Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef
Massive Porites colonies were collected from 29 reefs, located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) between November 1987 and May 1992. The reefs were located within the following regions: Northern GBR (Lagoon Reef, Eel Reef, Portland Roads, Rocky Island, Night Islan...
Other Authors: | |
---|---|
Format: | Dataset |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
data.gov.au
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678 http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8 |
id |
ftands:oai:ands.org.au::1920678 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftands:oai:ands.org.au::1920678 2023-09-05T13:20:03+02:00 Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef Australian Institute of Marine Science (isOwnedBy) Spatial: 143.73,-12.38 Spatial: true https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678 http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8 unknown data.gov.au https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678 http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8 environmental-controls-on-growth-of-massive-porites-corals-from-the-great-barrier-reef Australian Institute of Marine Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Biological Classification Calcification Coastal Processes Coral Deposits Coral Reefs Densitometry Density banding Environmental gradient Incoming Solar Radiation Ocean Temperature Oceans Paleoclimate Porites australiensis Porites lobata Porites lutea Porites mayeri Porites solida Sea Surface Temperature Skeleton dataset ftands 2023-08-14T22:45:31Z Massive Porites colonies were collected from 29 reefs, located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) between November 1987 and May 1992. The reefs were located within the following regions: Northern GBR (Lagoon Reef, Eel Reef, Portland Roads, Rocky Island, Night Island, Reef No. 13-055 and Reef No. 13-050); Cairns to Cape Melville (Tydeman Reef, Pipon Island, Flinders Island, Watson Island, South Petherbridge Island, Two Isles, Boulder Reef, East Hope Island, Undine Reef, Snapper Island, Batt Reef, and Double Island); Mission Beach (Stephens Island and Bedarra Island); Central GBR (Myrmidon Reef, Rib Reef and Pandora Reef); Southern GBR (Shaw Island, Reef No. 20-200, Credlin Reef, Reef No. 21-141 and Middle Percy Island). All colonies were between 0.2 and 0.5 m in height and were selected from similar environments towards the rear of the windward reef flat and on sheltered parts of fringing reefs in the lee of the islands at depths between 3 and 5 m relative to mean low water spring tide levels. Between six and 15 colonies were collected from each site. Of the 307 colonies collected, 245 were found suitable for analysis of growth characteristics. The species of coral colonies analysed were: Porites lutea, Porites lobata, Porites australensis, Porites solida and Porites mayeri.Colonies were cut in half vertically and at least 2 slices, approximately 7mm thick, were cut from the centre of each colony, dried and X-rayed. The positive X-ray prints were used to identify two tracks on each slice with clear annual density bands. Both tracks started near the origin of the colony, with one close to the vertical growth axis and the other horizontal. Skeletal density was measured at 0.25 mm intervals along each track using a gamma densitometer. The slices were dated by assuming that the high density peak closest to the outside edge had formed during the austral summer prior to collection. Each dated year represented the time between successive density peaks.From these measurements, spatial ... Dataset Hope island Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Austral Percy ENVELOPE(-55.883,-55.883,-63.250,-63.250) Hope Island ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033) Flinders ENVELOPE(-66.667,-66.667,-69.267,-69.267) Rocky Island ENVELOPE(-123.578,-123.578,63.253,63.253) Cape Melville ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-62.033,-62.033) Double Island ENVELOPE(-54.998,-54.998,49.533,49.533) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) |
op_collection_id |
ftands |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Biological Classification Calcification Coastal Processes Coral Deposits Coral Reefs Densitometry Density banding Environmental gradient Incoming Solar Radiation Ocean Temperature Oceans Paleoclimate Porites australiensis Porites lobata Porites lutea Porites mayeri Porites solida Sea Surface Temperature Skeleton |
spellingShingle |
Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Biological Classification Calcification Coastal Processes Coral Deposits Coral Reefs Densitometry Density banding Environmental gradient Incoming Solar Radiation Ocean Temperature Oceans Paleoclimate Porites australiensis Porites lobata Porites lutea Porites mayeri Porites solida Sea Surface Temperature Skeleton Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
topic_facet |
Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Biological Classification Calcification Coastal Processes Coral Deposits Coral Reefs Densitometry Density banding Environmental gradient Incoming Solar Radiation Ocean Temperature Oceans Paleoclimate Porites australiensis Porites lobata Porites lutea Porites mayeri Porites solida Sea Surface Temperature Skeleton |
description |
Massive Porites colonies were collected from 29 reefs, located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) between November 1987 and May 1992. The reefs were located within the following regions: Northern GBR (Lagoon Reef, Eel Reef, Portland Roads, Rocky Island, Night Island, Reef No. 13-055 and Reef No. 13-050); Cairns to Cape Melville (Tydeman Reef, Pipon Island, Flinders Island, Watson Island, South Petherbridge Island, Two Isles, Boulder Reef, East Hope Island, Undine Reef, Snapper Island, Batt Reef, and Double Island); Mission Beach (Stephens Island and Bedarra Island); Central GBR (Myrmidon Reef, Rib Reef and Pandora Reef); Southern GBR (Shaw Island, Reef No. 20-200, Credlin Reef, Reef No. 21-141 and Middle Percy Island). All colonies were between 0.2 and 0.5 m in height and were selected from similar environments towards the rear of the windward reef flat and on sheltered parts of fringing reefs in the lee of the islands at depths between 3 and 5 m relative to mean low water spring tide levels. Between six and 15 colonies were collected from each site. Of the 307 colonies collected, 245 were found suitable for analysis of growth characteristics. The species of coral colonies analysed were: Porites lutea, Porites lobata, Porites australensis, Porites solida and Porites mayeri.Colonies were cut in half vertically and at least 2 slices, approximately 7mm thick, were cut from the centre of each colony, dried and X-rayed. The positive X-ray prints were used to identify two tracks on each slice with clear annual density bands. Both tracks started near the origin of the colony, with one close to the vertical growth axis and the other horizontal. Skeletal density was measured at 0.25 mm intervals along each track using a gamma densitometer. The slices were dated by assuming that the high density peak closest to the outside edge had formed during the austral summer prior to collection. Each dated year represented the time between successive density peaks.From these measurements, spatial ... |
author2 |
Australian Institute of Marine Science (isOwnedBy) |
format |
Dataset |
title |
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
title_short |
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
title_full |
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
title_fullStr |
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
title_full_unstemmed |
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef |
title_sort |
environmental controls on growth of massive porites corals from the great barrier reef |
publisher |
data.gov.au |
url |
https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678 http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8 |
op_coverage |
Spatial: 143.73,-12.38 Spatial: true |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-55.883,-55.883,-63.250,-63.250) ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033) ENVELOPE(-66.667,-66.667,-69.267,-69.267) ENVELOPE(-123.578,-123.578,63.253,63.253) ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-62.033,-62.033) ENVELOPE(-54.998,-54.998,49.533,49.533) |
geographic |
Austral Percy Hope Island Flinders Rocky Island Cape Melville Double Island |
geographic_facet |
Austral Percy Hope Island Flinders Rocky Island Cape Melville Double Island |
genre |
Hope island |
genre_facet |
Hope island |
op_source |
Australian Institute of Marine Science |
op_relation |
https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678 http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8 environmental-controls-on-growth-of-massive-porites-corals-from-the-great-barrier-reef |
_version_ |
1776200793214418944 |