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2025-10-10
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Fate data for corals sampled at Flower Garden Banks from March 2023 to July 2024
2025-10-27
publication
2025-10-27
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2026-04-02
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.986526.1
Amy Apprill
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
principalInvestigator
Marilyn Brandt
University of the Virgin Islands Center for Marine and Environmental Studies
principalInvestigator
Adrienne M.S. Correa
Rice University
principalInvestigator
Daniel Holstein
Louisiana State University
principalInvestigator
Laura Mydlarz
University of Texas at Arlington
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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Cite this dataset as: Brandt, M., Apprill, A., Holstein, D., Correa, A. M.S., Mydlarz, L. (2025) Fate data for corals sampled at Flower Garden Banks from March 2023 to July 2024. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-10-27 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.986526.1 [access date]
FGB fate tracking Dataset Description: <p>This dataset has been published "as is". Final review by the data submitter was not received after the data were imported into the BCO-DMO data system.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p><strong>Sample Collection:</strong><br />
The 2023 cruise took place on R/V Pelican (cruise ID PE23-18) from March 5 to 10, 2023. The 2024 cruise was a private charter on M/V Fling (<a href="https://texascaribbean.com" target="_blank">https://texascaribbean.com</a>) from&nbsp;June 30 to July 4, 2024</p>
<p><strong>2023 cruise (R/V Pelican PE23-18):</strong><br />
Boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) long-term monitoring plots were outlined using transect tapes. Both apparently healthy and actively diseased colonies of <em>Orbicella franksi </em>(6 colonies of each health state)<em>, Porites astreoides </em>(5 colonies of each health state),<em> </em>and <em>Pseudodiploria strigosa </em>(5 colonies of each health state) were sampled within these boundaries (but avoiding FGBNMS photomosaic areas) for various analyses. Each sampled colony was marked for relocation by hammering a numbered cattle tag into the adjacent dead substrate and then photographed from above. Then, using either a hammer and chisel or an underwater Nemo drill with a diamond-tipped hole saw (no anvil), coral fragments approximately 4 x 4 centimeters (cm) were collected from each colony. Two fragments were collected from apparently healthy corals (HH), and four fragments from diseased corals, including two fragments immediately adjacent to the lesion boundary (DD) and two fragments from apparently healthy tissue (HD). All fragments were placed into individually labeled whirlpacks and transported to the surface. Sample scar edges on the sampled colonies were sealed with underwater epoxy (J-B Weld WaterWeld). If cores were removed with drills, a cement plug was placed into the hole in the skeleton and sealed with epoxy. Corals were rephotographed before and after sealing with the epoxy. Marked colonies were mapped to known landmarks using headings and distances. Once at the surface, one fragment from each sample type (HH, HD, DD) was processed for microbial analyses, gene expression, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and histopathology (separate datasets).</p>
<p><strong>2024 cruise (private charter aboard M/V Fling):</strong><br />
The corals sampled and tagged in 2023 were added to the FGBNMS Long Term Monitoring Program Map for their 100 x 100 meter (m) plot using previously recorded headings and distances to known landmarks and were confirmed with orthomosaics. Using these maps, divers on SCUBA took photos, recorded size estimates (length, width, and height), percent of the colony showing old mortality (defined as calyx degradation and algal recruitment), percent of the colony showing recent mortality (defined as bright white exposed skeleton with no algal recruitment), percent of living tissue that was bleached or paled, and disease identification (if applicable). Colony ID was confirmed by comparing the monitoring photos to photos of the colony at sampling. 25 of the 32 sampled colonies were found, photographed, and monitored for health status.</p>
<p><strong>Instrument Details:</strong><br />
Corals were tagged with 2½ inch masonry nails and plastic cattle tags with unique IDs. Coral and sample-specific images were recorded with Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings. Either Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ inch mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills with 1½ inch diamond hole saws (anvil removed) were used to collect fragments.</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-2316579 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=2316579
completed
Amy Apprill
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
508-289-2649
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department 266 Woods Hole Road, MS# 4
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
aapprill@whoi.edu
pointOfContact
Marilyn Brandt
University of the Virgin Islands Center for Marine and Environmental Studies
