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   set  data   graph     files  public [coral growth 2019] - Height, width, and mass of the coral Pocillopora damicornis in Pacific
Panama, 2018-2019 (Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the
Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs)
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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 Before deployment, Pocillopora\u00a0coral fragments\u2019 maximum height and
width were measured using calipers. Buoyant weight was measured by attaching
the coral fragment to a line and scale. Each coral was lowered into the water
and mass was measured to find buoyant weight. The corals were placed on cement
blocks and left in-situ for 12 months in the Gulfs of Panama and Chiriqui.
After the time period, the colonies were collected and the same procedures
were followed to measure final mass, height, and width of the colonies.
Changes in height and mass were calculated in Microsoft excel.

See related data for 2016-2018 coral growth: [https://www.bco-
dmo.org/dataset/747484](\\"https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/747484\\")
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 (external link)
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 cdm_data_type String Other
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String Height, width, and mass of Pocillopora damicornis in Pacific Panama, 2018-2019
PI: Aronson, R.B. (FIT), L. Toth (USGS)
Version date: 2019-10-24
[replaces version 2019-09-09: revised FinalMass and ChangeMass values]
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/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL data_source String extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2019-09-09T20:12:01Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_modified String 2019-10-24T13:05:24Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultDataQuery String &time<now
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776346.2
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/776346 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_acronym String Scale
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description String A rigged scale that allows one to measure the weight of an object in the water; buoyant weight was measured.
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid String 776355
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_description String An instrument used to measure weight or mass.
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_external_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB13/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_name String Scale
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_nid String 714
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_supplied_name String weight
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String bco, bco-dmo, biological, change, ChangeHeight_Long, ChangeMass, chemical, coral, CoralID, data, dataset, diam, dmo, erddap, final, Final_Max_Width, Final_Trunk_Diam, FinalHeight_Long, FinalMass, growth, GrowthPeriod, gulf, height, initial, Initial_Max_Width, Initial_Trunk_Diam, InitialHeight_Perp, InitialMass, latitude, long, longitude, management, mass, max, notes, oceanography, office, period, perp, preliminary, site, trunk, uin, width
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/776346/license (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL metadata_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/776346 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 8.6312
attribute NC_GLOBAL param_mapping String {'776346': {'Latitude': 'flag - latitude', 'Longitude': 'flag - longitude'}}
attribute NC_GLOBAL parameter_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/776346/parameters (external link)
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 United States Geological Survey
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_affiliation_acronym String USGS
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_name String Dr Lauren T. Toth
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_nid String 655904
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 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation_acronym String WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_name String Nancy Copley
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_nid String 50396
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_role String BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_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 (external link)
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 subsetVariables String GrowthPeriod,Initial_Trunk_Diam
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Height, surface area, and mass of Pocillopora damicornis in Pacific Panama at five time periods between March 2018 and March 2019.
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String [coral growth 2019] - Height, width, and mass of the coral Pocillopora damicornis in Pacific Panama, 2018-2019 (Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs)
attribute NC_GLOBAL version String 2
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -81.759
attribute NC_GLOBAL xml_source String osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable UIN   byte  
attribute UIN _FillValue byte 127
attribute UIN actual_range byte 1, 10
attribute UIN bcodmo_name String sample
attribute UIN description String unique identifying number (site specific)
attribute UIN long_name String UIN
