National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018

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The calcification rate data described here are from calcification accretion units (CAUs) that have been retrieved (and replaced) at existing, long-term monitoring sites during the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) led NCRMP missions at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2018 and processed at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. CAUs are PVC settlement plates that facilitate the recruitment and colonization of crustose coralline algae, hard corals, and other reef calcifiers. Laboratory experiments show that CCA and coral calcification rates are strongly correlated with seawater chemistry, and shifts in carbonate chemistry conditions due to ocean acidification could lead to reduced calcification and accretion rates and ecological phase shifts in coral reef communities. Coral reef calcium carbonate accretion rates can be estimated by measuring the change in weight of the CAUs between deployment and retrieval. Monitoring net accretion over successive deployments allows for the detection of changes in reef calcification rates over time. Five units were deployed on the seafloor at each CAU site for 3 years. The number of processed CAUs for a site may be less than the number deployed, either because the units were lost or damaged at sea and therefore not recovered, or in rare instances, due to errors during laboratory processing. This study provides information about spatial and temporal patterns of reef carbonate calcification and accretion rates and serves as a basis for detecting changes associated with changing seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. These data can also be used in comparative analyses across natural gradients, thereby assisting efforts to determine whether key reef-building taxa can acclimatize to changing oceanographic environments. These data will have immediate, direct impacts on predictions of reef resilience in a higher carbon dioxide (CO2) world and on the design of reef management strategies.

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Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67512
0 Calcification rate data derived from calcification accretion units (CAUs) deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015, recovered in 2018, and processed by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0264850
0 Website listed for Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
0 Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 Online Resource https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26641885
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 Online Resource https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/67512.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico by the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) during Atlantic NCRMP in 2018. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0264850
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division official website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) page. http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php

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  • calcification
  • calcification plate
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • atlantic/caribbean
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • corals
  • ocean chemistry
  • pifsc
  • biosphere
  • calcification accretion unit
  • national coral reef monitoring program
  • la parguera natural reserve
  • algal growth
  • oceans
  • ocean acidification
  • algae
  • coral reef conservation program
  • calcareous macroalgae
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • algal cover
  • nmfs
  • us doc
  • ocean acidification program
  • in situ
  • atlantic ocean
  • settling plate
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • calcification rate
  • ncrmp
  • national marine fisheries service
  • triennial
  • vegetation
  • fleshy macroalgae
  • crustose coralline algae
  • carbonate chemistry
  • atlantic oceanographic and meteorological lab
  • encrusting macroalgae
  • la parguera
  • 743
  • reef habitat
  • lajas
  • ocean basin
  • caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • esd
  • coastal processes
  • laboratory analyses
  • puerto rico
  • office of oceanic and atmospheric research
  • enrique reef (cayo enrique ) (17n067w0001)
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • aoml
  • country/territory
  • calcification accretion unit (cau)
  • coral reef studies

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