Title: Transect data of coral species and other substrate types collected in the field using line transects in Palau and Yap in 2017 and in the Federated States of Micronesia in 2018

Type Dataset van Woesik, Robert (2020-10-12): Transect data of coral species and other substrate types collected in the field using line transects in Palau and Yap in 2017 and in the Federated States of Micronesia in 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu. Dataset. https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/handle/1912/26305

Author: van Woesik, Robert ;

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Summary

As part of the reef-composition survey of Palau (7°30' N, 134°30' E) and Yap (9°32' N, 138°7' E), 10-meter long, 2 to 5-meter depth transects were conducted. Coral species along the transect were recorded along with substrate types and other organisms present. Surveys in Palau were conducted from June 2nd to June 24th, 2017, and from June 25th to July 6th, 2017 in Yap. In Pohnpei (6.2°N, 158.2°E) and Kosrae (5.3°N, 162.9°E) FSM, six 10-meter transects were used to measure the benthic composition for every centimeter, at each site of 48 sites. Corals were recorded to species level, except massive Porites and encrusting Montipora, which were recorded in the field as growth forms. All other organisms along each transect were identified to the highest possible taxonomic resolution. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/737508

More information

• URI: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26305
• DOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.737508.2
• Language: en_US

Dates

• accessioned: October 12, 2020
• available: October 12, 2020
• created: September 08, 2020
• Publication date: October 12, 2020
• coverage: Note: 20170602 - 20180624 (UTC)

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• Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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