ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_747552

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the point intercept method from 2016-2018		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_747552

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	access_formats	String	.htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	While quadrats were placed in areas of high cover to maximize our ability to detect changes through time, coral cover data also were collected from 25 m point-intercept transects whose placement was re-randomized during each visit. Six haphazardly-placed transects were run across the reef at each site, and the composition of the benthos was recorded every 25 cm (100 points per transect) in situ by divers. Any point over live coral was assigned a bleaching score by the diver from 1 to 5, as above. Coordinates are approximate for the point-intercept transects.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	655898
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	OCE-1535007
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1535007
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funder_name	String	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_acronym	String	NSF OCE
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_source_nid	String	355
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager	String	Michael E. Sieracki
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager_nid	String	50446
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_award_nid	String	655911
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_award_number	String	OCE-1535203
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1535203
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funder_name	String	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_acronym	String	NSF OCE
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_source_nid	String	355
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_program_manager	String	Michael E. Sieracki
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_program_manager_nid	String	50446
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the point intercept method PI: Aronson, R.B. Version: 2018-08-24
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_source	String	extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2018-10-05T15:45:54Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-09-12T13:29:45Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.747552.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-79.0283
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	8.6312
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	7.4033
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-79.0283
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-81.759
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/747552
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, coral, coralN, data, dataset, dmo, erddap, gulf, health, latitude, longitude, management, mean, MeanHealth, noncoral, noncoralN, oceanography, office, points, preliminary, site, step, time, time2, TimeStep, total, TotalPoints, transect, uin
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/747552/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/747552
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	8.6312
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'747552': {'Latitude': 'master - latitude', 'Longitude': 'master - longitude'}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/747552/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Florida Institute of Technology
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	FIT
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Dr Richard B. Aronson
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	655902
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role	String	Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation	String	University of California-San Diego
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	UCSD-SIO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Dr James J. Leichter
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	51533
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role	String	Co-Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation	String	United States Geological Survey
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation_acronym	String	USGS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Dr Lauren T. Toth
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	655904
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role	String	Co-Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_name	String	Mathew Biddle
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_nid	String	708682
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Coral Climate ETP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	Coral Climate ETP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	Coral reefs are under threat around the world, and climate change is the main reason they are declining. Knowing how local conditions on a reef exaggerate or mask the impacts of climate change make it possible to predict which reefs are most likely to survive longer and, therefore, which reefs deserve the greatest effort and funding for conservation. Reefs off the Pacific coast of Panama are vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change but are also strongly influenced by small-scale currents and other local conditions. The goal of this study is to see how those local differences affect coral growth and the ability of the corals to build reefs. Climate change appears poised to shut down reef growth off Pacific Panama within the next century. Considering that sea-level rise is accelerating at the same time, if coral reefs shut down they will not be able to protect populated shorelines from storm damage and erosion. In addition to its scientific insights, this project will provide undergraduate and graduate training, provide research training for underrepresented groups, advance women in scientific careers, and contribute important information for management and policy. The results will be incorporated into innovative curricular materials for K through 12 classes in Title-I schools in Florida aligned with Next Generation (Common Core) standards, and standards for Climate and Ocean Literacy. An annual film festival will be organized for K through 12 students to explore themes in marine science through videography. Global climate change is now the leading cause of coral-reef degradation, but the extent to which mesoscale oceanography overprints climatic forcing is poorly understood. Previous studies in Pacific Panama showed that reef ecosystems collapsed from 4100 to 1600 years ago. The 2500-yr hiatus in reef-building occurred at locations throughout the Pacific, and the primary cause was increased variability of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. This study will determine the influence of contemporary variability in mesoscale oceanography in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) on variability in the condition of local coral populations. Insights from the living populations will be combined with paleoecological and geochemical studies of reef frameworks to infer past conditions that were inimical or beneficial to coral growth and reef accretion. Three primary hypotheses will be tested in Pacific Panama: H1. Mesoscale oceanography is manifested in gradients of reef condition, coral growth, and coral physiological condition. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling confers positive effects on coral growth rate and physiology. H2. The impacts of mesoscale oceanographic regimes on the growth and condition of reef-corals were felt at least as far back as the mid- to late Holocene. H3. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling conferred positive effects on vertical reef accretion in the past and shortened the late-Holocene hiatus. Specific research approaches to test these hypotheses will include collecting high-resolution, oceanographic time series to characterize contemporary environments along gradients of physical conditions; collecting ecological and geochemical data on the condition of living coral populations; and extracting cores from the reef frameworks and analyzing the coral assemblages taxonomically, taphonomically, and geochemically to assess patterns of biotic and paleoenvironmental variability. Strong spatial and temporal variability in the physical drivers of reef development make the ETP an excellent model system in which to examine the response of coral reefs to climate change over a range of physical regimes. This research will provide a unique opportunity to tease apart the controls on reef development across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The climatology underlying the late-Holocene hiatus was similar to probable scenarios for the next century, implying that climate change could be driving reef ecosystems of the ETP (and elsewhere) toward another collapse. Understanding how the hiatus unfolded along oceanographic gradients will increase our power to predict the future responses of reefs to a rapidly changing climate.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_end_date	String	2019-03
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Pacific Panamá
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	655899
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://www.fit.edu/research/portal/project/420/climate-change-mesoscale-oceanography-and-the-dynamics-of-eastern-pacific-coral-reefs
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	2015-09
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	7.4033
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the point intercept method from 2016-2018.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the point intercept method from 2016-2018
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-81.759
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	UIN		short
attribute	UIN	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	UIN	actual_range	short	1, 180
attribute	UIN	bcodmo_name	String	sample
attribute	UIN	description	String	Unique Identifing Number
attribute	UIN	long_name	String	UIN
attribute	UIN	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ACYC/
attribute	UIN	units	String	unitless
variable	Gulf		String
attribute	Gulf	bcodmo_name	String	region
attribute	Gulf	description	String	name of the region
attribute	Gulf	long_name	String	Gulf
attribute	Gulf	units	String	unitless
variable	Site		String
attribute	Site	bcodmo_name	String	site
attribute	Site	description	String	name of the sampling site
attribute	Site	long_name	String	Site
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	7.4033, 8.6312
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	bcodmo_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	description	String	latitude in decimal degrees north
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LATX/
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-81.759, -79.0283
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	bcodmo_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	description	String	longitude in decimal degrees east
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LONX/
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	time2		String
attribute	time2	bcodmo_name	String	time_sample
attribute	time2	description	String	When the sampling took place.
attribute	time2	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time2	units	String	unitless
variable	TimeStep		String
attribute	TimeStep	bcodmo_name	String	time_sample
attribute	TimeStep	description	String	Categorical description of when sampling took place.
attribute	TimeStep	long_name	String	Time Step
attribute	TimeStep	units	String	unitless
variable	Transect		byte
attribute	Transect	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	Transect	actual_range	byte	1, 6
attribute	Transect	bcodmo_name	String	transect
attribute	Transect	description	String	transect identifier
attribute	Transect	long_name	String	Transect
attribute	Transect	units	String	unitless
variable	coralN		byte
attribute	coralN	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	coralN	actual_range	byte	15, 97
attribute	coralN	bcodmo_name	String	count
attribute	coralN	description	String	number of coal points identified
attribute	coralN	long_name	String	Coral N
attribute	coralN	units	String	count
variable	TotalPoints		byte
attribute	TotalPoints	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	TotalPoints	actual_range	byte	94, 110
attribute	TotalPoints	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	TotalPoints	description	String	number of points analyzed for coral cover
attribute	TotalPoints	long_name	String	Total Points
attribute	TotalPoints	units	String	unitless
variable	noncoralN		byte
attribute	noncoralN	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	noncoralN	actual_range	byte	3, 88
attribute	noncoralN	bcodmo_name	String	count
attribute	noncoralN	description	String	number of non-coral points identified; excluding points that fell on quadrat or were unidentifiable.
attribute	noncoralN	long_name	String	Noncoral N
attribute	noncoralN	units	String	count
variable	CC		float
attribute	CC	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	CC	actual_range	float	14.6, 97.0
attribute	CC	bcodmo_name	String	cover_pcent
attribute	CC	description	String	percentrage coral cover
attribute	CC	long_name	String	CC
attribute	CC	units	String	percent (%)
variable	MeanHealth		float
attribute	MeanHealth	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	MeanHealth	actual_range	float	1.0, 3.83
attribute	MeanHealth	bcodmo_name	String	sample_descrip
attribute	MeanHealth	description	String	average health score of coral points ranges from 1 to 5 with 1 indicating fully pigmented and 5 indicating completely bleached.
attribute	MeanHealth	long_name	String	Mean Health
attribute	MeanHealth	units	String	health score

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.