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Upwelling and the persistence of coral-reef frameworks in the eastern tropical Pacific, carbonate data, chlorophyll data, and others from 2015-08-21 to 2019-04-05 (NCEI Accession 0239049)

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The data described here comes from a study comparing reef habitat alteration along an upwelling gradient in the eastern Tropical Pacific from 2015-08-21 to 2019-04-05. Standardized blocks of clean, massive Porites were placed at six reef sites in the eastern tropical Pacific, in the strongly and more weakly upwelling Gulfs of Panama (GoP) and Chiriqui (GoC), respectively. Sites were instrumented with HOBO Pro v2 temperature loggers and SAMI-CO2 pCO2 loggers to characterize the unique thermal and carbonate-chemistry conditions of each gulf (see temperatureDataSubmission.xlsx and co2DataSubmission.xlsx in data package). Satellite products were used to examine differences in sea-surface productivity (see chlorophylDataSubmission.xlsx in data package) and surveys were conducted to quantify the abundance of important grazing taxa, such as parrotfish and urchins, found within the study sites (see parrotDataSubmission.xlsx and urchinDataSubmission.xlsx in data package). After two years in situ, the Porites blocks were collected and scanned using high-resolution computed tomography (CT) to volumetrically quantify both endolithic and epilithic habitat alteration (see carbonateDataSubmission.xlsx in data package). Scan-volumes were further classified into functional groups according to morphology to quantify external bioerosion by fish and sea urchins, as well as the calcifying and bioeroding activity of crustose coralline algae, scleractinian corals, mollusks, annelids, and barnacles (see coverDataSubmission.xlsx in data package).

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0239049 BIOEROSION CALCIFICATION CHLOROPHYLL FISH - CORAL REEF INVERTEBRATE SPECIES partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER laboratory analysis pressure sensor temperature sensor visual observation in situ laboratory analyses survey - swimmer/diver visual observation NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Upwelling impacts reef persistence Numeric Data Sets > Biology Numeric Data Sets > Oceanography EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Growth > Calcification Rate EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Chemical EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Calcification EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Carbon Dioxide > Partial Pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL carbonate data chlorophyll data co2 data cover data parrotfish data temperature data urchin data PRESSURE SENSORS > PRESSURE SENSORS TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS CoralNet HOBO® Pro v2, Onset SAMI-CO2, Sunburst Sensors bioerosion accretion replicates computed tomography (CT) diver surveys satellite COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Panama > Chiriqui Gulf ( Golfo de Chiriqui ) (08N082W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Panama > Panama (09N080W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Eastern Pacific Ocean > Gulf of Chiriqui > Chiriqui Gulf ( Golfo de Chiriqui ) (08N082W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Eastern Pacific Ocean > Gulf of Panama > Panama (09N080W0000) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN C8Y559

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