National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed across the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2010 to 2019

Description

The calcification rate data described here are derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) that were deployed and retrieved at long-term climate monitoring sites during NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) led National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) missions around the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2013, 2016, and 2019, as well as pre-NCRMP missions in 2010 and 2012. 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 This report includes the calcification accretion unit (CAU) methodology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26641885
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (RA 1903). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (SE1902). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36071
0 Online Resource https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2012 (SE1207) and HARAMP 2013 (HA1304 and HA1305), and during shore missions in 2013 (SB1320 and SHORE4). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (RA1903). These CAU units were deployed during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/36071.pdf
0 Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (SE1902). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2012 (SE1207), HARAMP 2016 (HA1606), and a shore based mission in 2017 (SB1702). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157722
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division official website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) page. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2010 (HA1007). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157722
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). These CAU units were deployed during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2010 (HA1007). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157722
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2012 (SE1207) and HARAMP 2013 (HA1304 and HA1305), and during shore missions in 2013 (SB1320 and SHORE4). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (SE1902). These CAU units were deployed during pre-NCRMP missions in 2012 (SE1207), HARAMP 2016 (HA1606), and a shore based mission in 2017 (SB1702). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (RA1903). These CAU units were deployed during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (RA 1903). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157722
0 CAU unit recoveries collected across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2016 (HA1606). These CAU units were deployed during HARAMP 2013 (HA1305 and SE1305). Data include calcification rates per CAU unit. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0175167
0 Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites across the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during HARAMP 2019 (SE1902). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0255269
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36071
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.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 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division official website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) page. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
0 This report includes the calcification accretion unit (CAU) methodology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26641885
0 Online Resource https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/36071.pdf

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