340-693-1379
2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas, USVI
00802
mbrandt@uvi.edu
pointOfContact
Adrienne M.S. Correa
Rice University
amsc@berkeley.edu
pointOfContact
Daniel Holstein
Louisiana State University
NY
USA
daniel.holstein@stonybrook.edu
pointOfContact
Laura Mydlarz
University of Texas at Arlington
817-272-0397
501 S. Nedderman Dr. 337 Life Sciences Building
Arlington
TX
76013
United States
mydlarz@uta.edu
pointOfContact
asNeeded
Dataset Version: 1
Unknown
SpeciesID
Species
Tag_ID
SampleDate
SamplingHealthState
MonitoringDate
HealthState_2024
Length_cm_2024
Width_cm_2024
Height_cm_2024
Old_Mortality_pcnt_2024
Rec_Mortality_pcnt_2024
plastic cattle tags
Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ in mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills
SCUBA
Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings
theme
None, User defined
taxon_code
species scientific name (binomial)
sample identification
date
sample description
length
width
height
mortality
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
labeling tag
Manual Biota Sampler
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Underwater Camera
instrument
BCO-DMO Standard Instruments
PE23-18
service
Deployment Activity
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
place
Locations
otherRestrictions
otherRestrictions
Access Constraints: none. Use Constraints: Please follow guidelines at: http://www.bco-dmo.org/terms-use Distribution liability: Under no circumstances shall BCO-DMO be liable for any direct, incidental, special, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this data submission. If you are dissatisfied with any materials in this data submission your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use.
Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs
https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/project/889917
Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs
<p><em>NSF Award Abstract:</em></p>
<p>Marine diseases have devastating impacts on ocean ecosystems and this work directly informs understanding of disease transmission in the ocean. To understand the cause and patterns of spread of a disease outbreak that began in late summer of 2022 at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (northwest Gulf of Mexico, GoM), a team of ecologists, ocean connectivity and disease modelers, microbiologists, and coral immunologists (from Rice University, the University of Virgin Islands (UVI), Louisiana State University (LSU), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) is monitoring the health of corals, and biopsy their tissues. This data aid in developing a model that predicts coral disease transmission and its impacts on economically valuable coral reefs in the GoM. This project supports multidisciplinary field and laboratory research experiences of graduate students at multiple minority-serving institutions, and provides undergraduate students with hands-on training in modeling, ecological and molecular analysis techniques. UVI and LSU are in EPSCoR jurisdictions and have diverse student bodies, including numerous under-represented minority (URM) students. The research team collaboratively provides URM students with research experiences in STEM fields. Project findings are being broadly communicated through virtual public programming, to the Disease Advisory Council, and via direct updates to managers of the Flower Garden Bank National Marine Sanctuary.</p>
<p>Over the last four decades, diseases decimated ecosystem engineers in marine coastal environments, including coral reefs. Recent results from studies of white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) show coral species immune traits can influence disease resistance and therefore predict of coral community structure post-outbreak in the Caribbean. In late August of 2022, an unidentified multi-species acute tissue loss disease with signs and species susceptibility characteristics reminiscent of white plague or SCTLD was documented at the Flower Garden Banks (northwest Gulf of Mexico, GoM). This disease is having significant impacts on FGB and could become widespread across the GoM, offering an opportunity to test hypotheses about the influence of coral community composition and pathogen dispersal on disease spread during the early stages of an outbreak; few studies examine this on relatively isolated, deep, coral-dense reefs. The interdisciplinary research team employs photomosaics and colony fate-tracking, layered molecular datasets and microscopy approaches, as well as modeling of disease reservoirs and dispersal to assess the etiology of the disease and contribute to the development of a generalizable framework for disease spread on reefs. By parsing the impacts of reef-scale community composition versus seascape-scale dispersal in disease transmission and persistence, this work helps reveal the potential resistance and resilience of isolated, coral-dense reefs to diseases that decimate these ecosystems across the wider Caribbean.</p>
<p>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.</p>
FGB Disease
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project
eng; USA
oceans
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
-93.873706
