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Ecology and physiology of coralliths at Vavvaru Island, Maldives, March 2015
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General | |
Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Time period | 01 to 30 March 2015 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Vavvaru Islands; Maldives |
Observations | |
Parameters | Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column; Light absorption in the water column; Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column; Temperature of the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column |
Instruments | Fluorometers; inorganic carbon analysers; titrators; spectrophotometers; dissolved gas sensors |
Description | |
Summary | Dataset was collated from surveys in the west side of Vavvaru Island, Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives. The data were collected as a series of triplicate 25 m x 2 m transects parallel to shore, at three locations on the reef flat: near (70 m from the shore), mid (140 m from the shore) and far (210 m from the shore). All locations were at similar depths of 1 m. This took place during March 2015. Along each transect the number and size of all coralliths and total number of non-free living individuals were recorded, along with several environmental parameters (Water Temperature, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Total Alkalinity, Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Dissolved Oxygen). Abundance and size of coralliths was recorded through non-invasive techniques and the environmental parameters were obtained through multiple instruments: Fluorometer, Oxygen sensor, spectrophotometry, titration and a PAR logger. The aim was to examine whether corals have the capacity to create their own stable habitat through 'free-living stabilisation'. The work was supported by an Independent Research Fellowship from NERC to Sebastian Hennige (NE/K009028/1; NE/K009028/2), an Independent Research Fellowship from the Marine Alliance for Science & Technology for Scotland to Heidi Burnett, an Independent Research Fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh / Scottish Government (RSE 48701/1) and NERC (NE/H010025) to Nick Kamenos, a Gilchrist Fieldwork Award to Heidi Burnett, Sebastian Hennige and Nick Kamenos by the Gilchrist Educational Trust, administered by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), and a Research Incentive Grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland to Heidi Burnett, Sebastian Hennige and Nick Kamenos (grant # 70013). Field sampling was under permission from the Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture ((OTHR) 30-D/lNDIV/2015). Data have been received by BODC as raw files. |
Originators | University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences University of Glasgow, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
Data web site | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/4f8efa6e-3c92-5f3e-e053-6c86abc0b543/ |
Availability | |
Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Availability | Unrestricted |
Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
Facsimile | +44 (0)151 795 4912 |
enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1048VavvaruIslandsCoralliths |
Global identifier | 6616 |
Last revised | 2023-12-08 |