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Data Release
Experimental Coral-Physiology Data for Acropora palmata in Florida, USA
By Leila Chapron,1 Ilsa B. Kuffner,2 Dustin W. Kemp,3 Ann M. Hulver,1 Elise Keister,3 Anastasios Stathakopoulos,2 Lucy A. Bartlett,2 Erin O. Lyons,4 and Andrea G. Grottoli1
1 School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2 U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
3 Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4 Akima Systems Engineering contracted to U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Summary
The USGS Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies (CREST) project provides science that helps Department of Interior and other resource managers tasked with the stewardship of coral reef resources. This data release contains data on coral physiology of the elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, grown at five sites along the Florida outer reef tract including in Biscayne National Park, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and Dry Tortugas National Park from summer 2017 to autumn 2020. The data will be used to inform resource managers of the capacity for restoration and growth of this important, habitat-forming species of coral within U.S. waters. Some datasets included here were interpreted in Chapron and others (2023).
Chapron, L., Kuffner, I.B., Kemp, D. W., Hulver, A. M., Keister, E., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L. A., Lyons, E. O., and Grottoli, A. G., 2023, Heterotrophy, microbiome, and location are vital to the restoration of the threatened coral Acropora palmata: Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 4, art. 233, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00888-1.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmata_physiology_FL_USA.zip Data describing the physiology of the coral Acropora palmata at five sites in Florida (.csv, .xlsx) |
Palmata_physiology_ FL_USA_metadata.xml |
Palmata_physiology_ FL_USA_metadata.txt |
Palmata_physiology_FL_USA.zip (36 KB) |
Figure 1. Location map showing sites (red circles) where datasets included in this data release were collected. Sites are Pulaski Shoal West (24.70280°N, 82.79883°W), Pulaski Shoal Light (24.69355°N, 82.77280°W), Sombrero Reef (24.62687°N, 81.10893°W), Crocker Reef (24.90908°N, 80.52665°W), and Fowey Rocks (25.59047°N, 80.09560°W).
Suggested Citation
Chapron, L., Kuffner, I.B., Kemp, D W., Hulver, A.M., Keister, E., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., Lyons, E.O., and Grottoli, A.G., 2023, Experimental coral-physiology data for Acropora palmata in Florida, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FIBAKX.