Dataset: Benthic cover data

Name: Benthic coverage data collected from 2012 to 2014 in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Caroline Islands (Disturb Impacts Coral project)
Published: 2017-03-09
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.684031.1

Spatial Extent: N:7.058531 E:-146.976536 S:5.933554 W:-158.368892

Temporal Extent: 2012-06-28 - 2014-07-14

Project:

The impact of a large episodic disturbance on an invasive (outbreak) coral: Will Typhoon Maysak promote or suppress an invasive Montipora sp. Coral on reefs of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia? (DisturbImpactsCoral)

Principal Investigator:

Giacomo Bernardi (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Nicole Crane (Cabrillo College)

Contact:

Nicole Crane (Cabrillo College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2017-03-09

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Benthic coverage data collected from 2012 to 2014 in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Caroline Islands (Disturb Impacts Coral project)

Abstract:

Benthic coverage data collected from 2012 to 2014 in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Caroline Islands (Disturb Impacts Coral project)

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2017-03-09	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.684031.1	2019-04-04

Description

Benthic cover data for 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Data associated with publication: Crane NL, Nelson P, Abelson A, Precoda K, Rulmal J Jr, et al. (2017) PLOS ONE.

Methods & Sampling

Surveys were conducted using snorkel on the reef crest and the reef table, in shallow sites at depths between 1.5 and 3 meters. Benthic community structure was evaluated using 0.25m quadrats placed randomly on the reef crest area at each site. Quadrat locations were selected by using a random number generator to set the distance between quadrats and direction of swim within the reef crest corridor. Percent cover of key organisms was determined within each quadrat (counts were used for larger mobile invertebrates and giant clams). Each quadrat was documented photographically. A total of 10 functional group categories were used to assess benthic cover: stony coral, octocorals, hydrocorals, macroalgae, algal turfs, encrusting algae, cyanobacteria, bare substrate and non-coral sessile and mobile invertebrates. Stony corals and hydrocorals were categorized into one of 12 morphological groups and identiLied to genus when possible. Instances of disease, paling, and bleaching within each quadrat were noted. Stony coral colony sizes were measured by recording maximum length, width, height, nearest live coral neighbor and coral functional group for each coral that intercepted the 50 m Lish transect lines.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:
-nd was added to all blank cells
-site, date, researcher, and quad columns were added to incorporate the information contained in the header of the file

Data Files

File
benthic.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 259.03 KB) MD5:46d1177393eee3d47112f3fcb7b21ae6 Primary data file for dataset ID 684031

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1546374

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Bernardi_2012		2012-06-28	shoreside Micronesia		data info

Instruments

Camera

Supplied Description:

