http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/776377
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508-289-2009
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2019-09-11
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Percent cover of healthy and bleached coral in Pacific Panama using the transect method in 2019
2019-09-09
publication
2019-09-09
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2019-09-12
publication
https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776377.1
Dr Richard B. Aronson
Florida Institute of Technology
principalInvestigator
Dr Lauren T. Toth
United States Geological Survey
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
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Cite this dataset as: Aronson, R., Toth, L. (2019) Percent cover of healthy and bleached coral in Pacific Panama using the transect method in 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-09-09 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776377.1 [access date]
bleaching transects 2019 Dataset Description: <p>Percent cover of healthy and bleached coral in Pacific Panama using the transect method in 2019.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p>Coral health was monitored using a transect technique by laying 25-meter transects along a depth contour in the reef at 3 sites within the Gulf of Chiriqui and 3 sites within the Gulf of Panama. Benthic composition below the tape was recorded every 25cm for the entire transect length. The process was repeated 5 more times for a total of 6 transects for each site. &nbsp;Any coral present was classified and the health was scored using a 1-3 scale rating, with 1 indicating a fully healthy colony, 3 indicating a bleached colony, and 2 indicating a pale colony that fell in-between 1 and 3.</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1535007 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1535007
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Dr Richard B. Aronson
Florida Institute of Technology
321-674-8034
Department of Biological Sciences 150 W UNIVERSITY BLVD
MELBOURNE
FL
32901
USA
raronson@fit.edu
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Dr Lauren T. Toth
United States Geological Survey
(727) 502-8029
Coastal and Marine Science Center
USA
ltoth@usgs.gov
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Dataset Version: 1
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Gulf
Site
Latitude
Longitude
Time
Transect
Healthy_P_damicornis
Pale_P_damicornis
Bleached_P_damicornis
Healthy_P_verricosa
Pale_P_verricose
Bleached_P_verricosa
Healthy_Psammocora_stellata
Pale_P_stellata
Bleached_P_stellata
COTS_damage
Standing_dead_coral_no_turf
Standing_dead_coral_with_turf
Unconsolidated_rubble_with_turf
Unconsolidated_rubble_with_CCA
Fleshy_algae
CCA
Sand
Healthy_Porites_lobata
Total
theme
None, User defined
region
site
latitude
longitude
season
transect
percent coverage
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
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Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs
https://research.fit.edu/marine-paleolab/research-projects/eastern-tropical-pacific/
Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs
<p>Coral reefs are under threat around the world, and climate change is the main reason they are declining. Knowing how local conditions on a reef exaggerate or mask the impacts of climate change make it possible to predict which reefs are most likely to survive longer and, therefore, which reefs deserve the greatest effort and funding for conservation. Reefs off the Pacific coast of Panama are vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change but are also strongly influenced by small-scale currents and other local conditions. The goal of this study is to see how those local differences affect coral growth and the ability of the corals to build reefs. Climate change appears poised to shut down reef growth off Pacific Panama within the next century. Considering that sea-level rise is accelerating at the same time, if coral reefs shut down they will not be able to protect populated shorelines from storm damage and erosion. In addition to its scientific insights, this project will provide undergraduate and graduate training, provide research training for underrepresented groups, advance women in scientific careers, and contribute important information for management and policy. The results will be incorporated into innovative curricular materials for K through 12 classes in Title-I schools in Florida aligned with Next Generation (Common Core) standards, and standards for Climate and Ocean Literacy. An annual film festival will be organized for K through 12 students to explore themes in marine science through videography.</p>
<p>Global climate change is now the leading cause of coral-reef degradation, but the extent to which mesoscale oceanography overprints climatic forcing is poorly understood. Previous studies in Pacific Panama showed that reef ecosystems collapsed from 4100 to 1600 years ago. The 2500-yr hiatus in reef-building occurred at locations throughout the Pacific, and the primary cause was increased variability of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. This study will determine the influence of contemporary variability in mesoscale oceanography in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) on variability in the condition of local coral populations. Insights from the living populations will be combined with paleoecological and geochemical studies of reef frameworks to infer past conditions that were inimical or beneficial to coral growth and reef accretion. Three primary hypotheses will be tested in Pacific Panama:<br />
H1. Mesoscale oceanography is manifested in gradients of reef condition, coral growth, and coral physiological condition. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling confers positive effects on coral growth rate and physiology.<br />
H2. The impacts of mesoscale oceanographic regimes on the growth and condition of reef-corals were felt at least as far back as the mid- to late Holocene.<br />
H3. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling conferred positive effects on vertical reef accretion in the past and shortened the late-Holocene hiatus.<br />
