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.

Cite Dataset

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

van Woesik, R. (2018) Density of coral colonies of different coral species measured in Palau in 2017 using weight and displacement. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2018-05-23 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/737520 [access date]

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