Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jennifer A. Flannery Originator: Julie N. Richey Originator: Lauren T. Toth Originator: Ilsa B. Kuffner Originator: Richard Z. Poore Publication_Date: 20180618 Title: Sr/Ca and linear extension data for five modern Orbicella faveolata colonies from Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P90M2W6D Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7CC0XS9 Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jennifer A. Flannery Originator: Julie N. Richey Originator: Lauren T. Toth Originator: Ilsa B. Kuffner Originator: Richard Z. Poore Publication_Date: 2018 Title: Quantifying uncertainty in Sr/Ca-based estimates of SST from the coral Orbicella faveolata Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Journal Article Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Publisher: AGU Publications Description: Abstract: This data release includes new, sub-annual Strontium/Calcium (Sr/Ca) and annual linear extension rates covering a period between 1980 and 2012 for five colonies of the massive coral, Orbicella faveolata (O. faveolata). All five coral colonies were collected live by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists from the Dry Tortugas National Park (DTNP), Florida (FL) in August 2008 and May 2012. Purpose: Sr/Ca ratios act as a proxy for sea surface temperature (SST) in the skeletons of aragonite producing organisms, such as massive corals. The Sr/Ca-SST proxy shows promise when applied to single O. faveolata colonies in the Atlantic/Caribbean regions, but it is currently unknown how well the Sr/Ca-SST proxy performs between colonies of this species. It is necessary to understand how well coral colonies from the same location replicate in order to examine and quantify uncertainty introduced from potential sample collection or subsampling errors. In order to examine both intra and intercolony Sr/Ca variability in O. faveolata, five live-top colonies were collected from the Dry Tortugas National Park, FL, USA in 2008 and 2012 and analyzed for Sr/Ca using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The root-mean-square (RMS) method produced a sub-annual RMS of 0.082 millimoles per mole (mmol/mol) and a mean-annual RMS of 0.070 mmol/mol. Results indicate that a minimum of three coral colonies should be replicated when performing Sr/Ca analysis in order to fully quantify errors induced by coral collection or subsampling. Supplemental_Information: The coral samples and derived data were collected under the National Park Service Scientific Research and Collecting permits DRTO-2008-SCI-0015 and DRT0-2012-SCI-0001; accession numbers DRTO-241 and DRTO-353. Cores were collected during USGS field activity numbers (FAN) 08CGS01 and 12CBC03; additional survey details are available at https://compass.er.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=08CGS01 and https://compass.er.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=12CBC03. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1980 Ending_Date: 2012 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.5 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.5 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.0 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.0 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:4a1dffa5-e1bf-4fd9-b74a-476d8200855d Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: coral Theme_Keyword: paleoclimatology Theme_Keyword: Sr/Ca Theme_Keyword: Strontium/Calcium Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: biota Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: coelenterates Theme_Keyword: sclerochronology Theme_Keyword: geochemistry Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Dry Tortugas National Park Place_Keyword: Florida Keys Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: United States of America Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Science Directory Stratum_Keyword: seafloor Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: Modern Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originator of these data in future products or derivative research. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jennifer A. Flannery Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 600 4th St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8043 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jflannery@usgs.gov Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Completeness_Report: 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. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: The USGS collected the coral cores used in this study in the area of Pulaski Shoal at the northern end of DRTO in August 2008 (O. faveolata colonies B3, B4, and C2) and in the North Key region in May 2012 (O. faveolata colonies NK1 and NK2). Subsampling of all coral colonies was done using a tri-axial micromill with a 0.5mm forward increment, and 1.5 mm cut depth, and a 0.5 millimeter (mm) drill bit along a continuous thecal wall. Between 88 and 237 micrograms (μg) of subsampled skeletal powder was weighed out for each sample from each of the coral colonies and acidified using ultrapure 2% nitric acid (HNO3) in order to obtain sample solutions with a target Ca concentration of 20 parts per million (ppm). A PerkinElmer 7300 dual view ICP-OES was used to make the sub-annual Sr/Ca determinations. The resulting Sr/Ca annual cycles were used to compute annual linear extension rates by measuring the distance between each summer peak. Process_Date: 2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20201013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: None Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: DryTortugas_Sr_Ca_LER_1980_2012.csv, DryTortugas_Sr_Ca_LER_1980_2012.xlsx Entity_Type_Definition: These files contain attribute information for the sub-annual Sr/Ca and annual linear extension rate (LER) data collected from five modern Orbicella faveolata colonies (B3, B4, C2, NK1, and NK2) spanning 1980–2012. When viewing DryTortugas_Sr_Ca_LER_1980_2012.csv, please note that empty fields (when no data are available) are not represented by any characters in this Comma Separated Value (CSV) file, thus one only sees the separator commas “,”. To view the data in a tab-delimited format arranged by column, please use the Excel spreadsheet. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date B3 Sub-Annual Attribute_Definition: Date for the sub-annual Sr/Ca data acquired from Pulaski Shoal for coral core B3 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1980.054 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2008.917 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: B3 Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) Attribute_Definition: Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) values for coral core B3 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.930 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.413 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mmol/mol Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date B4 Sub-Annual Attribute_Definition: Date for the sub-annual Sr/Ca data acquired from Pulaski Shoal for coral core B4 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1982.625 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2008.458 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: B4 Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) Attribute_Definition: Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) values for coral core B4 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.950 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.472 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mmol/mol Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date C2 Sub-Annual Attribute_Definition: Date for the sub-annual Sr/Ca data acquired from Pulaski Shoal for coral core C2 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1980.000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2008.542 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: C2 Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) Attribute_Definition: Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) values for coral core C2 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.894 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.409 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mmol/mol Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date NK1 Sub-Annual Attribute_Definition: Date for the sub-annual Sr/Ca data acquired from North Key for coral core NK1 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1997.646 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2012.208 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: NK1 Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) Attribute_Definition: Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) values for coral core NK1 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.891 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.476 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mmol/mol Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date NK2 Sub-Annual Attribute_Definition: Date for the sub-annual Sr/Ca data acquired from North Key for coral core NK2 (Orbicella faveolata). Cells with no data are represented as -999. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1989.375 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2012.208 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: NK2 Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) Attribute_Definition: Sub-Annual Sr/Ca (mmol/mol) values for coral core NK2 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 8.900 Range_Domain_Maximum: 9.447 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mmol/mol Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date Attribute_Definition: Date, in YYYY format, for each study site's corresponding linear extension rate values. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1980 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2011 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Year Attribute: Attribute_Label: B3 Linear Extension (cm/yr) Attribute_Definition: Annual linear extension rates for coral core B3 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.55 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.25 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cm/yr Attribute: Attribute_Label: B4 Linear Extension (cm/yr) Attribute_Definition: Annual linear extension rates for coral core B4 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.35 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.80 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cm/yr Attribute: Attribute_Label: C2 Linear Extension (cm/yr) Attribute_Definition: Annual linear extension rates for coral core C2 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.50 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.00 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cm/yr Attribute: Attribute_Label: NK1 Linear Extension (cm/yr) Attribute_Definition: Annual linear extension rates for coral core NK1 (Orbicella faveolata). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.80 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.30 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cm/yr Attribute: Attribute_Label: NK2 Linear Extension (cm/yr) Attribute_Definition: Annual linear extension rates for coral core NK2 (Orbicella faveolata). 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Flannery Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Position: Chemist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 600 4th St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8043 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jflannery@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998