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213

14-C bomb-pulse dating
215

14-C dating
214

210Pb dating
234

3D photogrammetric reconstructions
304

Alkalinity anomaly technique
257

Analysis of microsatellites
3

Archimedes principle
48

Ash free dry weight (AFDW)
303

Atomic absorption spectroscopy
278

Bottom otter trawl nets
281

Bouyant weight
290

Box-counting method
221

CTD measurements
295

Calliper used 3 cm below the branch tip
4

Callipers
263

Chloroplast Large Subunit (cp23S)–rDNA Genotyping Technique
51

DGGE
256

DNA sequencing
287

Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
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
22

Derived from textual description
339

Derived from type of skeleton trait values
273

Dissecting microscope
212

Drawing
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
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
258

FlowCAM Imaging Particle Analyzer
246

Gelman planimeter
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
288

Histological analysis of coral tissue
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
260

Length variation in domain V of the chloroplast large subunit of rDNA (cp23S-rDNA)
284

Lyophilization of whole-body tissues
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
298

Observing in situ rates of phytoplankton depletion
289

Observing rate of removal of labelled algae
259

PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting analysis
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
280

Raman spectroscopy
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
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
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
252

Video analysis
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
291

size-based matrix models

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