Dataset: Colony monitoring

Name: Coral surveys from the nearshore reefs in Guam during 2014 (Reef Resilience in Guam project)
Published: 2016-03-08
Keywords: biota, oceans

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DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.639899.1

Spatial Extent: N:13.54853 E:144.81 S:13.24061 W:144.63631

Temporal Extent: 2014-01-15 - 2014-08-15

Project:

Documenting bleaching susceptibility and resilience in Guam, Micronesia (Reef Resilience in Guam)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Kiho Kim (American University, AU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr David M Baker (University of Hong Kong, HKU-SBS)

Dr Laurie J Raymundo (University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOGML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2016-03-08

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Coral surveys from the nearshore reefs in Guam during 2014 (Reef Resilience in Guam project)

Abstract:

Coral surveys from the nearshore reefs in Guam during 2014.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2016-03-08	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.639899.1	2021-02-03

Description

Coral health survey carried out along 10 m x 5 contiguous segments, Guam 2014.

Methods & Sampling

At each of 15 sites, a 50m transect was laid out along the depth contour. Ten-meter segments were processed, equating to five 10m transects per site. The beginning and end points of transects were marked underwater and the transects were revisited three times within one year.

Colony monitoring was conducted along the same transects as the Coral Health and Line Intercept Substrate Surveys (see related datasets). A total of 20 colonies were tagged, photographed, measured, and visible health impacts, and % colony affected were determined (as described in Coral Health Surveys, see below). Tagged colonies belonged to four common species identified as bleaching susceptible: Acropora surculosa, A. abrotenoides, Pocillopora eydouxi (now known as P. grandis) and P. damicornis. Colonies were assessed three times over one year.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced spaces with underscores; replaced commas with semicolons
- replaced blank cells with 'nd' (no data)
- added site_code, lat and lon columns
- reformatted date from d-Mon-yy to yyyy-mm-dd

Data Files

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colony_monitoring.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 17.40 KB) MD5:68b53e84e860878109d8604c750c0688 Primary data file for dataset ID 639899

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1418673

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Guam_Reef_Surveys_2014		2014-01-15	shoreside Guam	Dr Kiho Kim (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date	survey date	yyyy-mm-dd	date
site	survey location near Guam Island	unitless	site
site_code	site code	unitless	site
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
data_recorder	initials of person recording data	unitless	recorder
colony_id	individual colony identification number	unitless	sample
species	taxonomic genus and species name	unitless	species
transect	tansect number	unitless	transect
colony_diam	maximum colony diameter	centimeters	width
health_impacts	health conditions noted on colony: ALOG; ALG; Al = fleshy algal overgrowth BARN = barnacle Infestation BBD = black band disease BL; Blch = bleaching BOAT SCRAPE; Scrapes = physical damage from contact with boat hull BRB = brown band disease Broken tips = physical damage from either fish bites or human contact; branch tips broken off CCA = crustose coralline algae overgrowth Compabr01 = unknown COR = coralliophila predation COTS; CTA(?) = crown of thorns predation CYA = cyanobacteria overgrowth DAMS; DMS = damselfish territory DB = unknown DL = unknown DRP; DRUP = drupellla predation EF; EFI; EHM = EFI; endolithic fungal infection FF = unknown GA = growth anomalies GBPRED; Donut holes + General WC crashing = goby fish predation marks; GBPRED GD = grey death overgrowth syndrom General rash = unknown HPRED_maybe_0resheeting = healing predation; tissue resheeting MCS = mucous shedding PALE = slightly bleaching; BL PB = partial bleaching; BL PR = pigmentation response PRD; PRED = yes; predation RF; RFTDP(?) = red filamentous algae overgrowth SA = sand abrasion SEB = skeletal eroding band SH = unknown SI = silt damage STL = subacute tissue loss TERP; TP = Terpios sponge overgrowth VERM = Vermetid snail boring WS = white syndrome	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
colony_affected_pcent	percent of colony affected by health impacts or relative severity (low, medium, high). If multiple impacts are listed, the impact of each is shown.	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
comment	comments pertaining to survey	unitless	comment
zone	reef zone: fore reef, reef flat, leeward reef patch, nearshore reef bench	unitless	site_descrip

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