Dataset: Coral colony interactions (Pocillopora and Acropora) from field observations at LTER sites in Moorea, French Polynesia in 2014 (MCR LTER project, OA coral adaptation project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2017-03-17)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge)

Co-Principal Investigator: Robert Carpenter (California State University Northridge)

Technician: Griffin Srednick (California State University Northridge)

Technician: Megan Vaughan (California State University Northridge)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Long Term Ecological Research network (LTER)

Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Project: Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research site (MCR LTER)

Project: Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity (OA coral adaptation)

Abstract

Interspecific and intraspecific interaction metrics for Pocillopora verrucosa and Acropora hyacinthus coral colonies were acquired from field observations in Moorea, French Polynesia in 2014. Colony counts and interaction observations were made using photoquadrats.

Cite Dataset

These data were utilized in Evensen & Edmunds, 2016.

Other datasets utilized in Evensen and Edmunds, 2016:
* coral growth - https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/683932
* seawater chemistry - https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/684541

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Results
Evensen, N. R., & Edmunds, P. J. (2016). Interactive effects of ocean acidification and neighboring corals on the growth of Pocillopora verrucosa. Marine Biology, 163(7). doi:10.1007/s00227-016-2921-z
Related Research
Comeau, S., Carpenter, R. C., Lantz, C. A., & Edmunds, P. J. (2016). Parameterization of the response of calcification to temperature and pCO2 in the coral Acropora pulchra and the alga Lithophyllum kotschyanum. Coral Reefs, 35(3), 929–939. doi:10.1007/s00338-016-1425-0

Edmunds, P. J., Carpenter, R. (2017) Coral colony interactions (Pocillopora and Acropora) from field observations at LTER sites in Moorea, French Polynesia in 2014 (MCR LTER project, OA coral adaptation project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2017-03-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/684528 [access date]

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