Dataset: Coral extension rates meta-analysis

Name: Rates of coral growth accumulated from a meta-analysis of the scientific literature
Published: 2018-05-23
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:9.6568 E:138.2088 S:7.1878 W:134.229

Project:

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

Principal Investigator:

Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

Contact:

Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2018-05-23

Restricted:

Release Date:

2018-08-30

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Rates of coral growth accumulated from a meta-analysis of the scientific literature

Abstract:

As part of reef-composition surveys of Palau (7°30' N, 134°30' E) and Yap (9°32' N, 138°7' E), the extension rates and density of coral species were collected from Prachett et al. (2015), and a meta-analysis of scientific literature to assist with quantifying the production of reef carbonate.

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Description

Methods & Sampling

Coral growth rates and densities were derived from the Prachett et al. (2015) dataset. When averages were absent, they were derived as the mid-point between the minimum and maximum estimates.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* This dataset was originally submitted to BCO-DMO as files
* added column called location with values (Palau|Yap)
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions

* Species names changed to accepted name after using World Register of Marine Species taxa match tool and communicating with PI.

Data Files

File
extension_rates.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 29.13 KB) MD5:69cad8b21416c31a9c1dc62513504956 Primary data file for dataset ID 737526

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1657633

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
vanWoesik_Palau_2017		2017-06-02	shoreside Palau	Robert van Woesik (Principal Investigator)	data info
vanWoesik_Yap_2017		2017-06-25	shoreside Yap	Robert van Woesik (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
species	Taxonomic species name of coral	Unitless	species
growth_form	Coral growth form/morphology	Unitless	no_bcodmo_term
min	Coral extension rate minimum value from metadata estimates	millimeters per year (mm/yr)	growth
max	Coral extension rate maximum value from metadata estimates	millimeters per year (mm/yr)	growth
Annual_Extension	Growth rate of coral	millimeters per year (mm/yr)	growth
genus	Taxonomic genus name of coral	Unitless	genus
density	Coral skeletal density	grams/milliliter (g/ml)	density

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Dataset: Coral extension rates meta-analysis