Dataset: 3 Species Tissue Mortality

Name: Percent tissue mortality of corals in experimental plots on Fringing reef (Coral Biodiversity project)
Published: 2021-12-27
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-17.476944 E:-149.839167 S:-17.476944 W:-149.839167

Project:

Positive Effects of Coral Biodiversity on Coral Performance: Patterns, Processes, and Dynamics (Coral Biodiversity)

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:

Sawyer Newman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

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Version Date:

2021-12-27

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Current State:

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Percent tissue mortality of corals in experimental plots on Fringing reef (Coral Biodiversity project)

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Methods & Sampling

Methodology:

Each coral in each plot was visually examined from all sides and the percentage tissue mortality was estimated and assigned in 10% classes (0, 10 and 20% and so on, up to 100%).

Sampling and analytical procedures:

We used permutation-based, linear mixed-effects (LME) models in the R package predictmeans to compare differences in the percentage mass change and tissue mortality of conspecific corals in monocultures versus polyculture, as well as the combined percentage mass change of all species in polycultures with that of all species in monocultures. In each analysis, plot type (monoculture or polyculture) was treated as a fixed factor, and individual replicate plots were treated as a random effect nested within plot type.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:

Replaced spaces and special character (%) in column names

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1947522

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Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Plot	The unique ID number of the plot.	unitless	Site_ID
ID	The unique ID number of corals within each plot.	unitless	sample
Species	The species present within the plot. Polyculture plots contain all three species (Porites rus, Pocillopora verrucosa, Acropora hyacinthus).	unitless	species
Treatment	The experimental treatment of the plot.	unitless	treatment
Tissue_Mortality_Percentage	The percent tissue mortality of the coral.	unitless	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: 3 Species Tissue Mortality