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Verse, Leander; Laudien, Jürgen; Häussermann, Verena (2019): Photographs, biomasses, morphological parameters and activity states of Primnoella chilensis colonies used in an experiment for sediment exposure of 15 days [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907606, In supplement to: Verse, Leander (2019): Response to sedimentation stress of the gorgonian coral Primnoella chilensis from the Chilean fjord region. Bachelor Thesis, Freie Universiät zu Berlin, 35 pp

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Abstract:
Colonies of P. chilensis were sampled via self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving on 14th and 15th of May 2019 at two different sites in Comau fjord. At each site, 20 colonies of a length between 20 cm and 30 cm were collected at a depth between 16 m and 20 m by cutting the terminal tips of the colonies with scissors. To determine behavioural stress, polyp activity states of Primnoella chilensis colonies and the frequency of these states were observed under turbid seawater in an experimental setup for 15 days (Treatment 1: equals sedimentation rate of 225 mm/y; Treatment 2: equals sedimentation rate of 450 mm/y; control group: ambient seawater). A visual overview analysis of colonies of Primnoella chilensis was conducted with the image-viewing program IrfanView. In a defined sector the overall colony activity was assessed and categorized: category 0 = > 50 % of polyps closed; category 1 = > 50 % of polyps semi-open; 2 = > 50 % of polyps open ; n.d. = no data. After the experiment, each coral colony was carefully blotted dry using delicate task wipers and weighed to determine the wet mass. Furthermore, the respective lengths and polyp diameter of a single, representative polyp were measured. Afterwards, they were dried for 36 h at 50 °C in a drying oven, weighed again to determine dry mass and then ashed for 24 h at 500 °C in a muffle furnace and weighed again to determine ash-free dry mass.
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: -42.400416 * Median Longitude: -72.440866 * South-bound Latitude: -42.409833 * West-bound Longitude: -72.457400 * North-bound Latitude: -42.391000 * East-bound Longitude: -72.424333
Minimum Elevation: -20.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -17.0 m
Event(s):
Punta_Gruesa_CTD * Latitude: -42.409833 * Longitude: -72.424333 * Elevation: -20.0 m * Location: Comau Fjord, Patagonia, Chile * Method/Device: CTD, handheld (hCTD)
X-Huinay * Latitude: -42.391000 * Longitude: -72.457400 * Elevation: -17.0 m * Location: Comau Fjord, Patagonia, Chile * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS)
Comment:
This dataset was generated in the frame of the co-operation between the Huinay Scientific Field Station (http://www.huinay.cl) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (http://www.awi.de).
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventVerse, Leander
2Colony number/IDColony no/IDVerse, Leander
3TreatmentTreatVerse, Leander
4Uniform resource locator/link to imageURL imageVerse, Leander
5CategoryCatVerse, Leanderimages category 0
6CategoryCatVerse, Leanderimages category 1
7CategoryCatVerse, Leanderimages category 2
8Colony activityCol actVerse, Leandercolony activity states 0
9Colony activityCol actVerse, Leandercolony activity states 1
10Colony activityCol actVerse, Leandercolony activity states 2
11Number of photosPhoto#Verse, Leanderobserved photos
12Coral lengthCoral lcmVerse, Leander
13Coral lengthCoral lcmVerse, Leander
14Wet massWet mgVerse, Leander
15Dry massDry mgVerse, Leander
16Ash massAsh mgVerse, Leander
17Ash free dry massafdmgVerse, Leander
Size:
384 data points

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