Dataset: Bleaching card scores

Name: Bleaching card scores for colonies of Muricea atlantica, M. elongata, and Plexaurella dichotoma across the 2015 Bleaching event (May 2015-August 2017) in the Florida Keys.
Published: 2023-06-05
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.896894.1

Spatial Extent: N:24.8246 E:-80.6864 S:24.7451 W:-80.7799

Temporal Extent: 2015-09-01 - 2017-08-01

Project:

RAPID: Variations in symbiont diversity in octocoral across seasons and a predicted bleaching event (Octocoral symbiont diversity)

Principal Investigator:

Mary Alice Coffroth (State University of New York at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2023-06-05

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Bleaching card scores for colonies of Muricea atlantica, M. elongata, and Plexaurella dichotoma across the 2015 Bleaching event (May 2015-August 2017) in the Florida Keys.

Abstract:

Visual assessment of bleaching in Muricea atlantica, M. elongata, and Plexaurella dichotoma across the 2015 Bleaching event (May 2015-August 2017) using the CoralWatch coral health chart (Siebeck et al. 2006).

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2023-06-05	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.896894.1	2023-07-18

Methods & Sampling

Colonies at two sites were tagged in May 2015. Starting in September 2015, the coloration of each colony was compared to a CoralWatch coral health chart (Siebeck et al. 2006), and the matching color on the card was recorded. Bleaching card scores continued to be recorded after bleaching - November 2015, March 2016, May 2016, September 2016, November 2016, March 2017 and August 2017. Bleaching card scores ranged from 5 (dark color, not bleached) to 1 (very pale and obviously bleached).

Location:
Two patch reefs in the vicinity of Long Key in the Florida Keys (CMF-N24.44.704, W 80 46.793 and SC2- N24 49.478 W80 41.187)

Taxonomic identifiers (Genus species, LSID):
Muricea atlantica, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287554
Muricea elongata, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287559
Plexaurella dichotoma, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290812

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
* Sheet 1 from ALL_BleachingCardScores_DRAFT_BCO-DMO_REVISED.xlsx that was submitted 2023-06-22 was imported into the bco-dmo data system.
* lat lon in decimal degree columns extracted from degrees decimal minutes provided within text of "site" column.
* rounded lat and lon to 5 decimal places

Data Files

File
bleaching-card-scores.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 47.27 KB) MD5:b8bf187c269547a3b415ac9306aea552 Primary data table for dataset 896894.

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1552949

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Species	Species of each octocoral host monitored in the study	unitless	species
Sample_ID	Identification of the octocoral colony in which the bleaching state was recorded across the study	unitless	sample
Month	Month in which the colony bleaching state was recorded (Full month name).	unitless	month
Year	Year in which the colony bleaching state was recorded. Format: %Y	unitless	year
SITE	Latitude and longitude where the colony bleaching state was recorded (lat and lon in degrees decimal minutes)	unitless	site
lat	Latitude where the colony bleaching state was recorded	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude where the colony bleaching state was recorded	decimal degrees	lon
Comment	"DEAD" indicates colony missing or skeleton located but dead. "not scored" indicates colony was not scored.	unitless	comment
BC_Score	Blank cells indicate sample not collected/located that month, or dead (See Comment column).	unitless	no_bcodmo_term