Specific research approaches to test these hypotheses will include collecting high-resolution, oceanographic time series to characterize contemporary environments along gradients of physical conditions; collecting ecological and geochemical data on the condition of living coral populations; and extracting cores from the reef frameworks and analyzing the coral assemblages taxonomically, taphonomically, and geochemically to assess patterns of biotic and paleoenvironmental variability. Strong spatial and temporal variability in the physical drivers of reef development make the ETP an excellent model system in which to examine the response of coral reefs to climate change over a range of physical regimes. This research will provide a unique opportunity to tease apart the controls on reef development across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The climatology underlying the late-Holocene hiatus was similar to probable scenarios for the next century, implying that climate change could be driving reef ecosystems of the ETP (and elsewhere) toward another collapse. Understanding how the hiatus unfolded along oceanographic gradients will increase our power to predict the future responses of reefs to a rapidly changing climate.</p>
Coral Climate ETP
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biota
oceans
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2019-06-21
Pacific Panamá
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Percent cover of healthy and bleached coral in Pacific Panama using the transect method in 2019
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776386.rdf
Name: Gulf
Units: unitless
Description: <p>P (Panama) and C (Chiriqui) Gulf</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776387.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: <p>experimental site</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776388.rdf
Name: Latitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>latitude in decimal degrees north</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776389.rdf
Name: Longitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>longitude in decimal degrees east</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776390.rdf
Name: Time
Units: season year
Description: <p>season and year that the transect was taken</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776391.rdf
Name: Transect
Units: unitless
Description: <p>transect number</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776392.rdf
Name: Healthy_P_damicornis
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of healthy Pocillopora damicornis identified in the transect; rated as 1 indicating no bleaching</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776393.rdf
Name: Pale_P_damicornis
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of pale Pocillopora damicornis identified in the transect; rated as 2 indicating lower health</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776394.rdf
Name: Bleached_P_damicornis
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of bleached Pocillopora damicornis identified in the transect; rated as 3 indicating bleached</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776395.rdf
Name: Healthy_P_verricosa
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of healthy Pocillopora verricosa identified in the transect; rated as 1 indicating no bleaching</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776396.rdf
Name: Pale_P_verricose
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of pale Pocillopora verricosa identified in the transect; rated as 2 indicating lower health</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776397.rdf
Name: Bleached_P_verricosa
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of bleached Pocillopora verricosa identified in the transect; rated as 3 indicating bleached</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776398.rdf
Name: Healthy_Psammocora_stellata
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of healthy colonies of the species identified in the transect; rated as 1 indicating no bleaching</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776399.rdf
Name: Pale_P_stellata
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of pale colonies of the species identified in the transect; rated as 2 indicating lower health</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776400.rdf
Name: Bleached_P_stellata
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of bleached colonies of the species identified in the transect; rated as 3 indicating bleached</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776401.rdf
Name: COTS_damage
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of harm identified to the coral structure caused by crown of thorns</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776402.rdf
Name: Standing_dead_coral_no_turf
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of identified dead coral colonies that did not have turf starfish (COTS)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776403.rdf
Name: Standing_dead_coral_with_turf
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of identified dead coral colonies that had turf algae colonizing them</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776404.rdf
Name: Unconsolidated_rubble_with_turf
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of rubble on the ground that had turf algae growing on it</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776405.rdf
Name: Unconsolidated_rubble_with_CCA
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of rubble on the ground that had crustose coralline algae (CCA) growing on it</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776406.rdf
Name: Fleshy_algae
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of fleshy algae observed in the transect</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776407.rdf
Name: CCA
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of crustose coralline algae (CCA) observed in the transect</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776408.rdf
Name: Sand
Units: unitless
Description: <p>frequency of sand observed in the transect</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776409.rdf
Name: Healthy_Porites_lobata
Units: unitless
Description: <p>the frequency of healthy colonies of the identified species in the transect; rated as 1 indicating good health</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/776410.rdf
Name: Total
Units: unitless
Description: <p>the total number of observations in the transect</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
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USA
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<p>Coral health was monitored using a transect technique by laying 25-meter transects along a depth contour in the reef at 3 sites within the Gulf of Chiriqui and 3 sites within the Gulf of Panama. Benthic composition below the tape was recorded every 25cm for the entire transect length. The process was repeated 5 more times for a total of 6 transects for each site. &nbsp;Any coral present was classified and the health was scored using a 1-3 scale rating, with 1 indicating a fully healthy colony, 3 indicating a bleached colony, and 2 indicating a pale colony that fell in-between 1 and 3.</p>
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WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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