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Dataset: Impact of OA on coral (Siderastrea siderea) calcification and corallite morphology: Corallite morphometry

Project: 
Principal Investigator: 
Justin B. Ries (Northeastern University)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Megan Switzer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version: 
1
Version Date: 
2017-12-28
Restricted: 
No
Validated: 
No
Current State: 
Preliminary and in progress

Coral morphometry for experiments investigating impact of ocean acidification on coral (S. siderea) calcification and morphometry.

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Description

Corallite height (µm) and percent-infilling (‘%-I’) data for S. siderea specimens (shown by ‘ID’) after 60 days growth in the experimental treatments for the study: Impact of ocean acidification on coral (Siderastrea siderea) calcification and corallite morphology. 

See also related datasets for Siderastrea siderea seawater chemistry and calcification rates:

​Seawater chemistry
Calcification rates

Data are published in:

Horvath, K.M., Ries, J.B., Castillo, K.D., Westfield, I.T., Armstrong, P., Courtney, T., 2016, Next-century ocean acidification and warming both reduce calcification rate, but only acidification alters skeletal morphology of reef-building coral Siderastrea siderea. Scientific Reports 6: 29613. doi: 10.1038/srep29613

Please see manuscript for complete methodology. 

Data Files
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722026.csv
(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.91 KB)
MD5:6e3197082f15ad03d592bb6c5fb99b0c
Primary data file for dataset ID 722026
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