Dataset: Vulnerability of coral reefs to bioerosion from land-based sources of pollution using parameters quantified by computerized tomography.

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.739309.1Version 1 (2018-06-27)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Anne L. Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Co-Principal Investigator: Nancy Prouty (United States Geological Survey)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: Identifying the Role of Basin-scale Climate Variability in the Decline of Atlantic Corals (Coral climate effects)


Abstract

Coral Growth Parameters Quantified by Computerized Tomography (CT) for Growth Rate (cm/yr), Density (g/cm3), and Calcification Rates (g/cm2/yr), Percent Volume Erosion (%), Measured Bioerosion Rate (mg/ cm2/ yr), Predicted Bioerosion Rate (mg/cm2/ yr) Based on DeCarlo et al (2015).

Coral Growth Parameters Quantified by Computerized Tomography (CT) for Growth Rate (cm/yr), Density (g/cm3), and Calcification Rates (g/cm2/yr), Percent Volume Erosion (%), Measured Bioerosion Rate (mg/ cm2/ yr), Predicted Bioerosion Rate (mg/cm2/ yr) Based on DeCarlo et al (2015).


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Prouty, N. G., Cohen, A., Yates, K. K., Storlazzi, C. D., Swarzenski, P. W., & White, D. (2017). Vulnerability of Coral Reefs to Bioerosion From Land-Based Sources of Pollution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(12), 9319–9331. doi:10.1002/2017jc013264
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Barkley, H. C., Cohen, A. L., Golbuu, Y., Starczak, V. R., DeCarlo, T. M., & Shamberger, K. E. F. (2015). Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH. Science Advances, 1(5), e1500328–e1500328. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500328
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DeCarlo, T. M., & Cohen, A. L. (2016, July 14). Coralct: Software Tool To Analyze Computerized Tomography (Ct) Scans Of Coral Skeletal Cores For Calcification And Bioerosion Rates (Version 1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.57855