Dataset: Porites macrobioerosion: skeleton density
Deployment: lab_Cohen_deCarlo

Porites macrobioerosion: skeleton density, calcification, boring volume
Principal Investigator: 
Anne L. Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Student: 
Thomas DeCarlo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Contact: 
Anne L. Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Thomas DeCarlo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Description

Using an automated program to quantify macrobioerosion in three-dimensional computerized tomography (CT) scans of coral cores, macrobioerosion rates of live Porites colonies in both low-nutrient (oligotrophic) and high-nutrient (>1 µM nitrate) waters were measured across the Pacific basin. Reported parameters include the mean annual coral calcification rate, mean skeletal density, and the percent volume of borings in the skeletons.

Related Datasets:
Porites macrobioerosion
Porites macrobioerosion: seawater chemistry

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