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    • EOP Gold Coral (Gerardia sp.) Growth Measurements

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    Gold coral (Gerardia sp.) trees that were inspected years earlier on Pisces submersible dives were revisited and their change in size measured. The fishery for Gerardia operates using an estimate of average growth at 6mm/yr which would yield adult trees in a span of a few to several decades. In contrast independent radiometric studies suggest that large adult Gerardia colonies could be as much as a millenia old. The intent of this work was to revisit corals that had been inspected earlier and see if any appreciable growth could be seen. If not then the 6mm/yr estimate could be dismissed.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:6722
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: EOP Gold Coral (Gerardia sp.) Growth Measurements [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/6722., Access Constraints: Not applicable
    Bbox East Long -156.11666666667
    Bbox North Lat 23.96666666667
    Bbox South Lat 18.71666666667
    Bbox West Long -166.73333333333
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id ba1dc4f5-efbf-452c-9123-bbc25a59dc05
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage There are photo, maps, and track lines associated with this data but the focus was to measure height and width of gold coral colonies once using a pair of laser dots then to remeasure them years later on a return visit. Testing the hypothesis that gold coral colonies grow at 6cm/yr (hypothesis rejected).
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1998
    Temporal Extent End 2007

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