Observation record

ID: 119080

Species: Orbicella annularis

Location: Chinchorro Bank, Mexico

Primary resource: Cruz-Pi��n, G., Carricart-Ganivet, J. P., Espinoza-Avalos, J. (2003) Monthly skeletal extension rates of the hermatypic corals Montastraea annularis and Montastraea faveolata : biological and environmental controls. Marine Biology 143, 491-500

Secondary resource: Edmunds, P. J., Burgess, S. C., Putnam, H. M., Baskett, M. L., Bramanti, L., Fabina, N. S., Han, X., Lesser, M. P., Madin, J. S., Wall, C. B., Yost, D. M., Gates, R. D. (2014) Evaluating the causal basis of ecological success within the scleractinia: an integral projection model approach. Marine Biology 161, 2719-2734

Contributor: Joshua Madin

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Last modified: 2015-09-10 01:37:00 UTC

Created: 2015-09-01 02:28:41 UTC

Measurements

• 142960

  Season

  Jul-Sept (cat)

  Raw value

  no method
• 142959

  Habitat type

  patch (cat)

  Raw value

  no method
• 142962

  Wave exposure

  sheltered (cat)

  Raw value

  no method
• 142961

  Water temperature

  27.8 (ºC)

  Mean

  no method
  1.3 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 97430
• 142963

  Light extinction coefficient

  0.37 (Kd)

  Mean

  Irradiometer
  
  
  0.2 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 8
• 142964

  Downward flux of suspended particulate matter

  3.46 (mg cm^-2 day^-1)

  Mean

  Sediment trap
  
  
  2.89 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 48
• 142958

  Growth rate

  0.4 (mm month^-1)

  Mean

  Measured with callipers
  
  
  0.3 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 34
  Notes: Vertical Growth along an embedded Needle