Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: FKRT_Absolute_Composition.csv, FKRT_Absolute_Composition.xlsx
Entity_Type_Definition:
Absolute composition of FKRT cores. Describes the absolute percentage of intervals within cores from the FKRT composed of particular coral taxa or other carbonates
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Lauren T. Toth
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Subregion
Attribute_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract where the core containing the sample was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dry Tortugas N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The westernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Dry Tortugas National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marquesas
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between Dry Tortugas National Park and the Lower Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Marquesas and the Middle Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Lower Keys and the Upper Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Middle Keys and Biscayne National Park.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Biscayne N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The northernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Biscayne National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition: The name of the reef or site where a core was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
The name given to the site by the researcher collecting the cores or the name of the reef where the cores were collected.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each core included in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Core IDs are generated using abbreviated information about the subregion, site, and core number and are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Interval ID
Attribute_Definition:
A unique identifier for each interval in the cores analyzed in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Intervals IDs are generated by abbreviating information about the subregion, site, core, and the range of depths in the core that the interval spans (in feet). Interval IDs are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number_starting depth in core-ending depth in core.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Starting depth of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The starting depth of the interval in the core, in feet (ft), relative to the reef surface.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 50
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Ending depth of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The ending depth of the interval in the core, in feet (ft), relative to the reef surface.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.5
Range_Domain_Maximum: 55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition: The length of the interval, in feet (ft).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 25
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length of interval (m)
Attribute_Definition: The length of the interval, in meters (m).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.6
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: % Recovery
Attribute_Definition:
The estimated percent (%) recovery of reef substrate within a particular interval of the core. Calculated by dividing the measured surface area of core constituents in an interval by the theoretical surface area of that interval based on the interval length and width (see Process Step). Note that because of uncertainties in the surface area measurements, it is possible that the percentages could erroneously be higher than 100%.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 106.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent (%)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average depth of interval (m MSL)
Attribute_Definition:
The average depth (elevation) of the interval in the core, in meters (m) relative to mean sea level (MSL). See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.76
Range_Domain_Maximum: 30.42
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters relative to mean sea level (m MSL)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average paleodepth of interval (m bMSL)
Attribute_Definition:
The average paleodepth of the interval in the core, in meters (m) below mean sea level (bMSL). In other words, this describes the average water depth at the time this interval was deposited. See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -2.67
Range_Domain_Maximum: 23.71
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters below mean sea level (m bMSL)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average age of interval (years BP)
Attribute_Definition:
The average age at which the interval was deposited, in years before present (BP; where "present" by convention is 1950). See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 121
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10269
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years before 1950 (years BP)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Period
Attribute_Definition:
Describes what sub-division of the Holocene the interval was deposited in based on the average age of the interval. Late Holocene=4200 years before 1950 (years BP) to present. Middle Holocene=8200 to 4200 years BP. Early Holocene=12000-8200 years BP.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Late Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 4200 years before 1950 (years BP) to present.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 8200 to 4200 years before 1950 (years BP).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Early Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 12000 to 8200 years before 1950 (years BP).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Orbicella spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Orbieclla spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 91.17
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acropora palmata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Acropora palmata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 71.13
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acropora cervicornis
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Acropora cervicornis coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.18
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pseudodiploria strigosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Pseudodiploria strigosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 82.01
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pseudodiploria clivosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Pseudodiploria clivosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 49.11
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Diploria labyrinthiformis
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Diploria labyrinthiformis coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.35
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Colpophyllia natans
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Colpophyllia natans coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 77.48
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Porites astreoides
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Porites astreoides coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16.94
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: branching Porites spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of branching Porites spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.06
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Siderastrea siderea
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Siderastrea siderea coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 34.22
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Millepora spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of MIllepora spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 26.07
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dichocoenia stokesii
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Dichocoenia stokesii coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.32
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Montastraea cavernosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Montastraea cavernosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.91
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Stephanocoenia intercepta
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Stephanocoenia intercepta coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.16
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Eusmilia fastigiata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Eusmilia fastigiata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.22
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Mancinia areolata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Mancinia areolata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.14
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Oculina spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Oculina spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.29
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Agaricia spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Agaricia spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.23
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Solenastrea bournoni
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Solenastrea bournoni coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.69
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dendrogyra cylindrus
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Dendrogyra cylindrus coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 11.88
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Madracis spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of Madracis spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.01
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Unidentified coral
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of coral skeletons in the interval that could not be identified.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.97
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Carbonate reef rock
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the absolute percent composition of non-coral carbonate reef rock in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 88.58
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Exclude? (Y/N)
Attribute_Definition:
Indicates whether the composition data from this interval was included in the paleoecological reconstruction by Toth and others (2019).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Y=Yes, the data from this interval were excluded in Toth and others (2019).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
N=No, the data from this interval were not excluded from Toth and others (2019).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Reason for exclusion
Attribute_Definition:
