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Coral Colony Area in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2015-01-01 to 2023-04-30 (NCEI Accession 0280384)

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Vital rate data on individual colonies of Orbicella franksi were collected in both East and West Flower Garden Banks from 2011 through 2015. Empirical data were obtained from Maher et al. (2018) in which a total of 121 randomly selected O. franksi coral colonies were photographed for five years
(2011–2015), and planar projections were drawn digitally and recorded as a representation of colony area (cm2). These empirical data were used to estimate annual growth rates of various sized coral colonies. While
coral populations at these reefs are relatively stable and free from disease, in the summer of 2016 a coral mortality event affected parts of East FGB. This disturbance was driven by the effects of floodwaters reaching the area, in conjunction with localized upwelling, ultimately leading to hypoxia (Johnston et al., 2019b, 2019a; Kealoha et al., 2020; Shore et al., 2021; Wright et al. 2019; Doyle et al. 2022).
  • Cite as: Maher, Rebecca L.; Correa, Adrienne M.S.; Lewis, Dakota M.; Vardi, Tali; Cook, Geoffrey S. (2023). Coral Colony Area in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2015-01-01 to 2023-04-30 (NCEI Accession 0280384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0280384. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2011-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -93.88
East: -93.58
South: 27.85
North: 27.98
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Lewis, D. M., Vardi, T., Maher, R. L., Correa, A. M. S., & Cook, G. S. (2022). Predicting shifts in demography of Orbicella franksi following simulated disturbance and restoration. Ecological Modelling, 472, 110104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110104
  • Maher, R. L., Johnston, M. A., Brandt, M. E., Smith, T. B., & Correa, A. M. S. (2018). Depth and coral cover drive the distribution of a coral macroborer across two reef systems. PLOS ONE, 13(6), e0199462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199462
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2023-07-21
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Maher, Rebecca L.; Correa, Adrienne M.S.; Lewis, Dakota M.; Vardi, Tali; Cook, Geoffrey S. (2023). Coral Colony Area in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2015-01-01 to 2023-04-30 (NCEI Accession 0280384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0280384. Accessed [date].
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  • Funding Agency: NOAA CRCP
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
  • Numeric Data Sets > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • Coral Colony Area
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CoRIS Place Thesaurus
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001)
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002)
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Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CRCP Project
  • 30018
  • Quantifying extinction risk for ESA-listed coral species in the Wider Caribbean
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Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • LPWH4A
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Maher, Rebecca L.; Correa, Adrienne M.S.; Lewis, Dakota M.; Vardi, Tali; Cook, Geoffrey S. (2023). Coral Colony Area in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2015-01-01 to 2023-04-30 (NCEI Accession 0280384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0280384. Accessed [date].
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  • 2023-07-21T18:36:31Z - NCEI Accession 0280384 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: Coral Colony Area (calculated); Units: cm; Observation Category: other; Sampling Instrument: Camera; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Photos of corals were taken and then area of live tissue was measured on a computer using Coral Point Count software..
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  • camera
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