-93.873706
27.880794
27.880794
2023-03-06
2024-07-04
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, northwest Gulf of Mexico
0
BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Fate data for corals sampled at Flower Garden Banks from March 2023 to July 2024
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988061.rdf
Name: SpeciesID
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Species code consisting of the first letter of the genus and first three letters of the species</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988062.rdf
Name: Species
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Name of coral species</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988063.rdf
Name: Tag_ID
Units: unitless
Description: <p>ID number on tag</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988064.rdf
Name: SampleDate
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Date that the coral was sampled</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988065.rdf
Name: SamplingHealthState
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Health state of coral at the time of sampling in 2023, either healthy or diseased</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988066.rdf
Name: MonitoringDate
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Date that the coral was reassessed and health data were taken</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988067.rdf
Name: HealthState_2024
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Health state of the coral when revisited in 2024. Could be: Healthy, diseased, not found, or other health impairment noted</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988068.rdf
Name: Length_cm_2024
Units: centimeters (cm)
Description: <p>Maximum planar length in centimeters of the coral as measured by a diver on SCUBA</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988069.rdf
Name: Width_cm_2024
Units: centimeters (cm)
Description: <p>Maximum planar width perpendicular to the length in centimeters of the coral as measured by a diver on SCUBA</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988070.rdf
Name: Height_cm_2024
Units: centimeters (cm)
Description: <p>Maximum planar height from the substrate as measured by a diver on SCUBA</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988071.rdf
Name: Old_Mortality_pcnt_2024
Units: percent (%)
Description: <p>Percent of the coral exhibiting old mortality as estimated by a diver on SCUBA</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/988072.rdf
Name: Rec_Mortality_pcnt_2024
Units: percent (%)
Description: <p>Percent of the coral exhibiting recent mortality as estimated by a diver on SCUBA; recent mortality distinguished from old mortality as an area showing little to no algal colonization</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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986526_v1_fgb_fate_tracking.csv
Primary data file for dataset ID 986526, version 1
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<p><strong>Sample Collection:</strong><br />
The 2023 cruise took place on R/V Pelican (cruise ID PE23-18) from March 5 to 10, 2023. The 2024 cruise was a private charter on M/V Fling (<a href="https://texascaribbean.com" target="_blank">https://texascaribbean.com</a>) from&nbsp;June 30 to July 4, 2024</p>
<p><strong>2023 cruise (R/V Pelican PE23-18):</strong><br />
Boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) long-term monitoring plots were outlined using transect tapes. Both apparently healthy and actively diseased colonies of <em>Orbicella franksi </em>(6 colonies of each health state)<em>, Porites astreoides </em>(5 colonies of each health state),<em> </em>and <em>Pseudodiploria strigosa </em>(5 colonies of each health state) were sampled within these boundaries (but avoiding FGBNMS photomosaic areas) for various analyses. Each sampled colony was marked for relocation by hammering a numbered cattle tag into the adjacent dead substrate and then photographed from above. Then, using either a hammer and chisel or an underwater Nemo drill with a diamond-tipped hole saw (no anvil), coral fragments approximately 4 x 4 centimeters (cm) were collected from each colony. Two fragments were collected from apparently healthy corals (HH), and four fragments from diseased corals, including two fragments immediately adjacent to the lesion boundary (DD) and two fragments from apparently healthy tissue (HD). All fragments were placed into individually labeled whirlpacks and transported to the surface. Sample scar edges on the sampled colonies were sealed with underwater epoxy (J-B Weld WaterWeld). If cores were removed with drills, a cement plug was placed into the hole in the skeleton and sealed with epoxy. Corals were rephotographed before and after sealing with the epoxy. Marked colonies were mapped to known landmarks using headings and distances. Once at the surface, one fragment from each sample type (HH, HD, DD) was processed for microbial analyses, gene expression, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and histopathology (separate datasets).</p>
<p><strong>2024 cruise (private charter aboard M/V Fling):</strong><br />
