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Data Release
Experimental Coral-growth Data and Time-series Imagery for Acropora palmata in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.
By Ilsa B. Kuffner,1 Anastasios Stathakopoulos,1 Lauren T. Toth,1 and Lucy A. Bartlett2
1U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
2Contracted to U.S. Geological Survey by Cherokee Nation Technologies, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Summary
The USGS Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies project (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/spcmsc/science/coral-reef-ecosystem-studies-crest) provides science that helps resource managers tasked with the stewardship of coral reef resources. This data release contains data on coral-growth rates and time-series photographs taken of colonies of the elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, grown at five sites on the Florida Keys reef tract from spring 2018 to autumn 2019. The data will be used to inform resource managers of the capacity for restoration and growth of this threatened species of coral along 350 km of the Florida reef tract to aid species recovery throughout the western Atlantic. The datasets included here were interpreted in Kuffner and others (in press).
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L.T., and Bartlett, L.A., 2020, Reestablishing a stepping-stone population of the threatened elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to aid regional recovery: Endangered Species Research v. 43, p. 461–473, https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01083.
Data
*Note: To view the tabulated portions of this dataset in tab-delimited format, arranged by column, please use the Excel spreadsheet included in the download file.
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmata_growth_FL_USA.zip Data describing the growth of the coral Acropora palmata from 2018 to 2019 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys during three time intervals (.csv, .xlsx) |
Palmata_growth_FL_USA_metadata.xml | Palmata_growth_FL_USA_metadata.txt | Palmata_growth_FL_USA.zip (36 KB) |
| Palmata_growth_annualized_FL_USA.zip Data describing the growth of the coral Acropora palmata from 2018 to 2019 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys during the 18-month study (.csv, .xlsx) |
Same as above | Same as above | Palmata_growth_annualized_FL_USA.zip (28 KB) |
| FL_Palmata_photo_record.zip Photographic time-series images of coral condition during the growth experiment (.jpg) |
Same as above | Same as above | FL_Palmata_photo_record.zip (383 MB) |
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
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L.T., and Bartlett, L.A., 2020, Experimental coral-growth rates and time-series imagery data for Acropora palmata in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZEGXY.