Dataset: 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.

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.896894.1Version 1 (2023-06-05)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Mary Alice Coffroth (State University of New York at Buffalo)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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

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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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

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Results
Coffroth, M.A., Buccella L., Eaton K. M., Franklin H., Gooding A. T., Lasker, H. R. (submitted) Octocoral thermotolerance may signal resilience to major bleaching events: roles of symbiont and host. Submitted to Global Change Biology
Methods
Siebeck, U. E., Marshall, N. J., Klüter, A., & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006). Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card. Coral Reefs, 25(3), 453–460. doi:10.1007/s00338-006-0123-8

Coffroth, M. A. (2023) 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.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-05 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.896894.1 [access date]

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