Dataset: Tissue thickness from coral cores taken in the central equatorial Pacific

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.773897.1Version 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). The thickness of the tissue in each core was measured as an index of biomass or energetic reserve.

Cite Dataset

Coral cores were collected in the central equatorial Pacific (Central Pacific Coral reefs, -5 to 5 latitude, Dongsha Atoll, Curacao, Barbados, Martinique coral reefs). The thickness of the tissue in each core was measured as an index of biomass or energetic reserve.

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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
Barnes, D. J., & Lough, J. M. (1992). Systematic variations in the depth of skeleton occupied by coral tissue in massive colonies of Porites from the Great barrier reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 159(1), 113–128. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(92)90261-8
Methods
Matson, E.G. (2011). Core Plugs. In Hopley, D. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs (pp.294–296)Dordrecht: Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2

Cohen, A., Mollica, N. (2019) Tissue thickness 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.773897.1 [access date]

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