Brocke, Hannah J; Polerecky, Lubos; de Beer, Dirk; Weber, Miriam; Claudet, Joachim; Nugues, Maggy M (2015): (Table S1) Abundance of benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCM) along the coast of Curacao [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.854793, In supplement to: Brocke, HJ et al. (2015): Organic Matter Degradation Drives Benthic Cyanobacterial Mat Abundance on Caribbean Coral Reefs. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0125445, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125445
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 12.152227 * Median Longitude: -68.974075 * South-bound Latitude: 12.033633 * West-bound Longitude: -69.160083 * North-bound Latitude: 12.376117 * East-bound Longitude: -68.768567
Event(s):
Comment:
season 1 (spring) = 2011 / season 2 (autumn) = 2010
The semi-quantitative surveys of BCM abundance were conducted at 64 sites over four periods: twice during the warmer and rainier season (Sept 2010 and November 2011) and twice during the colder and drier season (May 2011 and June 2012). At each site and period, the observer first dove to 20 m depth and then slowly swam upwards to 5 m depth at a distance of ca. 2 m from the reef while watching attentively the seabed (observation time: ~3 min per site). The abundance of BCMs was ranked on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 corresponds to a reef where cyanobacteria are rare (i.e. a small patch could occasionally be seen) and 5 represents a reef where most sand and hard bottom surfaces are covered by BCMs.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Brocke, Hannah J | Global positioning system (GPS) | Geocode | |
| 2 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Brocke, Hannah J | Global positioning system (GPS) | Geocode | |
| 3 | Comment | Comment | Brocke, Hannah J | Time | ||
| 4 | Season | Season | Brocke, Hannah J | season 1 (spring) = 2011 / season 2 (autumn) = 2010 | ||
| 5 | Score | Score | Brocke, Hannah J | BCM abundance scores |
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Size:
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