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Summary

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Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2024: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67512.
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Abstract

The calcification rate data described here are from calcification accretion units (CAUs) that have been retrieved (and replaced) at existing, long-term monitoring sites during the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) led NCRMP missions at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2018 and processed at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. CAUs are PVC settlement plates that facilitate the recruitment and colonization of crustose coralline algae, hard corals, and other reef calcifiers. Laboratory experiments show that CCA and coral calcification rates are strongly correlated with seawater chemistry, and shifts in carbonate chemistry conditions due to ocean acidification could lead to reduced calcification and accretion rates and ecological phase shifts in coral reef communities.

Coral reef calcium carbonate accretion rates can be estimated by measuring the change in weight of the CAUs between deployment and retrieval. Monitoring net accretion over successive deployments allows for the detection of changes in reef calcification rates over time. Five units were deployed on the seafloor at each CAU site for 3 years. The number of processed CAUs for a site may be less than the number deployed, either because the units were lost or damaged at sea and therefore not recovered, or in rare instances, due to errors during laboratory processing.

This study provides information about spatial and temporal patterns of reef carbonate calcification and accretion rates and serves as a basis for detecting changes associated with changing seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. These data can also be used in comparative analyses across natural gradients, thereby assisting efforts to determine whether key reef-building taxa can acclimatize to changing oceanographic environments. These data will have immediate, direct impacts on predictions of reef resilience in a higher carbon dioxide (CO2) world and on the design of reef management strategies.

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  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text), 2 KB

    Calcification rate data derived from calcification accretion units (CAUs) deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015, recovered in 2018, and processed by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division.

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format, 129 KB

    Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico by the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) during Atlantic NCRMP in 2018.

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Please cite NOAA's PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and AOML Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division when using the data.

Suggested Citation:

Ecosystem Sciences Division at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab (2018). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67512

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Calcification Accretion Unit Entity

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Hannah C Barkley
hannah.barkley@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
Michael W Akridge
michael.akridge@noaa.gov
(808)725-5483

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-67.0511° W, -67.0511° E, 17.95373° N, 17.95373° S

Extent of CAU deployments and recoveries in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2018 at Enrique Reef. These Islands and atoll are routinely surveyed as part of the Atlantic NCRMP missions.

Time Frame 1
2015-01-16 - 2018-03-01

Date first CAU was deployed during Atlantic NCRMP mission in 2015, and date last CAU was recovered during Atlantic NCRMP 2018.

Item Identification

Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018
Short Name: NCRMP: CAUs Puerto Rico
Status: On Going
Creation Date: 2018
Revision Date: 2022-08
Publication Date: 2022
Abstract:

The calcification rate data described here are from calcification accretion units (CAUs) that have been retrieved (and replaced) at existing, long-term monitoring sites during the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) led NCRMP missions at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2018 and processed at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. CAUs are PVC settlement plates that facilitate the recruitment and colonization of crustose coralline algae, hard corals, and other reef calcifiers. Laboratory experiments show that CCA and coral calcification rates are strongly correlated with seawater chemistry, and shifts in carbonate chemistry conditions due to ocean acidification could lead to reduced calcification and accretion rates and ecological phase shifts in coral reef communities.

Coral reef calcium carbonate accretion rates can be estimated by measuring the change in weight of the CAUs between deployment and retrieval. Monitoring net accretion over successive deployments allows for the detection of changes in reef calcification rates over time. Five units were deployed on the seafloor at each CAU site for 3 years. The number of processed CAUs for a site may be less than the number deployed, either because the units were lost or damaged at sea and therefore not recovered, or in rare instances, due to errors during laboratory processing.

This study provides information about spatial and temporal patterns of reef carbonate calcification and accretion rates and serves as a basis for detecting changes associated with changing seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. These data can also be used in comparative analyses across natural gradients, thereby assisting efforts to determine whether key reef-building taxa can acclimatize to changing oceanographic environments. These data will have immediate, direct impacts on predictions of reef resilience in a higher carbon dioxide (CO2) world and on the design of reef management strategies.