If the previous attribute contains a "Y", this attribute explains why the data were not included in the reef composition reconstruction of Toth and others (2019).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No recovery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was no recovery of any reef substrate in this interval.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Paleodepth >10 m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because the estimated average paleodepth of the interval, in meters (m) below mean sea level (bMSL), was greater than 10 m.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Too little data from this subregion
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was too little data from this (the Marquesas) subregion to include it in the statistical analyses.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:
Age model could not be constructed because there was only one Holocene age from this core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because an age model could not be constructed because there was only one Holocene age from this core.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No Holocene ages from this core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there were no Holocene ages from this core that could be used to construct an age model.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No coral recovery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was no recovery of coral in the interval.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label:
FKRT_Relative_Coral_Composition.csv, FKRT_Relative_Coral_Composition.xlsx
Entity_Type_Definition:
Relative composition of FKRT cores. Describes the percentage of intervals within cores from the FKRT composed of particular coral taxa relative to the total coral percent composition of that interval by all corals.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Lauren T. Toth
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Subregion
Attribute_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract where the core containing the sample was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dry Tortugas N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The westernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Dry Tortugas National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marquesas
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between Dry Tortugas National Park and the Lower Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Marquesas and the Middle Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Lower Keys and the Upper Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Middle Keys and Biscayne National Park.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Biscayne N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The northernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Biscayne National Park (N.P.)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition: The name of the reef or site where a core was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
The name given to the site by the researcher collecting the cores or the name of the reef where the cores were collected.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each core included in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Core IDs are generated using abbreviated information about the subregion, site, and core number and are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Interval ID
Attribute_Definition:
A unique identifier for each interval in the cores analyzed in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Intervals IDs are generated using by abbreviating information about the subregion, site, core, and the range of depths in the core that the interval spans (in feet). Interval IDs are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number_starting depth in core-ending depth in core.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Starting depth of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The starting depth of the interval in the core, in feet (ft), relative to the reef surface.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 50
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Ending depth of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The ending depth of the interval in the core, in feet (ft), relative to the reef surface.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.5
Range_Domain_Maximum: 55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length of interval (ft)
Attribute_Definition: The length of the interval, in feet (ft).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 25
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length of interval (m)
Attribute_Definition: The length of the interval, in meters (m).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.6
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: % Recovery
Attribute_Definition:
The estimated percent (%) recovery of reef substrate within a particular interval of the core. Calculated by dividing the measured surface area of core constituents in an interval by the theoretical surface area of that interval based on the interval length and width (see Process Step). Note that because of uncertainties in the surface area measurements, it is possible that the percentages could erroneously be higher than 100%.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 106.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Percent (%)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average depth of interval (m MSL)
Attribute_Definition:
The average depth (elevation) of the interval in the core, in meters (m) relative to mean sea level (MSL). See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.76
Range_Domain_Maximum: 30.42
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters relative to mean sea level (m MSL)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average paleodepth of interval (m bMSL)
Attribute_Definition:
The average paleodepth of the interval in the core, in meters (m) below mean sea level (bMSL). In other words, this describes the average water depth at the time this interval was deposited. See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -2.67
Range_Domain_Maximum: 23.71
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters below mean sea level (m bMSL)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average age of interval (years BP)
Attribute_Definition:
The average age at which the interval was deposited, in years before present (BP; where "present" by convention is 1950). See Process Step for a description of how this attribute was calculated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 121
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10269
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years before 1950 (years BP)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Period
Attribute_Definition:
Describes what sub-division of the Holocene the interval was deposited in based on the average age of the interval. Late Holocene=4200 years before 1950 (years BP) to present. Middle Holocene=8200 to 4200 years BP. Early Holocene=12000-8200 years BP.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Late Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 4200 years before 1950 (years BP) to present.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 8200 to 4200 years before 1950 (years BP).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Early Holocene
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The period from 12000 to 8200 years before 1950 (years BP).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: % Coral Recovery
Attribute_Definition:
The percent of recovered material in the interval that was composed of corals.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.91
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Orbicella spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Orbicella spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acropora palmata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Acropora palmata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acropora cervicornis
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Acropora cervicornis coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pseudodiploria strigosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Pseudodiploria strigosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pseudodiploria clivosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Pseudodiploria clivosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 95.06
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Diploria labyrinthiformis
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Diploria labyrinthiformis coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Colpophyllia natans
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Colpophyllia natans coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Porites astreoides
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Porites astreoides coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90.29
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: branching Porites spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of branching Porites spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 37.84
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Siderastrea siderea
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Siderastrea siderea coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 71.69
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Millepora spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Millepora spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.86
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dichocoenia stokesii
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Dichocoenia stokesii coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 54.53
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Montastraea cavernosa
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Montastraea cavernosa coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 100
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Stephanocoenia intercepta
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Stephanocoenia intercepta coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 64.99
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Eusmilia fastigiata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Eusmilia fastigiata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 8.79
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Mancinia areolata
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Mancinia areolata coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Oculina spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Oculina spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.50
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Agaricia spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Agaricia spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.27
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Solenastrea bournoni
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Solenastrea bournoni coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 11.71
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dendrogyra cylindrus
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Dendrogyra cylindrus coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 29.19
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Madracis spp.
