Dataset: Regional Acropora cervicornis population data
Deployment: Coral_Bleaching_FRRP

Acropora cervicornis population data during bleaching events

Principal Investigator:

Dr Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty (Florida International University, FIU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr Diego Lirman (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)

Dr Laurie Richardson (Florida International University, FIU)

Contact:

Dr Diego Lirman (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

RAPID: A hyper-thermal anomaly in the Florida Reef Tract: An opportunity to explore the mechanisms underpinning patterns of coral bleaching and disease (EMUCoReS)

Version:

working

Version Date:

2016-03-11

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/640287/data

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Description

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Colonies of Acropora cervicornis were surveyed for annual Florida Reef Resilience Program (FRRP) Disturbance Response Monitoring during the summers of 2014 and 2015. At each site, two independent 1x10m belt transects were randomly placed and indicators were then recorded for all stony corals greater than 4cm including: 1) hard coral size (maximum height and diameter) and 2) hard coral condition as determined by the presence of bleaching and paling, presence of disease, and percent recent or old morality.

A full description of the FRRP program is available at their website: www.frrp.org.

Description of this ongoing study: Coral Bleaching Response Plan (dmoserv3.bco-dmo.org/data_docs/EMUCoReS/Coral-Bleaching-Response-Plan-6.pdf).

Deployment-specific acquisition description

Central location for this whole study.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1503430	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1503483	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
year	year of observation	2014 or 2015	year
region	regions of the reefs around Florida being studied	text	site
site	sample number of the coral being studied	alphanumeric	site
lat	latitude of observation	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude of observation; West is negative	decimal degrees	lon
species	species being documented	taxonomic binomial	species
diameter	diameter of the fragment being measured; maximum diameter is defined as the outward-facing surface of the colony (perpendicular to the axis of growth);includes both living and dead areas of the colony	centimeter	no_bcodmo_term
height	height of the fragment being measured; maximum height is parallel to the axis of growth when viewed from the side of the colony	centimeters	no_bcodmo_term
mortality_old	characterized by the absence of any corallite structure and often overgrown by algae or invertebrates;(does not include whole colonies that are dead)	percentage	no_bcodmo_term
mortality_recent	characterized by algae-free and intact or slightly eroded calyx structure in the absence of any living tissue	percentage	no_bcodmo_term
colony_isolates	the number of isolated tissue fragments on the colony	number	no_bcodmo_term
bleaching	coral described by severity of discoloration; P = Pale (discoloration of coral tissue) <br> PB = Partly Bleached (patches of fully bleached or white tissue) <br> BL = Bleached (Tissue is totally white; no zooxanthallae visible)	text	no_bcodmo_term
disease	coral observed to have diseases of these color categories; WB = White band; UK = unknown	text	no_bcodmo_term

Database

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Dataset: Regional Acropora cervicornis population data
Deployment: Coral_Bleaching_FRRP

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Deployment-specific acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: Regional Acropora cervicornis population dataDeployment: Coral_Bleaching_FRRP

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Deployment-specific acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: Regional Acropora cervicornis population data
Deployment: Coral_Bleaching_FRRP