Citation:

PANGAEA.990398 (dataset in review)

Name: Community composition analysis of sediment cores collected in 2014 on the reef slope of Clerke Island, Australia
Creator: Ellen Hall
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: community composition; Coral; dating; MC-ICP-MS; Sediment core; U-Th

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Abstract:

Twelve reef sediment cores were collected on the leeward reef slope of Clerke Island, QLD, Australia via manual percussion coring on SCUBA in August of 2014. Each of these sediment cores were then divided into 5 cm subsections and sieved to collect clasts >4 mm. The genus of coral clasts >4 mm within each subsection were identified. Biomass of each genus was determined by weighing each sample after drying. Weighing and subsampling of cores occurred in early 2021. This data was collected to assess the temporal changes in coral community composition and understand how coral community dynamics in an isolated reef ecosystem with limited impact from sediment run-off and other localised anthropogenic effects since European colonisation.

Keyword(s):

community composition; Coral; dating; MC-ICP-MS; Sediment core; U-Th

Funding:

Australian Research Council (ARC), grant/award no. LE170100219 : A multi-institutional environmental radioactivity research centre

Department of the Environment, grant/award no. DP180102526: National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub Project 1.3

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -11.971877 * Median Longitude: 143.282820 * South-bound Latitude: -11.974900 * West-bound Longitude: 143.281580 * North-bound Latitude: -11.967880 * East-bound Longitude: 143.284460

Date/Time Start: 2014-08-04T02:40:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-08-16T05:25:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.00 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 3.25 m

Event(s):

CLES1C1 * Latitude: -11.972850 * Longitude: 143.282420 * Date/Time: 2014-08-04T02:40:00 * Elevation: -2.2 m * Location: Coral Sea * Method/Device: Manual percussion coring conducted on SCUBA

CLES1C2 * Latitude: -11.972850 * Longitude: 143.282420 * Date/Time: 2014-08-04T05:30:00 * Elevation: -1.2 m * Location: Coral Sea * Method/Device: Manual percussion coring conducted on SCUBA

CLES1C3 * Latitude: -11.972850 * Longitude: 143.282420 * Date/Time: 2014-08-04T22:55:00 * Elevation: -2.6 m * Location: Coral Sea * Method/Device: Manual percussion coring conducted on SCUBA

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Hall, Ellen
2	Latitude of event	Latitude		Hall, Ellen
3	Longitude of event	Longitude		Hall, Ellen
4	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Hall, Ellen	Geocode – depth start
5	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Hall, Ellen	Geocode – depth end
6	Indeterminata, mass	Indeterminata m	g	Hall, Ellen	Unidentified
7	Shells, mass	Shells m	g	Hall, Ellen
8	Crustose coralline algae, mass	CCA m	g	Hall, Ellen
9	Bryozoa, mass	Bryozoa m	g	Hall, Ellen	Bryozoan
10	Acropora, mass	Acropora m	g	Hall, Ellen
11	Millepora, mass	Millepora m	g	Hall, Ellen
12	Seriatopora, mass	Seriatopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
13	Porites, mass	Porites m	g	Hall, Ellen	Porities
14	Echinopora, mass	Echinopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
15	Pocillopora, mass	Pocillopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
16	Goniopora, mass	Goniopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
17	Distichopora, mass	Distichopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
18	Galaxea, mass	Galaxea m	g	Hall, Ellen
19	Lobophyllia, mass	Lobophyllia m	g	Hall, Ellen
20	Stylophora, mass	Stylophora m	g	Hall, Ellen
21	Tube worm, mass	Tube worm m	g	Hall, Ellen
22	Azooxanthellate, mass	Azooxanthellate m	g	Hall, Ellen
23	Fungia, mass	Fungia m	g	Hall, Ellen
24	Caulastrea, mass	Caulastrea m	g	Hall, Ellen
25	Foraminifera, mass	Foraminifera m	g	Hall, Ellen
26	Montipora, mass	Montipora m	g	Hall, Ellen
27	Isopora, mass	Isopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
28	Hydnophora, mass	Hydnophora m	g	Hall, Ellen
29	Echinodermata, mass	Echinodermata m	g	Hall, Ellen	Echnioderms
30	Oxypora, mass	Oxypora m	g	Hall, Ellen
31	Tubastrea, mass	Tubastrea m	g	Hall, Ellen
32	Pavona, mass	Pavona m	g	Hall, Ellen
33	Merulina, mass	Merulina m	g	Hall, Ellen
34	Mycedium, mass	Mycedium m	g	Hall, Ellen
35	Goniastrea, mass	Goniastrea m	g	Hall, Ellen
36	Leptoseris, mass	Leptoseris m	g	Hall, Ellen
37	Psammocora, mass	Psammocora m	g	Hall, Ellen
38	Pachyseris, mass	Pachyseris m	g	Hall, Ellen
39	Tubipora, mass	Tubipora m	g	Hall, Ellen
40	Favites, mass	Favites m	g	Hall, Ellen	Favities
41	Alveopora, mass	Alveopora m	g	Hall, Ellen
42	Echinopora, mass	Echinopora m	g	Hall, Ellen	Achinopora
43	Dipsastraea, mass	Dipsastraea m	g	Hall, Ellen

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

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