Purpose:

CAU data collected as part of NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) missions can be used to establish calcium carbonate accretion rate baselines and assess change in reef accretion rates due to ocean acidification and other environmental drivers.

Supplemental Information:

The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) details a long-term, ecosystem-scale approach for assessing coral reef climate, fish, benthic, and socioeconomic variables in a consistent and integrated manner. NCRMP coordinates various NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) biological, physical, and human dimensions activities into a cohesive NOAA-wide effort. Through the implementation of NCRMP, NOAA is able to clearly and concisely communicate results of national-scale monitoring to national, state, and territorial policy makers, resource managers, and the public on a periodic basis.

NCRMP provides a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach consolidates monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. NCRMP is funded by the CRCP and the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), and supported by NOAA Fisheries, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), NOAA Coral Reef Watch, and many other partners.

The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) at NOAA Fisheries leads in-situ NCRMP climate monitoring in the U.S. Atlantic Regions. The climate component of NCRMP in the Atlantic provides a comprehensive view of climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystems and helps identify areas of resilience and vulnerability. The key indicators used to identify and monitor climate-driven trends include 1) thermal stress caused by changes in sea temperature, 2) ocean acidification resulting from changes in carbonate chemistry, and 3) associated ecological impacts on carbonate accretion rates, erosion, and benthic community structure. AOML scientists during Atlantic NCRMP missions deploy oceanographic (subsurface temperature recorders) and ecological (calcification accretion units [CAUs] and bioerosion monitoring units [BMUs]) instruments at fixed sites in the Atlantic Ocean and conduct CTD casts and water sampling to evaluate coral reef environments. The in-situ data and satellite-based observations are also used in modeling efforts. Innovative analysis techniques are used to develop products that provide scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region's resources and how they are changing over time.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Calcification Rate
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Growth > Calcification Rate
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Calcareous Macroalgae
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Fleshy Macroalgae
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU)
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Calcification
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Carbonate Chemistry
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Ocean Acidification
CRCP Project 743
CRCP Project National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CALCIFICATION
NODC Observation Types Thesaurus in situ
NODC Observation Types Thesaurus laboratory analyses
NODC Project Names Thesaurus Coral Reef Conservation Program
NODC Project Names Thesaurus CORAL REEF STUDIES
NODC Project Names Thesaurus National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
NODC Project Names Thesaurus US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program
NODC Submitting Institution Names Thesaurus US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division
None AOML
None Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab
None calcification accretion unit
None Calcification Plate
None Ecosystem Sciences Division
None ESD
None NCRMP
None Ocean Acidification
None Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
None PIFSC
None Settling Plate

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None triennial

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Lajas > La Parguera > Enrique Reef (Cayo Enrique ) (17N067W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Lajas > La Parguera > Enrique Reef (Cayo Enrique ) (17N067W0001)
None La Parguera Natural Reserve

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU)

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA

Data Set Information

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

The columns provided in the dataset include the location where the CAUs were deployed (REGION, REGION_NAME, LOCATION, REA_SITEID, OCC_SITEID, LATITUDE, and LONGITUDE), when they were deployed and recovered and the duration in water (DEPLOYMENT_MISSION, RECOVERY_MISSION, DEPLOYMENT_DATE, RECOVERY_DATE, DEPLOYMENT_YEAR, RECOVERY_YEAR, DAYS_IN_WATER, and YEARS_IN_WATER), information about the CAUs (SERIALNUMBER, CAU_UNIT), the calculated rate of calcification (CALCIFICATION_RATE_BY_UNIT), and a data quality flag for calculated calcification rates (DATASTATUSID).

Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67619
Distribution Liability:

While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Data Set Credit: AOML Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and partners, and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and NOAA Ocean Acidification Program

Support Roles

Data Set Credit

CC ID: 1177488
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
Address: 1305 East West Highway 10th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281
Phone: (301) 713-3155
URL: https://coralreef.noaa.gov

Data Steward

CC ID: 1179614
Date Effective From: 2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Weible, Rebecca M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd, Bldg 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: rebecca.weible@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 1179615
Date Effective From: 2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder)
Address: E/GC 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Phone: 303-497-6826
URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1179616
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Akridge, Michael W
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: michael.akridge@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5483

Originator

CC ID: 1177493
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Address: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: 305-361-4420
URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1179617
Date Effective From: 2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Barkley, Hannah C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: hannah.barkley@noaa.gov
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

Enrique Reef, Puerto Rico

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1177511
W° Bound: -67.0511
E° Bound: -67.0511
N° Bound: 17.95373
S° Bound: 17.95373
Description

Extent of CAU deployments and recoveries in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2018 at Enrique Reef. These Islands and atoll are routinely surveyed as part of the Atlantic NCRMP missions.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1177510
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2015-01-16
End: 2018-03-01
Alternate Start As Of Info: PR1
Alternate End As Of Info: PR2
Description:

Date first CAU was deployed during Atlantic NCRMP mission in 2015, and date last CAU was recovered during Atlantic NCRMP 2018.

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

Not applicable

Security Handling Description:

Not applicable

Data Access Policy:

NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015:

ESD welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. ESD has a very diverse set of field activities that generates large volumes of data using an array of data collection protocols.

The following recommendations are for your consideration as you use this data:

1) Data analyses should take all field exigencies into account. The most effective way to do this would be active collaboration with ESD principal investigators.

2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by ESD, proper acknowledgement of both ESD and the individuals responsible for data collection is expected. Citing the DOI (if available) is preferred, a non-DOI example is listed below.

3) If you collect or generate data for the same study areas, ESD requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections.

4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the ESD Data Management Team of any errors and discrepancies that are discovered during the course of using these data. They are further urged to bring to the attention of the Team all problems and difficulties encountered in using these data. This information is necessary in order to improve the collections and to facilitate more efficient and economical data processing and retrieval. The users are asked to supply copies of any missing data that may be located, and to provide information as to significant subsets and special aggregations of data that are developed in using the material provided.

Example citation:

"This publication makes use of data products provided by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab (AOML), with funding support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). The analysis and interpretations presented here are solely that of the current authors"

Data Access Procedure:

Data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Please cite NOAA's PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and AOML Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division when using the data.

Suggested Citation:

Ecosystem Sciences Division at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab (2018). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67512

Metadata Access Constraints:

None

Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1177496
Download URL: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0264850
Distributor: National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder) (2018 - Present)
File Name: ESD_NCRMP_CAU_2018_PR.csv
Description:

Calcification rate data derived from calcification accretion units (CAUs) deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico in 2015, recovered in 2018, and processed by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division.

File Date/Time: 2022-07-22 14:50:00
File Type (Deprecated): csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 2 KB

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1179660
Download URL: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0264850
Distributor: National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder) (2018 - Present)
File Name: ESD_NCRMP_CAU_2018_PR_QC.pdf
Description:

Quality control report generated for recovered CAU data from sites at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico by the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) during Atlantic NCRMP in 2018.

File Date/Time: 2022-07-22 21:01:00
File Type (Deprecated): PDF
Distribution Format: PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format
File Size: 129 KB

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 1177497
URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
Name: NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program website
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML

URL 2

CC ID: 1177498
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26641885
Name: Baseline Assessment of Net Calcium Carbonate Accretion Rates on U.S. Pacific Reefs
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 1177499
URL: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
Name: ESD_2015_SOP_CAU_Field.pdf
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015).

URL 4

CC ID: 1179661
URL: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
Name: ESD_2015_SOP_CAU_SampleProcessing.pdf
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015).

URL 5

CC ID: 1179662
URL: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
Name: ESD's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program website
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: PHP
Description:

NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division official website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) page.