The corals sampled and tagged in 2023 were added to the FGBNMS Long Term Monitoring Program Map for their 100 x 100 meter (m) plot using previously recorded headings and distances to known landmarks and were confirmed with orthomosaics. Using these maps, divers on SCUBA took photos, recorded size estimates (length, width, and height), percent of the colony showing old mortality (defined as calyx degradation and algal recruitment), percent of the colony showing recent mortality (defined as bright white exposed skeleton with no algal recruitment), percent of living tissue that was bleached or paled, and disease identification (if applicable). Colony ID was confirmed by comparing the monitoring photos to photos of the colony at sampling. 25 of the 32 sampled colonies were found, photographed, and monitored for health status.</p>
<p><strong>Instrument Details:</strong><br />
Corals were tagged with 2½ inch masonry nails and plastic cattle tags with unique IDs. Coral and sample-specific images were recorded with Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings. Either Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ inch mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills with 1½ inch diamond hole saws (anvil removed) were used to collect fragments.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
<p>Each coral was assigned a representative health state at the monitoring period (either apparently healthy, diseased, or other health impairment) to fate track colonies and compare fates among the sampling health states.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
- Imported original file "RAPID_FateTracking_FGB_revised.csv" into the BCO-DMO system.
- Marked "NA" as a missing data value (missing data are empty/blank in the final CSV file).
- Changed format of dates to YYYY-MM-DD.
- Corrected years of 3023 to 2023.
- Renamed fields to comply with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Saved the final file as "986526_v1_fgb_fate_tracking.csv".
- This dataset has been published "as is". Final review by the data submitter was not received after the data were imported into the BCO-DMO data system.
Specified by BCO-DMO Data Managers
asNeeded
7.x-1.1
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
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
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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plastic cattle tags
plastic cattle tags
PI Supplied Instrument Name: plastic cattle tags PI Supplied Instrument Description:Corals were tagged with 2 ½” masonry nails and plastic cattle tags with unique IDs. Instrument Name: labeling tag Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: Passive devices attached to captured organisms to specifically identify them when recaptured after release.
Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ in mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills
Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ in mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ in mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills PI Supplied Instrument Description:Either Milwaukee 3lb sledges and ¾ in mason chisels or Nemo underwater drills with 1 ½” diamond hole saws (anvil removed) were used to collect fragments. Instrument Name: Manual Biota Sampler Instrument Short Name:Manual Biota Sampler Instrument Description: "Manual Biota Sampler" indicates that a sample was collected in situ by a person, possibly using a hand-held collection device such as a jar, a net, or their hands. This term could also refer to a simple tool like a hammer, saw, or other hand-held tool. Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/90/
SCUBA
SCUBA
PI Supplied Instrument Name: SCUBA PI Supplied Instrument Description:Divers on SCUBA took photos, recorded size estimates, percent of the colony showing old mortality, percent of the colony showing recent mortality, percent of living tissue that was bleached or paled, and disease identification. Instrument Name: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus Instrument Short Name:SCUBA Instrument Description: The self-contained underwater breathing apparatus or scuba diving system is the result of technological developments and innovations that began almost 300 years ago. Scuba diving is the most extensively used system for breathing underwater by recreational divers throughout the world and in various forms is also widely used to perform underwater work for military, scientific, and commercial purposes.
Reference: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/technical/technical.html
Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings
Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings PI Supplied Instrument Description:Coral and sample specific images were recorded with Olympus Tough TG-6 cameras in Olympus underwater housings. Instrument Name: Underwater Camera Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: All types of photographic equipment that may be deployed underwater including stills, video, film and digital systems. Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/180/
Cruise: PE23-18
PE23-18
R/V Pelican
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Pelican
vessel
PE23-18
Adrienne M.S. Correa
Rice University
R/V Pelican
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Pelican
vessel