Coral growth parameters, Kahekili, west Maui

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Title: Coral growth parameters, Kahekili, west Maui
Abstract:
Surface runoff and submarine groundwater discharge in particular are known vectors to the coastal ocean of elevated nutrients and contaminants leading to eutrophication, algal overgrowth, and coral disease. Freshwater discharging directly from submarine groundwater vents off of Kahekili Beach Park, Kaanapali, in West Maui contains elevated nutrient concentrations and lower pH values. Coral cores were collected in July 2013 from the shallow reef at Kahekili in Kaanapali, West Maui, Hawaii from scleractinian Porites lobata to specifically addresses the relationship between coral reef health and compounding stressors from contaminated submarine groundwater discharge.
Supplemental_Information:
Additional information about the field activity from which these data were derived is available online at: http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=A0413MU Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Prouty, Nancy G., Yates, Kimberly, Smiley, Nathan, and Gallagher, Christopher, 2017, Coral growth parameters, Kahekili, west Maui: data release DOI:10.5066/F7X34VPV, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California.

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    This is part of the following larger work.

    Prouty, Nancy G., Cohen, Anne, Yates, Kimberly, Storlazzi, Curt D., Swarzenski, Peter, White, Darla, Smiley, Nathan, and Gallagher, Christopher, 2017, Coral growth parameters and seawater chemistry from Kahekili, west Maui: data release DOI:10.5066/F7X34VPV, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.694
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.693
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.945
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.937
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 10-Jul-2013
    Ending_Date: 11-Jul-2013
    Currentness_Reference:
    Ground condition at time data were collected
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: comma-delimited text
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a point data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Point (7)
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees. The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    Kahekili_coral.csv
    Table containing results from coral CT analysis and tissue geochemistry analysis. (Source: Producer defined)
    Latitude
    Latitude (Source: based hand held GPS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:20.9373
    Maximum:20.9451
    Units:decimal degrees
    Resolution:0.0001
    Longitude
    Longitude (Source: based hand held GPS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-156.6935
    Maximum:-156.6931
    Units:decimal degrees
    Resolution:0.0001
    Date of Collection
    Calendar date (month/day/year) when sample was collected in the field (Source: producer defined)
    Range of values
    Minimum:7/10/2013
    Maximum:7/11/2013
    Units:month/day/year
    Sample ID
    Name of coral head (Source: producer defined) The Sample ID contains the coral head number as collected in sequence during fieldwork. The seven samples were given ID numbers sequentially from LobataHead01 to LobataHead07.
    Core length
    coral core length in centimeters (Source: producer defined)
    Range of values
    Minimum:18
    Maximum:50
    Units:centimeter (cm)
    Resolution:1
    Water depth
    depth at which coral core was collected (Source: producer defined)
    Range of values
    Minimum:1
    Maximum:3
    Units:meters (m)
    Resolution:1
    Lifespan
    number of years of coral growth (Source: producer defined. Empty cells in the spreadsheet indicate that lifespan was not calculated for every core)
    Range of values
    Minimum:21
    Maximum:43
    Units:years
    Resolution:1
    Tissue thickness
    thickness of tissue layer in coral core (Source: producer defined. Empty cells in the spreadsheet indicate that coral tissue was not calculated for every core)
    Range of values
    Minimum:4.0
    Maximum:5.6
    Units:millimeter
    Resolution:0.1
    Growth rate
    growth rate as calculated by vertical extension (Source: standard reporting value in sclerochronology. An empty cell in the spreadsheet indicates that coral growth rate was not calculated for the core.)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.69
    Maximum:1.17
    Units:centimeters per year
    Resolution:0.01
    Density
    Calcium carbonate coral density (Source: standard reporting value in sclerochronology. An empty cell in the spreadsheet indicates that coral density was not calculated for the core.)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.99
    Maximum:1.15
    Units:grams per cubic centimeter
    Resolution:0.01
    Bioerosion volume
    percent volume of bioeroded coral skeleton (Source: defined in DeCarlo et al (2015). An empty cell in the spreadsheet indicates that bioerosion volume was not calculated for the core.)
    Range of values
    Minimum:2.2
    Maximum:14.6
    Units:percent
    Resolution:0.1
    Calcification rate
    amount of calcium carbonate measured per square centimeter per year (Source: defined in DeCarlo et al (2015). An empty cell in the spreadsheet indicates that calcification rate was not calculated for the core.)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.67
    Maximum:1.10
    Units:grams per cubic centimeter per year
    Resolution:0.01
    Bioerosion rate
    total alkalinity concentration (Source: defined in DeCarlo et al (2015). An empty cell in the spreadsheet indicates that bioerosion rate was not calculated for the core.)
    Range of values
    Minimum:22.58
    Maximum:99.15
    Units:milligrams per square centimeter per year
    Resolution:0.01
    delta-N-15
    delta-N-15 is a measure of the ratio of stable isotopes nitrogen-15:nitrogen-14 in coral tissue, reported in parts per thousand (per mil). (Source: standard reporting value in isotope chemistry)
    Range of values
    Minimum:7.50
    Maximum:17.08
    Units:parts per thousand (per mil)
    Resolution:0.01
    delta-N-15 (error)
    delta-N-15 error reported as 1 sigma composition reported in parts per thousand (per mil). (Source: standard reporting value in isotope chemistry)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.12
    Maximum:1.76
    Units:parts per thousand (per mil)
    Resolution:0.01
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The first line of the csv file is a header line.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Nancy G. Prouty
    • Kimberly Yates
    • Nathan Smiley
    • Christopher Gallagher
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    K.R. Pietro and K. Hoering (WHOI), J. Murray (UCSC), G. Paradis (UCSB) analytical assistance, and P. Dal Ferro, J. Logan, T. Reiss, and N. Smiley (USGS), J. McClaren (Stanford), M. Dailer (U. Hawaii), and C. Gallagher (UCSC) for field assistance.
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
    2885 Mission Street
    Santa Cruz, CA
    US

