Dataset: Density of coral colonies of different coral species measured in Palau in 2017 using weight and displacement

Release Date:2018-08-30Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2018-05-23)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology)

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


Project: Adjustment of western Pacific Ocean coral reefs to sea-level rise and ocean warming (Coral Reef Adjustment)


Abstract

As part of reef composition survey in Palau (7°30' N, 134°30' E) the density of corals was measured as a part of the components that together quantified the production reef carbonate.

These data were published in van Woesik and Cacciapaglia, 2018. Related Datasets (Palau and Yap reef data 2017): * Parrotfish surveys: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/734979 * Parrotfish species information: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/735679 * Coral species information: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/736007 * Site list: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/735714 * Urchins: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/737514 * Coral surveys: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/737508 * Coral extension rates: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/737526 * Model output: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/736016


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Results

Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2018). Keeping up with sea-level rise: Carbonate production rates in Palau and Yap, western Pacific Ocean. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0197077. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197077