Observation record

ID: 118478

Species: Dipsastraea pallida

Location: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands

Primary resource: Highsmith, R. C. (1979) Coral growth rates and environmental control of density banding. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 37, 105-125

Contributor: Joshua Madin

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Last modified: 2015-08-26 07:16:58 UTC

Created: 2015-08-26 07:16:58 UTC

Measurements

• 139614

  Habitat type

  lagoon (cat)

  Raw value

  no method
• 139613

  Growth rate

  5.7 (mm yr^-1)

  Mean

  Image analysis
  
  
  4.1 - 7.1 (Range)

  replicates: 21
• 139612

  Water depth

  16 (m)

  Median

  no method
  14 - 30 (Range)
• 139611

  Skeletal density

  1.43 (g cm-3)

  Mean

  Archimedes principle
  
  
  0.23 - 1.57 (Range)

  replicates: 90
  Notes: Data extracted from last paragraph of the methods, page 107. Number of replicates calculated as: 5 replicates for each one of 3 cubes for each one of 6 coral heads = 5*3*6