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213
14-C bomb-pulse dating
215
14-C dating
214
210Pb dating
234
3D photogrammetric reconstructions
30
45Ca Uptake
39
Acetone
2
Alizarin stain
28
Alkalinity Anomaly Technique (Smith and Key 1975)
304
Alkalinity anomaly technique
257
Analysis of microsatellites
3
Archimedes principle
48
Ash free dry weight (AFDW)
303
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
43
Bicinchoninic acid assay
278
Bottom otter trawl nets
281
Bouyant weight
290
Box-counting method
46
Bradford 1976
29
Buoyant weight
1
CSF imaging
57
CT Scanning
221
CTD measurements
10
Calculated from GIS shapefile
74
Calculated from Veron ecoregion shapefile
295
Calliper used 3 cm below the branch tip
4
Callipers
33
Chloroform to methanol ratio
263
Chloroplast Large Subunit (cp23S)–rDNA Genotyping Technique
52
Cloning
40
Counted doublet with cell plate in samples of cells
42
DC Protein Assay Al Foil Marsh 1970
51
DGGE
256
DNA sequencing
287
Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
34
Decalcified tissues measured with calipers
6
Depth gauge
241
Derived from Gompertz model of diameter growth increments after repeated measurements
239
Derived from Gompertz model of growth increments (assumed to be annual) and colony height
240
Derived from Richards model of growth increments (assumed to be annual) and colony height
249
Derived from Watford plot
238
Derived from logistic model of growth increments (assumed to be annual) and colony height
325
Derived from photographs of live colonies
265
Derived from photographs of specimens
9
Derived from range map
22
Derived from textual description
339
Derived from type of skeleton trait values
273
Dissecting microscope
14
Dissection
212
Drawing
49
Dried at 80 degrees C
50
Dried for 24 h at 40 degrees C
77
Dry density
299
Electron probe microanalizer
313
Energy dispersive spectroscopy
232
Estimated from Branch Fan Surface Ara using a Power growth function
229
Estimated from colony height and known values of growth rates in area
230
Estimated from colony height and known values of growth rates in height
318
Estimated from colony height in previously dated colonies using 14C method
317
Estimated from colony height in previously dated colonies using bomb 14C method
316
Estimated from colony height in previously dated colonies using growth ring method
226
Estimated from diameter measurements in colonies of known age
224
Estimated from known values of age and size
210
Estimated from known values of size and growth rate
233
Estimated from the difference between trunk diameter and axial skeleton diameter
255
Estimating colony weight increments in situ
315
Examination of collected specimens
330
Examination of fragmented specimens
314
Expert opinion
11
Extracted from Coral ID digital compact disk
327
Extracted from OBIS_Accessed in November_2023
23
Extracted from data table
219
Extracted from regional/global databases of environmental data
271
Extracted from tabular key
250
Fan area was estimated from colony height by assuming the colony to be circular in shape in its plane of growth
75
Faunal break cluster analysis
63
Filter combustion
62
Flow injection analyser
258
FlowCAM Imaging Particle Analyzer
69
Fluorescence assay (relative quantities of RNA and DNA)
17
Fluorescence microscope
44
Formalin/acid
37
Frozen, airbrush
246
Gelman planimeter
73
Genus age estimate
72
Growth form Mizerek grouping protocol
55
Growth form derived from Veron (2000) textual descriptions
56
Growth form derived from Wallace et al (2012) textual descriptions
78
Growth rate estimated from length-age growth functions
338
Growth rings count
223
Growth rings count using Organic-Matrix-Staining method (OMS)
286
Haemocytometer chamber
38
Hemocytometer counts
288
Histological analysis of coral tissue
13
Histology
261
ITS-rDNA
326
IUCN red list assesment
332
IUCN red list regional assesment for the Mediterranean Sea
268
Identification key
15
Image analysis
243
Image analysis on consecutive years
244
Image analysis on non consecutive years
262
Incubations
302
Incubations to measure Ca45 radioactivity uptake
305
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
331
Inferred from genus-level acquisition of morphological trait in the philogenetic tree
337
Inferred from genus-level information provided in data table
248
Inferred from growth rates and minimum size at reproduction
300
Inferred from height values using an equation
253
Inferred from volume displacement
65
Irradiometer
5
Kobe porosimeter
260
Length variation in domain V of the chloroplast large subunit of rDNA (cp23S-rDNA)
31
Linear extension alizerin staining and calipers, bulk density wax dipping and buoyant weight
45
Lowery et al 1951
284
Lyophilization of whole-body tissues
70
MCMC phylogenetic tip length
35
Measured on cross sections using stereomicroscope
36
Measured with callipers
211
Measures of colony size on substrata of known age
236
Measuring distances from the growing edge of the colony to a permanent reference line.
251
Measuring growth from scar of known age
225
Micrometer
16
Microscopy
245
Mistri and Ceccherelli (1993) age equation
336
Monitoring of individual colonies over time
254
Observation in aquaria
266
Observation in laboratory
58
Observation_field_or_laboratory
298
Observing in situ rates of phytoplankton depletion
289
Observing rate of removal of labelled algae
25
Oxygen consumption in chambers in the dark
24
Oxygen consumption in dark stirring chamber normalized to surface area by foil
26
Oxygen consumption in the dark in small flume
61
Oxygen meter
27
Oxygen production in the light in stirring chambers
259
PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting analysis
68
PDZ Europa ANCA-GSL elemental analyzer
247
Polygon of superposed rectangles
283
Polyp content examination
333
Polyp size estimated based on the size of the anthosthele
334
Polyp size estimated based on the size of the calyx
335
Polypsize estimated based on the size of polyp mounds
32
Product of linear extension and bulk density
285
Radiocarbon labelling
66
Rain gauge
280
Raman spectroscopy
76
Random forests analyses (Darling et al. 2012)
59
Refractometer
235
Repeated calliper measurements
242
Repeated length measurements in the field
277
Repeated measurements of length on juvenile colonies transplanted in transplanted stones
276
Repeated measurements of length on transplanted colonies (with PVC racks)
275
Repeated measurements of length on transplanted colonies (with clamps)
54
Ruler measurement
60
Secchi disk
64
Sediment trap
53
Sequencing
293
SfM processing Sony NEX7
292
SfM processing GoPro
328
Species-specific trait value inherited from Class Octocorallia
270
Species-specific value inherited from family level
269
Species-specific value inherited from genus level
282
Stable isotope analysis
320
Textual description in identification guide
12
Timed distance
329
Trait value coded based on the location where specimens were collected
307
Trait value coded using a compilation of data from previous works
322
Trait value derived from DORIS online identification guide, based on expert opinions
321
Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001)
324
Trait value derived from Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016) online identification guide
7
Transect tape
41
Two counts from fluorescent images on hemocytometer
252
Video analysis
18
Weight
309
Wet weight estimation
8
X-radiography (densitometer)
312
bending beams in dried specimens
311
bending beams method with cathetometer
21
inferred
19
observation_field
20
observation_laboratory
67
on release
291
size-based matrix models
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