Dataset: Moorea 2019 Bleaching

Name: Underwater field photos of Acropora hyacinthus sampled in Moorea, French Polynesia in 2019
Published: 2021-05-26
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-17.46576169 E:-149.7961685 S:-17.48641792 W:-149.8455917

Temporal Extent: 2019-04 - 2019-10

Project:

RAPID: Collaborative Research: Studies of recovery from bleaching in Acropora hyacinthus: epigenetic shifts, impacts on reproductive biology and carry-over effects (Moorea coral bleaching)

Principal Investigator:

Marie Strader (Auburn University)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Gretchen E. Hofmann (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB-LifeSci)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

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Version Date:

2021-05-26

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Underwater field photos of Acropora hyacinthus sampled in Moorea, French Polynesia in 2019

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Methods & Sampling

Standaradized underwater photographs

Photographs were taken in 2019 of the degree of bleaching of corals in Mo'orea, French Polynesia. Sampling sites were LTER1 and LTER2 on the north side of the island.

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1935308

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Instruments

Diving Mask and Snorkel

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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.

Measuring Tape

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Generic Name: Measuring Tape

Generic Description:

A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibre glass, or metal strip with linear-measurement markings. It is a common tool for measuring distance or length.

Underwater Camera

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Instrument Type

Generic Name: Underwater Camera

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/180/

Generic Description:

All types of photographic equipment that may be deployed underwater including stills, video, film and digital systems.

Underwater Writing Slate

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Instrument Type

Generic Name: Underwater Writing Slate

Generic Description:

Underwater writing slates and pencils are used to transport pre-dive plans underwater, to record facts whilst underwater and to aid communication with other divers.

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Dataset: Moorea 2019 Bleaching