• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

A proof-of-concept Guam Atlantis Coral Reef Ecosystem Model has been developed and an added coral module to the Atlantis framework has been validated. The model is applied for management-strategy...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-02-02T00:00:00.000+00:00

This data set contains surveillance of disease and predation conditions on staghorn coral (A.cervicornis). Surveys at multiple sites with colonies were conducted every 2 to 4 weeks during two...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2005-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Caribbean acroporid species have undergone extreme declines in abundance since the 1980s. Population-level recovery will depend on re-colonization by juveniles (fragments or sexual recruits),...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The snail, Coralliophila abbreviata, is a common generalist corallivore and can be a major contributor to Caribbean acroporid tissue mortality. Considering the imperiled status of Acropora...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2005-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Caribbean acroporid species have undergone extreme declines in abundance since the 1980s. Population-level recovery will depend on re-colonization by juveniles (fragments or sexual recruits),...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-04-04T00:00:00.000+00:00

This data set examined variation in prey choice of C. abbreviata based on host-origin, prey condition, and potential social interaction using paired choice assay experiments with A. cervicornis...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

To better understand the functional roles of parrotfishes on Caribbean reefs we documented abundance, habitat preferences, and diets of nine species of parrotfishes (Scarus coelestinus, Scarus...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The threatened status (both ecologically and legally) of Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, has prompted rapidly expanding efforts in culture and restocking, although tissue loss...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-12-20T00:00:00.000+00:00

To better understand the functional roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs in the Caribbean this project documented the foraging behavior and diets of six species of parrotfishes (Scarus...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2005-11-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This record refers to ongoing population surveys of corallivorous snail, C. abbreviata, and two of its coral hosts, Acropora palmata, and Montastraea spp at six reef sites (three open and three in...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2005-11-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This record refers to ongoing population surveys of corallivorous snail, C. abbreviata, and two of its coral hosts, Acropora palmata, and Montastraea spp at six reef sites (three open and three in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-05-06T00:00:00.000+00:00

To better understand the functional roles of parrotfishes on Caribbean coral reefs we documented abundance, habitat preferences, and diets of nine species of parrotfishes (Scarus coelestinus,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

To better understand the functional roles of parrotfishes on Caribbean reefs we documented abundance, habitat preferences, and diets of nine species of parrotfishes (Scarus coelestinus, Scarus...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-07-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

To determine the patterns and thresholds of tissue regeneration in Orbicella annularis coral colonies from parrotfish predation, we monitored tissue regeneration of fresh parrotfish bite scars on...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The data described here are raw corallivory, or coral predation, data from in situ visual surveys as well as derived corallivory data from Structure-from-Motion (SfM) imagery collected during...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-05-22T00:00:00.000+00:00

This data package contains information and maps showing the geology and biology of select submerged lands (0 to 50 meters deep) around Navy Base Guam (NBG) and Haputo Ecological Reserve Area (ERA)...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Corallivorous snail feeding scars are a common source of tissue loss for the threatened coral Acropora palmata, accounting for roughly one quarter of tissue loss in monitored study plots averaged...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00

This data contains visual observations as well as Predatory snail removal and analysis on several reef plots in the Florida Keys. During the initial removal in June 2011, 639 snails were removed...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-06-06T00:00:00.000+00:00

Data associated with the publication 'Ecological drivers of parrotfish coral predation vary across spatial scales', comparing parrotfish coral predation intensity as it relates to parrotfish...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-12-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

This study demonstrates the important role that long term monitoring programs can play in understanding the natural variability and long term trends in the coral reefs of American Samoa. One...

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