URL 6

CC ID: 1179663
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
URL Type:
Online Resource

Technical Environment

Description:

After CAU units are deployed and recovered, the associated metadata is entered by the OCC team into the existing Oracle APEX mission application available on the research vessel, where it is eventually migrated to the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) enterprise Oracle database. Upon cruise completion, each CAU is given the necessary data entry fields used in laboratory processing through the Oracle APEX CAU application. Laboratory analysis is conducted in batches of 25 CAU units and is conducted according to the Standard Operating Procedure (URL 4). All weights are entered digitally using an analytical balance to avoid data entry errors with such precise measurements (up to 3 decimal places). Once all steps of processing have been completed, all data entry fields in the Oracle CAU Application are verified as accurate and complete, then final calcification rates per unit are calculated. Data are then extracted from the Oracle database and distributed to the NOAA ocean data archive by region and year of recovery.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Prior to processing the calcification accretion unit (CAU) samples, laboratory analysts are trained to properly use relevant lab equipment (analytical balance, vacuum filtration pump, etc.) and are familiarized with the data entry tool/spreadsheet. Laboratory analysts are also required to go through the CAU Processing Standard Operating Procedure and other training materials.

Completeness Measure:

Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) that have been deployed may not have been recovered due to logistical constraints of the following mission or could not be found when divers returned to the site. This can be quantified by comparing the number of recovered units to the number of units originally deployed (typically, 5 units per site).

Completeness Report:

The calcification rate and ratio of calcified materials to fleshy materials are determined for each Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) recovered by the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) staff may conduct additional analyses of specific units to determine functional group coverage and to determine species recruitment rates based on the results of analyzed photos collected during the unit recovery and disassembly process.

Additionally, data from the CAUs processed in 2012 that do not meet the processing criteria set in 2012 - that is, if the difference between the final two subsequent dry weights exceeds 0.2 grams, then those data have been omitted from the final dataset described herein.

Conceptual Consistency:

The sampling procedure is based on the protocols developed by Price et al. 2012. While this project followed the same overall protocols, slight modifications were made after the first set of recovered Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) were processed in 2012. Specifically, the following changes were implemented in 2013: 1) camera settings (adjusted to fit laboratory light conditions), and 2) use of freshwater in lieu of seawater during plate photo-documentation (seawater was not readily available in the new facility). Further, the processing procedures were also modified in 2013 such that the acceptable criteria for samples to be considered completely dry was set to 0.1 grams instead of 0.2 grams - that is, if two subsequent dry weights do not fall within the identified acceptable range (0.1 grams), the drying process will continue until this criteria is met.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Prior to processing a batch from each region/jurisdiction, laboratory analysts inventory the recovered Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) to ensure all units are accounted for and all serial numbers assigned to each unit match field data records. The Data Manager additionally performs quality control checks on the site deployment data and the recovery data for further accuracy. Once all CAUs from the jurisdiction have been processed, the dataset is checked by the analysts to ensure: 1) all CAU plates have been processed, 2) there are no missing cell values, and 3) calculations for net weight of calcified materials are correct. The dataset is then turned over to the Data Manager for further quality control procedures and data ingestion into the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division master database.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Unknown
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

NOAA IRC and NOAA Fisheries ITS resources and assets.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Assembled CAUs are attached to the benthos using stainless steel threaded rods. Five CAUs are deployed at a survey site. Calcareous organisms, primarily crustose coralline algae and encrusting corals, recruit to these CAUs and accrete/calcify carbonate skeletons over 3 year deployments. Once recovered from the seafloor, the CAUs are processed by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division to provide estimates of net calcification. CAUs have been deployed and recovered in accordance with protocols developed by Price et al. 2012.

