<div><p>In November 2014, benthic surveys were performed at the thirteen reef sites. Depth of each reef site was standardized to 3-5m. Reef types surveyed included back reefs, patch reefs, and nearshore reefs. A team of three divers surveyed six belt transects (dimension 6 x 10 m) at each site following Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) methodology (Ginsberg and Lang, 2003). Briefly, a diver classified the genus and species of every coral >6cm2 within 1m of the transect line along a 10m transect. The number and size (length, width, and height) of individual colonies of each coral species were recorded on underwater data sheets. The collected data were used to calculate coral species diversity, abundance, richness, and coral life history (following Darling et al. 2012) for each site.</p>
<p>Additionally, six video belt transects (1 x 20m) were also performed at each site using GoPro® cameras attached to PVC stabilizing apparatuses allowing each diver to stabilize the camera while surveying transects. Video transects were analyzed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) in a manner similar to the AGRRA method used in the field, except two additional parameters (percent coral cover and coral density) were calculated. Results of the diver and video transect surveys were not significantly different (p = 0.300). As a result diver and video survey data were pooled at each site when possible. Full details and a comparison of the methods employed are available in S1 Appendix of Baumann et al (2016).</p></div>
MBRS coral survey
<div><p>This dataset contains coral species identifications, size, and condition from the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), November 2014.</p>
<p>These data were reported in Baumann et al. (2016), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162098">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162098</a>.</p></div>
MBRS coral survey 2014
<div><p><strong>BCO-DMO Processing Notes:</strong><br />
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date<br />
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions<br />
- reduced decimal precision of screen_length, length, width, and area from 8 to 2 places<br />
- added column lat_location with information provided in metadata<br />
- version 2 [2018-05-02] replaced species codes IRID with IRIG and MDAC with MDEC</p>
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Coral species identifications, size, condition from the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), November 2014
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