attribute UIN nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ACYC/ (external link)
attribute UIN units String unitless
variable Gulf   String  
attribute Gulf bcodmo_name String region
attribute Gulf description String locations in Pacific Panama: Chiriqui and Panama
attribute Gulf long_name String Gulf
attribute Gulf units String unitless
variable Site   String  
attribute Site bcodmo_name String site
attribute Site description String experimental site: Pedro is Pedro Gonzalez and Canales is Canales de Tierra
attribute Site long_name String Site
attribute Site units String unitless
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
variable GrowthPeriod   String  
attribute GrowthPeriod bcodmo_name String duration
attribute GrowthPeriod description String duration of deployment: Syy-Syy = spring of 2018 to 2019
attribute GrowthPeriod long_name String Growth Period
attribute GrowthPeriod units String unitless
variable CoralID   byte  
attribute CoralID _FillValue byte 127
attribute CoralID actual_range byte 1, 60
attribute CoralID bcodmo_name String sample
attribute CoralID description String identification of each coral sample
attribute CoralID long_name String Coral ID
attribute CoralID nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ACYC/ (external link)
attribute CoralID units String unitless
variable InitialHeight_Perp   float  
attribute InitialHeight_Perp _FillValue float NaN
attribute InitialHeight_Perp actual_range float 36.83, 77.98
attribute InitialHeight_Perp bcodmo_name String height
attribute InitialHeight_Perp description String the height of the coral frag when deployed in March 2018
attribute InitialHeight_Perp long_name String Initial Height Perp
attribute InitialHeight_Perp units String millimeters (mm)
variable FinalHeight_Long   float  
attribute FinalHeight_Long _FillValue float NaN
attribute FinalHeight_Long actual_range float 21.0, 107.0
attribute FinalHeight_Long bcodmo_name String height
attribute FinalHeight_Long description String the height of the coral colony after it was retrieved in March 2019
attribute FinalHeight_Long long_name String Final Height Long
attribute FinalHeight_Long units String millimeters (mm)
variable ChangeHeight_Long   float  
attribute ChangeHeight_Long _FillValue float NaN
attribute ChangeHeight_Long actual_range float -46.09, 53.4
attribute ChangeHeight_Long bcodmo_name String height
attribute ChangeHeight_Long description String the difference in heights of the colony over the course of a year
attribute ChangeHeight_Long long_name String Change Height Long
attribute ChangeHeight_Long units String millimeters (mm)
variable Initial_Max_Width   float  
attribute Initial_Max_Width _FillValue float NaN
attribute Initial_Max_Width actual_range float 34.35, 119.99
attribute Initial_Max_Width bcodmo_name String width
attribute Initial_Max_Width description String the largest width of the colony in 2018
attribute Initial_Max_Width long_name String Initial Max Width
attribute Initial_Max_Width units String millimeters (mm)
variable Final_Max_Width   float  
attribute Final_Max_Width _FillValue float NaN
attribute Final_Max_Width actual_range float 29.0, 150.6
attribute Final_Max_Width bcodmo_name String width
attribute Final_Max_Width description String the largest width of the colony in 2019
attribute Final_Max_Width long_name String Final Max Width
attribute Final_Max_Width units String millimeters (mm)
variable Initial_Trunk_Diam   double  
attribute Initial_Trunk_Diam _FillValue double NaN
attribute Initial_Trunk_Diam bcodmo_name String diameter
attribute Initial_Trunk_Diam description String the width of the trunk of the coral frag in March 2018
attribute Initial_Trunk_Diam long_name String Initial Trunk Diam
attribute Initial_Trunk_Diam units String millimeters (mm)
variable Final_Trunk_Diam   float  
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam _FillValue float NaN
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam actual_range float 11.0, 106.5
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam bcodmo_name String diameter
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam description String the width of the trunk of the coral colony in March 2019
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam long_name String Final Trunk Diam
attribute Final_Trunk_Diam units String millimeters (mm)
variable InitialMass   float  
attribute InitialMass _FillValue float NaN
attribute InitialMass actual_range float 49.6, 125.4
attribute InitialMass bcodmo_name String mass
attribute InitialMass description String the buoyant weight of the coral frag in March 2018
attribute InitialMass long_name String Initial Mass
attribute InitialMass units String grams (g)
variable FinalMass   float  
attribute FinalMass _FillValue float NaN
attribute FinalMass actual_range float 33.1, 236.0
attribute FinalMass bcodmo_name String mass
attribute FinalMass description String the buoyant weight of the coral frag in March 2019
attribute FinalMass long_name String Final Mass
attribute FinalMass units String grams (g)
variable ChangeMass   float  
attribute ChangeMass _FillValue float NaN
attribute ChangeMass actual_range float -62.7, 140.5
attribute ChangeMass bcodmo_name String mass
attribute ChangeMass description String the difference between the final and initial weights of the colonies
attribute ChangeMass long_name String Change Mass
attribute ChangeMass units String grams (g)
variable Notes   String  
attribute Notes bcodmo_name String comment
attribute Notes description String comments
attribute Notes long_name String Notes
attribute Notes units String unitless

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