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CRCP-Comparative status of extant Acropora cervicornis NCEI Accession 0127933

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24307  |  Updated: April 1, 2025  |  Published / External 
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Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2025: CRCP-Comparative status of extant Acropora cervicornis NCEI Accession 0127933, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/24307.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

This project was funded for two years by CRCP (FY13-14) and built upon one year of pilot work conducted in FY12 funded by NMFS-SEFSC and SERO as an NRC postdoctoral research fellowship (Huntington). The goals of the project were to characterize natural, robust Acropora cervicornis populations in different regions, including various aspects of A. cervicornis condition, function (growth and tissue condition), and resident fish assemblages. To this end, we conducted surveys at sites in four regions (i.e., Dry Tortugas, Southeast Florida, Belize, USVI) designed to span the range of natural A. cervicornis density present each region. In addition, we conducted similar surveys within restored populations of at two sites in Puerto Rico with high density restored populations. Lastly, we undertook three hypothesis-driven studies in the Dry Tortugas region only, to investigate the potential for positive feedbacks between the sheltering reef fish community and high density stands of A. cervicornis. A macroagal bioassay was used to determine the relative bioavailability of nutrients in the water surrounding high density versus low density stands of A. cervicornis. Wild tissue collections of A. cervicornis occurred at these same sites to compare nutrient concentration and zooxanthellae density within colonies.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Controlled Theme Keywords

Acropora cervicornis, CORAL REEF, CORAL REEFS, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC, DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Acerv_ColonySurvey.csv
Entity Branch_Growth.csv
Document Data Dictionary.pdf
Entity Fish_surveys.xls
Document Journal File of Accession 0127933
Document Location-Specific Metrics for Rapidly Estimating the Abundance and Condition of the Threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis
Entity Macroalgae_Bioassay.xls
Document Sampling Map of accession 0127933
Entity Site coordinates and inventory.xls
Document Staghorn survey and bioassays to test for improved condition in thickets to guide restoration efforts - Final Report for Endangered Species Research Permit (NOAA) STX026-12
Document Tractable field metrics for restoration and recovery monitoring of staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
Entity Wild_ACER_tissueCondition.xlsx

Contact Information

Metadata Contact
Brittany Huntington
brittany.huntington@noaa.gov
(808)725-5438

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-87.787583° W, -64.96138° E, 25.96053° N, 16.85335° S

Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Belize

Time Frame 1
2014-06

Date range for Acerv tissue condition data set (Wild_ACER_tissueCondition.xls)

Time Frame 2
2013-05-25 - 2014-07-28

Date range for Acerv branch growth data set (Branch_Growth.xls)

Time Frame 3
2014-05-24 - 2014-05-28

Date range for sample deployment Macroalgae Bioassy (Macroalgae_Bioassay.xls)

Samples were deployed on 5/24/14 in the evening between 16:45-18:00. They were picked up on 5/28/14 in the afternoon between 13:30-16:00

Time Frame 4
2012-04-05 - 2014-07-22

Date range for Acerv Surveys (Acerv_ColonySurvey.xls)

Time Frame 5
2012 - 2014-07-21

Date range for fish surveys (Fish_survey.xls)

Item Identification

Title: CRCP-Comparative status of extant Acropora cervicornis NCEI Accession 0127933
Short Name: Comparative status of extant Acropora cervicornis
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2015
Abstract:

This project was funded for two years by CRCP (FY13-14) and built upon one year of pilot work conducted in FY12 funded by NMFS-SEFSC and SERO as an NRC postdoctoral research fellowship (Huntington). The goals of the project were to characterize natural, robust Acropora cervicornis populations in different regions, including various aspects of A. cervicornis condition, function (growth and tissue condition), and resident fish assemblages. To this end, we conducted surveys at sites in four regions (i.e., Dry Tortugas, Southeast Florida, Belize, USVI) designed to span the range of natural A. cervicornis density present each region. In addition, we conducted similar surveys within restored populations of at two sites in Puerto Rico with high density restored populations. Lastly, we undertook three hypothesis-driven studies in the Dry Tortugas region only, to investigate the potential for positive feedbacks between the sheltering reef fish community and high density stands of A. cervicornis. A macroagal bioassay was used to determine the relative bioavailability of nutrients in the water surrounding high density versus low density stands of A. cervicornis. Wild tissue collections of A. cervicornis occurred at these same sites to compare nutrient concentration and zooxanthellae density within colonies.
Purpose:

To evaluate potential facilitative feedbacks in robust extant A. cervicornis thickets
Notes:

Peer Reviewed MS in prep This dataset has both monitoring/assessment and experimental components
Other Citation Details:

Cite as: Miller, Margaret; Huntington, Brittany (2015). Coral, Fish and other data to inform staghorn coral recovery in the Caribbean Sea from 2012-04-05 to 2014-07-28 (NCEI Accession 0127933). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0127933. Accessed [date]

CRCP Project # 819,

P.I.s: Drs. Brittany Huntington and Margaret Miller (NMFS-SEFSC)

