCarlo, T. M., … Luu, V. H. (2018). Repeat bleaching of a central Pacific coral reef over the past six decades (1960–2016). Communications Biology, 1(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0183-7
Methods
DeCarlo, T. M., & Cohen, A. L. (2016, July 14). Coralct: Software Tool To Analyze Computerized Tomography (Ct) Scans Of Coral Skeletal Cores For Calcification And Bioerosion Rates (Version 1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.57855
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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

Cohen, A., Mollica, N. (2019) Stress band counts from coral cores taken in the central equatorial Pacific. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-07-31 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.773896.1 [access date]

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