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of Madracis spp. coral skeletons in the interval.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.78
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Unidentified coral
Attribute_Definition:
Gives the relative percent composition of coral skeletons in the interval that could not be identified.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 71.55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Exclude? (Y/N)
Attribute_Definition:
Indicates whether the composition data from this interval was included in the paleoecological reconstruction by Toth and others (2019).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Y=Yes, the data from this interval were excluded in Toth and others (2019).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
N=No, the data from this interval were not excluded from Toth and others (2019).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Reason for exclusion
Attribute_Definition:
If the previous attribute contains a "Y", this attribute explains why the data were not included in the reef composition reconstruction of Toth and others (2019).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No recovery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was no recovery of any reef substrate in this interval.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Paleodepth >10 m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because the estimated average paleodepth of the interval, in meters (m) below mean sea level (bMSL), was greater than 10 m.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Too little data from this subregion
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was too little data from this (the Marquesas) subregion to include it in the statistical analyses.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:
Age model could not be constructed because there was only one Holocene age from this core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because an age model could not be constructed because there was only one Holocene age from this core.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No Holocene ages from this core
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there were no Holocene ages from this core that could be used to construct an age model.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: No coral recovery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The interval was excluded because there was no recovery of coral in the interval.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: FKRT_Age_Estimates.csv, FKRT_Age_Estimates.xlsx
Entity_Type_Definition:
Age estimates for Holocene FKRT core intervals. Data were to estimate starting and ending ages of intervals in the cores.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Subregion
Attribute_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract where the core containing the sample was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dry Tortugas N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The westernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Dry Tortugas National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marquesas
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between Dry Tortugas National Park and the Lower Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Marquesas and the Middle Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Lower Keys and the Upper Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Middle Keys and Biscayne National Park.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Biscayne N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The northernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Biscayne National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition: The name of the reef or site where a core was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
The name given to the site by the researcher collecting the cores or the name of the reef where the cores were collected.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each core included in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Core IDs are generated using abbreviated information about the subregion, site, and core number and are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth in core (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The depth in the core, in feet (ft) relative to the reef surface, where the age was estimated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth in core (m)
Attribute_Definition:
The depth in the core, in meters (m) relative to the reef surface, where the age was estimated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Age (years BP)
Attribute_Definition:
The estimated age, in years before present (BP; where "present", by convention, is 1950) at which a layer in the core was deposited.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10512
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years before 1950 (years BP)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Age measured or interpolated?
Attribute_Definition:
Indicates whether the age is based on a measured radiometric age from a coral at that particular depth in the core (see Toth and others, 2018) or if the age was estimated by linear interpolation of adjacent ages in the cores (see Process Step).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: measured
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Indicates that the age is based on a measured radiometric age from a coral at that particular depth in the core (see Toth and others, 2018).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: interpolated
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Indicates that the age was estimated by linear interpolation of adjacent ages in the cores (see Process Step).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: FKRT_Paleodepth_Estimates.csv, FKRT_Paleodepth_Estimates.xlsx
Entity_Type_Definition:
Paleodepth estimates for Holocene FKRT core intervals. Data were used to estimate starting and ending paleodepths of intervals in the cores.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Subregion
Attribute_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract where the core containing the sample was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dry Tortugas N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The westernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Dry Tortugas National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Park Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marquesas
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between Dry Tortugas National Park and the Lower Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Marquesas and the Middle Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Lower Keys and the Upper Keys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper Keys
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located between the Middle Keys and Biscayne National Park.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Biscayne N.P.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The northernmost subregion of the Florida Keys reef tract located within the boundaries of Biscayne National Park (N.P.).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition: The name of the reef or site where a core was collected.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
The name given to the site by the researcher collecting the cores or the name of the reef where the cores were collected.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Core ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each core included in this study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Core IDs are generated using abbreviated information about the subregion, site, and core number and are formatted as: Region abbreviation-Site abbreviation-Core number.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth in core (ft)
Attribute_Definition:
The depth in the core, in feet (ft) relative to the reef surface, where the paleodepth was estimated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 55
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Depth in core (m)
Attribute_Definition:
The depth in the core, in meters (m) relative to the reef surface, where the paleodepth was estimated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -0.1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Age (years BP)
Attribute_Definition:
The estimated age, in years before present (BP; where "present", by convention, is 1950), at which a layer in the core was deposited.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10512
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years before 1950 (years BP)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RSL (m MSL)
Attribute_Definition:
Relative sea level at the stating age of the interval, in meters relative to mean sea level (m MSL), based on the Holocene sea-level reconstruction from south Florida developed by Khan and others (2017).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -24.62
Range_Domain_Maximum: -0.14
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters (m) relative to mean sea level (MSL)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Estimated paleodepth (m bMSL)
Attribute_Definition:
The estimated paleodepth at a particular depth in the core, in meters below mean sea level (m bMSL). This was calculated by subtracting the depth in the core from the RSL at the time that part of the core was deposited (see Process Step). Note that because of uncertainties both in the model of RSL and the estimated depth in the core, some estimated paleodepths are erroneously above MSL (that is, they are negative).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -7.09
Range_Domain_Maximum: 23.96
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters below mean sea level (m bMSL)