Dataset: LesionDistance_GrowthHealing

Name: Effect of distance between coral lesions on tissue regeneration and skeletal growth at two sites on the backreef on either side of Cook’s Bay in Moorea, French Polynesia from May, 2012 through July, 2012
Published: 2019-09-19
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.777110.1

Spatial Extent: N:-17.48 E:-149.82 S:-17.48 W:-149.82

Temporal Extent: 2012-05 - 2012-07

Project:

Spatial patterns of coral-vermetid interactions: short-term effects and long-term consequences (Vermetids_Corals)

Principal Investigator:

Elizabeth Hamman (University of Georgia, UGA)

Contact:

Rebecca Atkins (University of Georgia, UGA)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2019-09-19

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/777110/data

Effect of distance between coral lesions on tissue regeneration and skeletal growth at two sites on the backreef on either side of Cook’s Bay in Moorea, French Polynesia from May, 2012 through July, 2012

Abstract:

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2019-09-19	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.777110.1	2019-09-24

Acquisition Description

Experimental corals were artificially damaged using a waterpik with lesion centroids separated by 1.2cm, 3.5cm, and 6cm (or no damage for the control), and buoyantly weighed. After 20 and 39 days, corals were re-weighed to determine buoyant mass and skeletal growth. Coral lesions were also photographed and images analyzed to assess the % of lesion with regenerated tissue. Buoyant weight was determined by hanging the coral beneath a balance suspended in seawater and using equations factoring in skeletal density, seawater temperature, and a reference weight to determine the skeletal weight.

Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- added lat, lon columns.

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1130359

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Camera

Supplied Name: photographed

Supplied Description:

Coral lesions were also photographed and images analyzed to assess the % of lesion with regenerated tissue.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Camera

Acronym: camera

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/311/

Generic Description:

All types of photographic equipment including stills, video, film and digital systems.

Scale

Supplied Name: weighted

Supplied Description:

buoyantly weighed

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Scale

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB13/

Generic Description:

An instrument used to measure weight or mass.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Coral	Coral ID Number	unitless	sample
Treatment	Experimental Treatment - A (control – no lesions) Bcentroids separated by 1.2cm); C (lesion centroids separated by 3.5cm); and D (lesion centroids separated by 6cm)	unitless	treatment
Block	Experimental Block	unitless	unknown
Initial_Mass	Skeletal initial mass	grams (g)	mass
Halfway_Mass	Skeletal mass after 20 days	grams (g)	mass
Final_Mass	Skeletal mass after 39 days	grams (g)	mass
Growth_Midpoint	Skeletal growth after 20 days	grams (g)	growth
Growth_Final	Skeletal growth after 39 days	grams (g)	growth
Healing_Mid	% of lesion regenerated after 20 days	unitless	unknown
Healing_Final	% of lesion regenerated after 20 days	unitless	unknown
lat	Latitude of sampling. Positive values indicate North.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of sampling. Negative values indicate West.	decimal degrees	lon