    831-427-4747 (voice)
    pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

These samples were collected to determine the relationship between coral reef health measured as bioerosion, calcification, and growth rate, in response to contaminated submarine groundwater discharge

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
    coral growth parameters (source 1 of 2)
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2014, coral CT analysis.

    Type_of_Source_Media: coral core samples
    Source_Contribution: computerized tomography
    nitrogen isotopes conducted on coral tissue samples (source 2 of 2)
    University of California at Santa Cruz, Stable Isotope Lab, 2014, coral tissue stable isotope analysis.

    Type_of_Source_Media: coral tissue samples
    Source_Contribution:
    Approximately 18 mg of material was placed into tin capsules with an approximately equivalent mass of vanadium oxide (V2O5) catalyst to ensure complete combustion for analysis using a Costech elemental analyzer - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (EA-IRMS).
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 22-Apr-2016 (process 1 of 3)
    Results from all lab analyses were combined into a comma-delimited text document (Kahekili_coral.csv) for this data release. Person who carried out this activity:
    Nancy Prouty
    U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
    2885 Mission St.
    Santa Cruz, CA
    United States

    831-460-7526 (voice)
    nprouty@usgs.gov
    Data sources used in this process:
    • All source contributions were used for this dataset
    Date: 25-Nov-2019 (process 2 of 3)
    Deleted extraneous text from attribute resolution tag. Updated Point of Contact and Metadata contact to PCMSC static contact info, and added Process Step contact information as needed. No data or data information were changed. Person who carried out this activity:
    Susan A Cochran
    U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
    2885 Mission St.
    Santa Cruz, CA
    United States

    831-460-7545 (voice)
    scochran@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-Oct-2020 (process 3 of 3)
    Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    Barkley, H.C., Cohen, A.L., Golbuu, Y., Starczak, V.R., DeCarlo, T.M., and Shamberger, K.E.F., 2015, Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH.

    Online Links:

    DeCarlo, T.M., Cohen, A.L., Barkley, H.C., Cobban, Q., Young, C., Shamberger, K.E., Brainard, R.E., and Golbuu, Y., 2015, Coral macrobioerosion is accelerated by ocean acidification and nutrients.

    Online Links:

    DeCarlo, T.M., and Cohen, A.L., 2016, coralCT: software tool to analyze computerized tomography (CT) scans of coral skeletal cores for calcification and bioerosion rates..

    Online Links:

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    All data were calibrated against known standards.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    No logical accuracy tests were conducted.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
    Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
    Denver, CO

    1-888-275-8747 (voice)
    sciencebase@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? These data are available in .csv format contained in a single file.
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?
    These data can be viewed with Microsoft Excel or any text reader

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19-Oct-2020
Metadata author:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA
US

831-427-4747 (voice)
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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