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Acropora cervicornis outplanting scores in the Florida Reef Tract from 2006-01-01 to 2099-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0209226)

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To maximize long term (>10yr) survival of nursery raised Acropora cervicornis corals, a map based tool was created that ranks locations in the Florida Acropora Critical Habitat based on climate vulnerability.

Climate vulnerability is defined both in terms of exposure to future heat stress and the coral's sensitivity as resilience. Suitable sites are determined by a number of factors, suitable sites must be within the Acropora critical habitat and within the depth range 5-15m, with either hard bottom or coral present. Those possible locations are ranked based on projected climate change impacts and a resilience metric based on seven different indicators: coral cover, macroalgae cover, bleaching resistance, coral diversity, coral disease, herbivore biomass, and temperature variability.

The data is presented as a Google Earth tool (zipped), maps, gridded netCDF files and are accompanied by a guidance document and a .csv file ranking all locations. The Google Earth tool contains five major layers: depth, turbidity, resilience, year of annual severe bleaching, and outplanting score. Bleaching projections included here use climate model data from 2006-2099.
  • Cite as: van Hooidonk, Ruben; Maynard, Jeffrey (2020). Acropora cervicornis outplanting scores in the Florida Reef Tract from 2006-01-01 to 2099-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0209226). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0209226. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2006-01-01 to 2099-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -82.9771
East: -80.0646
South: 24.4437
North: 26.3438
Spatial Coverage Map
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2020-05-12
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: 76RX2L

The Google Earth tool in this package contains five major layers: depth, turbidity, resilience, year of annual severe bleaching, and outplanting score.

Possible outplanting locations are ranked based on projected climate change impacts and a resilience metric based on seven different indicators: coral cover, macroalgae cover, bleaching resistance, coral diversity, coral disease, herbivore biomass, and temperature variability.

Bleaching projections included here use climate model data from 2006-2099.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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  • accessLevel: Public
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: van Hooidonk, Ruben; Maynard, Jeffrey (2020). Acropora cervicornis outplanting scores in the Florida Reef Tract from 2006-01-01 to 2099-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0209226). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0209226. Accessed [date].
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  • Related Funding Agency: NOAA CRCP
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
  • Geographic Information > Bathymetry
  • Geographic Information > Biology
  • Geographic Information > Climate
  • Geographic Information > Coral Bleaching
  • Geographic Information > Habitats
  • Geographic Information > Reef Locations
  • Geographic Information > Reef Resilience
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Bleaching > Bleaching Resistance
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases > Bleaching
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans)
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Barrier Reef
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature > VIIRS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Theme Keywords
  • Acropora Cervicornis Corals
  • Climate Vulnerability
  • Coral Transplant
  • Decision Tool
  • Endangered Species
  • Florida Acropora Critical Habitat
  • Outplanting
  • Outplanting Score
  • Resilience
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Contributing Data Centers
  • AOML
  • Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CoRIS Place Thesaurus
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007)
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Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CRCP Project
  • 31111
  • Climate and resilience-based decision-support tools to maximize coral transplant survivorship and reef recovery in Florida
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: van Hooidonk, Ruben; Maynard, Jeffrey (2020). Acropora cervicornis outplanting scores in the Florida Reef Tract from 2006-01-01 to 2099-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0209226). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0209226. Accessed [date].
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  • 2020-05-12T08:05:29Z - NCEI Accession 0209226 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: outplanting score Acropora cervicornis (calculated); Units: unitless; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: combination; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The outplanting score combines the normalized resilience and the year of annual severe bleaching (ASB). Here we add them, with equal weights. To do this the resilience score is scaled to the range of 0-5, and the year of ASB is also scaled to 0-5. Resilience is scaled linearly, the lowest score (0.54) is set to 0, the highest to 5. resilience score = (resilience - 0.54) x 10.87 The year of ASB is scaled linear as well: ASB score=(year-2035)/4.8 Both scores are unidirectional, a score of 0 represents a negative indicator. A score of 5 a positive one..
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  • swimmer/diver
  • VIIRS
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