Used to capture quadrats

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.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Site where species were sampled	unitless	site
date	Date of sampling; YYYY/MM/DD	unitless	date
researcher	Researcher that collected the data	unitless	investigator
quad	Quadrat where species were sampled	unitless	transect
liveCoral_noCabbage	Percent coverage of live coral (not including cabbage coral)	percent	percent_cover
invasiveCoral	Percent coverage of invasive coral (not included in live percentage)	percent	percent_cover
deadCoral	Percent coverage of dead coral	percent	percent_cover
bleachedCoral	Percent coverage of bleached coral	percent	percent_cover
turfAlgae	Percent coverage of turf algae	percent	percent_cover
macroalgae	Percent coverage of macroalgae	percent	percent_cover
otherInverts	Percent coverage of other invertebrates	percent	percent_cover
acroporaThicket	Percent coverage of Acropora thicket	percent	percent_cover
tableCoral	Percent coverage of Acropora table coral	percent	percent_cover
mounding1_simple_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified simple coral	percent	percent_cover
mounding1_Porites_lobata	Percent coverage of Porites lobata	percent	percent_cover
mounding1_Astreopora	Percent coverage of Astreopora	percent	percent_cover
mounding1_Leptastrea	Percent coverage of Leptastrea	percent	percent_cover
mounding2_complex_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified complex coral	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified branching simple coral	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_AcroporaSpp	Percent coverage of simple branching Acropora spp	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Porites_rus	Percent coverage of Porites rus	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Porites_cylindrica	Percent coverage of Porites cylindrica	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi	Percent coverage of Pocillopora eydouxi	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Pocillopora_meandrina	Percent coverage of Pocillopora meandrina	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_PocilloporaSpp	Percent coverage of Pocillopora spp	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Heliopora	Percent coverage of simple branching Heliopora	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Millepora	Percent coverage of simple branching Millepora	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified complex branching coral	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa	Percent coverage of Pocillopora damicornis or varicosa	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_AcroporaSpp	Percent coverage of complex branching Acropora Spp	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Millepora	Percent coverage of complex branching Millepora	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Stylaster_Distichopora	Percent coverage of Stylaster and Distichopora	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified encrusting coral	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Pocillopora	Percent coverage of encrusting Pocillopora	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Porites_solida	Percent coverage of encrusting Porites solida	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Leptastrea	Percent coverage of encrusting Leptasrea	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_nonInvasive_MontiporaSpp	Percent coverage of non invasive encrusting Montipora spp	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Isopora	Percent coverage encrusting Isopora	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Astreopora	Percent coverage of encrusting Astreopora	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Millepora	Percent coverage of encrusting Millepora	percent	percent_cover
lettuce_foliose_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified lettuce or foliose coral	percent	percent_cover
sheeting_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified sheeting coral	percent	percent_cover
solitary_Fungia	Percent coverage of solitary Fungia	percent	percent_cover
solitary_other	Percent coverage of other solitary species	percent	percent_cover
columnar_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified columnar coral	percent	percent_cover
columnar_Isopora	Percent coverage of columnar Isopora	percent	percent_cover
uncategorized_invasiveMontipora	Percent coverage of uncategorized invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
sheeting_invasiveMontipora	Percent coverage of sheeting invasive Monitpora	percent	percent_cover
foliose_invasiveMontipora	Percent coverage of foliose invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
columnar_invasiveMontipora	Percent coverage of columnar invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
dead_stoneyCoral	Percent coverage of dead stoney coral	percent	percent_cover
diseased	Percent coverage of diseased coral	percent	percent_cover
softCoral_UnID	Percent coverage of unidentified soft coral	percent	percent_cover
leatherCoral	Percent coverage of leather coral	percent	percent_cover
corallimorph	Percent coverage of corallimorph	percent	percent_cover
zooanthid	Percent coverage of zooanthid	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_fleshyRedAlgae	Percent coverage of encrusting fleshy red algae	percent	percent_cover
fleshyBrownMacroalgae	Percent coverage of fleshy brown algae (general)	percent	percent_cover
fleshyBrownMacroalgae_turbinaria	Percent coverage of turbinaria	percent	percent_cover
fleshyBrownMacroalgae_stypopodium	Percent coverage of stypopodium	percent	percent_cover
fleshyRedMacroalgae	Percent coverage of fleshy red algae (general)	percent	percent_cover
fleshyGreenMacroalgae	Percent coverage of fleshy green algae (general)	percent	percent_cover
fleshyGreenMacroalgae_microdictyon	Percent coverage of microdictyon	percent	percent_cover
fleshyGreenMacroalgae_Dictyosphaera_cavernosa	Percent coverage of Dictyosphaera cavernosa	percent	percent_cover
filamentousGreenMacroalgae	Percent coverage of filamentous green macroalgae	percent	percent_cover
calcareousGreenMacroalgae_halimeda	Percent coverage of calcareous halimeda	percent	percent_cover
calcareousRedMacroalgae	Percent coverage of calcareous red macroalgae	percent	percent_cover
rhodoliths_freeCoralline	Percent coverage of rhodoliths	percent	percent_cover
turfAlgae_solidSubstrate	Percent coverage of turf algae on solid substrate	percent	percent_cover
turfAlgae_rubble	Percent coverage of turf algae on rubble	percent	percent_cover
CCA_turf	Percent coverage of crustose coralline algae with turf	percent	percent_cover
CCA	Percent coverage of crustose coralline algae	percent	percent_cover
cyanobacteria	Percent coverage of cyanobacteria	percent	percent_cover
cyanobacteria_covering	Percent coverage of cyanobacteria covering	percent	percent_cover
seagrass	Percent coverage of seagrass	percent	percent_cover
sand	Percent coverage of sand	percent	percent_cover
bare	Percent coverage of bare space	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_sponge	Percent coverage of encrusting sponge	percent	percent_cover
upright_sponge	Percent coverage of upright sponge	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_tunicate	Percent coverage of encrusting tunicate	percent	percent_cover
upright_tunicate	Percent coverage of upright tunicate	percent	percent_cover
anemone	Percent coverage of anenomes	percent	percent_cover
acroporaThicket2	Percent coverage of Acropora thickets	percent	percent_cover
tableCoral_acropora	Percent coverage of table coral (Acropora)	percent	percent_cover
mounding1_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified simple coral	percent	percent_cover
mounding2_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified complex coral	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified branching simple coral	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi2	Percent coverage of Pocillopora eydouxi	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Heliopora2	Percent coverage of simple branching Heliopora	percent	percent_cover
simpleBranching_Acropora2	Percent coverage of complex branching Acropora Spp	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified complex branching coral	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa2	Percent coverage of Pocillopora damicornis or varicosa	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Acropora2	Percent coverage of complex branching Acropora Spp	percent	percent_cover
complexBranching_Millepora2	Percent coverage of complex branching Millepora	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified encrusting coral	percent	percent_cover
encrusting_Millepora2	Percent coverage of encrusting Millepora	percent	percent_cover
lettuce_foliose_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified lettuce or foliose coral	percent	percent_cover
sheeting_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified sheeting coral	percent	percent_cover
solitary_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified solitary coral	percent	percent_cover
columnar_UnID2	Percent coverage of unidentified columnar coral	percent	percent_cover
uncategorized_invasiveMontipora2	Percent coverage of uncategorized invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
sheeting_invasiveMontipora2	Percent coverage of sheeting invasive Monitpora	percent	percent_cover
foliose_invasiveMontipora2	Percent coverage of foliose invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
columnar_invasiveMontipora2	Percent coverage of columnar invasive Montipora	percent	percent_cover
trochus	Percent coverage of trochus	percent	percent_cover
urchin	Percent coverage of urchins	percent	percent_cover
seaStar	Percent coverage of sea stars	percent	percent_cover
seaCucumber	Percent coverage of sea cucumbers	percent	percent_cover
seaCucumber_Chlorostichopus_notatus	Percent coverage of Chlorostichopus notatus	percent	percent_cover
clam_Tridacna	Percent coverage of Tridacna spp	percent	percent_cover
tube_snail	Percent coverage of tube snails	percent	percent_cover

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