Sources

Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015)

CC ID: 1177504
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2015-08-01
Citation URL: http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
Citation URL Name: ESD_2015_SOP_CAU_Field.pdf

Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015)

CC ID: 1177505
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2015-09-01
Citation URL: http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
Citation URL Name: ESD_2015_SOP_CAU_SampleProcessing.pdf

Price NN, Martz TR, Brainard RE, Smith JE (2012) Diel Variability in Seawater pH Relates to Calcification and Benthic Community Structure on Coral Reefs. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43843. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043843

CC ID: 1177506
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Publish Date: 2012-08-28
Citation URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0043843

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1177507
Description:

CALCIFICATION ACCRETION UNIT (CAU) ASSEMBLY, DEPLOYMENT and RECOVERY

CAUs are composed of two 10 x 10 centimeter (cm) flat, square, gray PVC plates, stacked 1 cm apart.

Five CAU units are deployed per site on individual stainless steel stakes driven into the substrate. The units are deployed in a clustered group with the spacing between each unit being 0.5 to 5 meters. CAU sites are situated at an average depth of 15 meters. Units are placed so the CAU plates are ~10 cm above the surface substrate and the top of the CAU plate is parallel to the surface of the water.

CAU units are recovered from the seafloor 3 years after deployment. Refer to the data files for the individual CAU site to determine the exact deployment time of a specific unit.

Refer to the Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015) for a detailed description of the protocols.

Process Date/Time: 2015-08-01 00:00:00
Process Contact: Weible, Rebecca M
Email Address: rebecca.weible@noaa.gov
Source: Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Assembly, Deployment, and Recovery Standard Operating Procedure (2015)

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1177508
Description:

CALCIFICATION ACCRETION UNIT (CAU) LABORATORY ANALYSIS

Once CAU units are recovered they are disassembled and each plate is rinsed with freshwater to remove loose sediment, sand and mobile fauna. The plates are photographed and individual images are captured of the Upper Plate, Top Side; Upper Plate, Bottom Side; Lower Plate, Top Side; Lower Plate, Bottom Side. These images can be analyzed to determine benthic composition on each plate surface. If pieces of calcified material fall off during the photographing process, the pieces are retained with the plate for the dissolution process.

After the plates have been photographed they are rinsed with fresh water and placed on a pre-weighed drying plate along with any dislodged pieces, and left to begin drying at room temperature for 24 hours and TO allow excess water to be removed. The drying plate assembly is then placed in the oven to dry at 60 degrees Celsius. If the difference in weights is less than 0.2 grams, the plates are considered dry and no further drying/weighing is required. If the difference in weights is greater than 0.2 grams the drying/reweighing process is repeated for as many 24-hour cycles as needed to obtain a difference of less than 0.2 grams. It should be noted that since the initial sample processing in 2012, the standard weighing protocol has since been improved such that the acceptable weight difference is 0.1 grams.

Once the plates are dry, each plate is placed in 5-10% Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) solution to dissolve the calcium carbonate materials. The plate is scraped to remove all materials and rinsed with the dilute HCl solution. The plate is then placed in the oven at 60 degrees Celsius to dry for 24 hours before the dry plate is obtained. Through the entire dissolution process all dilute HCl rinse solution is preserved for later filtering.

The dilute HCl rinse process is repeated on all materials removed from the plate until the dissolution process has stopped and all calcium carbonate material has been removed. The fleshy material and used dilute HCl rinse materials are then separated using a vacuum filtration pump by pouring the solution into a Buchner funnel, mesh layer and pre-weighed filter paper. The filter paper and fleshy material are then dried and weighed to determine the weight of fleshy algae present on each plate. The weight of calcified materials on each plate is determined by difference, where the initial weight of the dried plate (prior to the dissolution process) minus the fleshy material weight equals the weight of carbonate material dissolved. The resulting calcification rates are reported in units of grams/area/time.

Refer to the Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015) for a detailed description of the protocols.

Process Date/Time: 2015-09-01 00:00:00
Process Contact: Weible, Rebecca M
Email Address: rebecca.weible@noaa.gov
Source: Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU) Laboratory Analysis Standard Operating Procedure (2015)

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