Observation record

ID: 118479

Species: Goniastrea retiformis

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 07:16:59 UTC

Created: 2015-08-26 07:16:59 UTC

Measurements

• 139617

  Habitat type

  lagoon (cat)

  Raw value

  no method
• 139616

  Water depth

  11 (m)

  Median

  no method
  6 - 17 (Range)
• 139618

  Growth rate

  6.8 (mm yr^-1)

  Mean

  Image analysis
  
  
  4.9 - 8.5 (Range)

  replicates: 10
• 139615

  Skeletal density

  1.7 (g cm-3)

  Mean

  Archimedes principle
  
  
  0.38 - 1.94 (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