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Acropora cervicornis View WoRMS Aphia Record
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Growth
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Nutrition
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect monitoring
CRCP Project 819
CRCP Project Determining patterns of staghorn coral recovery to establish targets for Caribbean reef restoration
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0127933
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 127933
NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory
NODC DATA TYPES CORAL - COLONY SIZE
NODC DATA TYPES CORAL
NODC DATA TYPES FISH - CORAL REEF
NODC DATA TYPES FISH CENSUS
NODC DATA TYPES MACROALGAE
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES in situ
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES benthic
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES biological
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES survey - biological
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES survey - coral reef
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES survey - swimmer/diver
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES visual observation
NODC PROJECT NAMES CORAL REEF STUDIES
NODC PROJECT NAMES Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2012-2014

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Belize > Belize > Glovers Reef (16N087W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Dade County > Miami (25N080W0018)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Dry Tortugas > Pulaski Shoal (24N082W0003)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Ponce (17N066W0010)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Ponce (17N066W0010)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Belizean Barrier Reef > Glovers Reef (16N087W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Dry Tortugas > Pulaski Shoal (24N082W0003)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Miami (25N080W0018)

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
UNCONTROLLED
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES scale
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES swimmer/diver
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES visual analysis
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES visual observation

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD
Location Description:

NCEI Archive

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

Fields are defined in the Data Dictionary for CRCP Project #819 (Data Dictionary.docx)
Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

SEFSC
Distribution Liability:

Please note: NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 859927
Date Effective From: 2012
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Huntington, Brittany
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: brittany.huntington@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5438

Distributor

CC ID: 197453
Date Effective From: 2015
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 859928
Date Effective From: 2015
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Huntington, Brittany
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: brittany.huntington@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5438

Originator

CC ID: 197451
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
USA
Phone: (305)361-5761
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 197435
W° Bound: -87.787583
E° Bound: -64.96138
N° Bound: 25.96053
S° Bound: 16.85335
Description

Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Belize

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 197440
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2014-06
Description:

Date range for Acerv tissue condition data set (Wild_ACER_tissueCondition.xls)

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 197436
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2013-05-25
End: 2014-07-28
Description:

Date range for Acerv branch growth data set (Branch_Growth.xls)

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 197437
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2014-05-24
End: 2014-05-28
Description:

Date range for sample deployment Macroalgae Bioassy (Macroalgae_Bioassay.xls)

Samples were deployed on 5/24/14 in the evening between 16:45-18:00. They were picked up on 5/28/14 in the afternoon between 13:30-16:00

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 4

CC ID: 197438
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012-04-05
End: 2014-07-22
Description:

Date range for Acerv Surveys (Acerv_ColonySurvey.xls)

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 5

CC ID: 197439
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014-07-21
Description:

Date range for fish surveys (Fish_survey.xls)

Extent Group 2

Extent Group 2 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 272983
W° Bound: -82.874629
E° Bound: -64.78653
N° Bound: 25.856518
S° Bound: 17.797612
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 2 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 272982
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014

Extent Group 3

Extent Group 3 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 273856
W° Bound: -82.874629
E° Bound: -64.78653
N° Bound: 25.856518
S° Bound: 17.797612
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 3 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 273855
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014

Extent Group 4

Extent Group 4 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 277434
W° Bound: -82.874629
E° Bound: -64.78653
N° Bound: 25.856518
S° Bound: 17.797612
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 4 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 277433
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014

Extent Group 5

Extent Group 5 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 279968
W° Bound: -82.874629
E° Bound: -64.78653
N° Bound: 25.856518
S° Bound: 17.797612
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 5 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 279967
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014

Extent Group 6

Extent Group 6 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 283102
W° Bound: -82.874629
E° Bound: -64.78653
N° Bound: 25.856518
S° Bound: 17.797612
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 6 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 283101
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2012
End: 2014

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

N/A
Security Handling Description:

N A
Data Access Procedure:

Available from NCEI archive, NODC Accession Number 0127933
Data Access Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 283104
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/127933
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2015 - Present)
File Name: 127933.1.1.tar.gz
Description:

download of all files in gzip format
File Type (Deprecated): .gz
File Size: 4.512 MB
Compression: GZ / GZIP
Review Status: Not Chked

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 1096295
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0127933
Name: Landing Pages Accession 127933
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: html
Description:

Miller, Margaret; Huntington, Brittany (2015). Coral, fish and other data to inform staghorn coral recovery in the Caribbean Sea from 2012-04-05 to 2014-07-28 (NCEI Accession 0127933).

URL 2

CC ID: 1204562
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0127933/1.1/about/0127933_map.jpg
Name: Sampling Map For Accession 127933
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Sampling Map For Accession 127933
File Resource Format: JPG

Data Quality

Bias:

No known biases
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Huntington, Brittany E., and Margaret W. Miller. Location-Specific Metrics for Rapidly Estimating the Abundance and Condition of the Threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis. Restoration ecology 22.3 (2014): 299-303.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: N/A
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Already disseminated
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

N/A
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 365
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

N/A

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 283103
Description:

data entered from field data sheets into spreadsheets
Process Contact: Huntington, Brittany
Phone (Voice): (808)725-5438
Email Address: brittany.huntington@noaa.gov

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 24307
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24307
Metadata Record Created By: Sarah A O'Connor
Metadata Record Created: 2015-04-07 16:38+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-04-01 17:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-04-27
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-04-27
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-04-27