Christopher Moore
Chris Moore is an Oceanographer at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He specializes in coastal carbonate system studies that examine the relationship between rivers, estuaries, and coasts in the context of ocean acidification and climate change using in-situ sensors and discrete sampling methods.
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST)
The specific objectives of this project are to identify and describe the processes that are important in determining rates of coral-reef construction. How quickly the skeletons of calcifying organisms accumulate to form massive barrier-reef structure is determined by processes of both construction (how fast organisms grow and reproduce) and destruction (how fast reefs break down by mechanical...
CO2 System Measurements in Hillsborough River, Florida CO2 System Measurements in Hillsborough River, Florida
This dataset contains CO2 system data collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the effects of HgCl2 on low salinity organic rich estuarine water samples in the Tampa Bay estuary located in west central Florida. Discrete water samples were collected on January 26, 2022, from two 30L Niskin bottles that...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St...
Grain-Size Data from Upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL Grain-Size Data from Upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL
Sediment samples were collected from undisturbed sections of the seafloor around Crocker Reef, Florida which is a senile, degrading barrier reef located in the northern portion of the Florida Reef Tract (Figure 1). Samples were collected from November 2017 to April 2019. The sediment sample locations were near instruments deployed during the same period to record time series of ocean...
Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, USA Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of discrete seawater samples analyzed for carbonate system and basic water quality parameters including water temperature (degrees C), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), total alkalinity (micromol/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (micromol/kg), nitrate + nitrite (micromol/L), nitrite (micromol/L), silicate (micromol/L), ammonium...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, at the University...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements from Crocker Reef, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements from Crocker Reef, Florida, USA
This dataset contains carbonate system data collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the effects of carbon cycling, coastal and ocean acidification at Crocker Reef located along the Florida Keys Reef Tract, in Southeast Florida, USA. These data were collected using an autonomous instrument called the...
Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series and spatial measurements of discrete seawater samples analyzed for carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), total alkalinity (micromol/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) (micromol/kg), nitrate + nitrite (micromol/L), nitrite (micromol/L), silicate (micromol/L)...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (?C), conductivity (siemens), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (micromol/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in Tampa Bay, Florida by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
Distribution of Sediments at Crocker Reef, Florida, 2013-2014 Distribution of Sediments at Crocker Reef, Florida, 2013-2014
Understanding the processes that govern whether a coral reef is accreting (growing) or dissolving are fundamental to questions of reef health and resiliency. The Reefscape Characterization task of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST) project is focused on geochemical, geologic, and metabolic processes that affect carbonate precipitation and dissolution on coral reefs. For the 1-km x...
Microbial and environmental dataset from Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014-2015 Microbial and environmental dataset from Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014-2015
Crocker Reef was the site of an integrated reefscape characterization effort focused on calcification and related biogeochemical processes as part of the USGS Coral Reef Ecosystem Study (CREST) project. This effort included two intensive seasonal sampling trips to capture summer (July 8 to 17, 2014) and winter (January 29 to February 5, 2015) conditions. This data release represents...
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Population vulnerability of residents, employees, and cruise-ship passengers to tsunami hazards of islands in complex seismic regions: A case study of the U.S. Virgin Islands Population vulnerability of residents, employees, and cruise-ship passengers to tsunami hazards of islands in complex seismic regions: A case study of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Reducing the potential for loss of life from tsunamis is challenging on islands located in complex seismic regions given the multiple sources that surround islands, differences among islands in the amount of time needed to evacuate before wave arrival, and the high number of residents, employees, and tourists in tsunami-hazard zones. We examine variations in population vulnerability in...
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Nathan Wood, Jeff Peters, Christopher Moore
An assessment of HgII to preserve carbonate system parameters in organic-rich estuarine waters An assessment of HgII to preserve carbonate system parameters in organic-rich estuarine waters
This work assesses the effectiveness of sample preservation techniques for measurements of pHT (total scale), total dissolved inorganic carbon (CT), and total alkalinity (AT) in organic-rich estuarine waters as well as the internal consistency of measurements and calculations (e.g., AT, pHT, and CT) in these waters. Using mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-treated and untreated water samples...
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Christopher Moore, Robert Byrne, Kimberly Yates
Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological stability to plant defense evolution. Our understanding of what influences variability, however, is limited by sparse data. We collected standardized...
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Moria Robinson, Karen Abbott, Warwick Allen, Janete Andrade, Diego Angulo, Diego Anjos, Daniel Anstett, Robert Bagchi, Sumanta Bagchi, Milton Barbosa, Sarah Barrett, Carina Baskett, Eyal Ben-Simchon, Kathryn Bloodworth, Judith L. Bronstein, Emilio Bruna, Yvonne Buckley, Karin Burghardt, Carlos Bustos-Segura, N. Cacho, Eduardo Calixto, Raquel Carvalho, Bastien Castagneyrol, Mariana Chiuffo, Damla Cinoğlu, Elizeth Cinto Mejia, Marina Cock, Rodrigo Cogni, Olivia Cope, Tatiana Cornelissen, Dezirea Cortez, David Crowder, Caroline Dallstream, Wesley Dattilo, Julien Davis, Romina Dimarco, Haley Dole, Lee Dyer, Ikponmwosa Egbon, Afure Ejomah, Bret Elderd, Maria-Jose Endara, Micky D. Eubanks, Susan Everingham, Keiko Farah, Rafael Farias, Geraldo Fernandes, Marco Ferrante, Alain Finn, Grace Florjancic, Matthew Forister, Quinn Fox, Enric Frago, Filipe Franca, Abigail Getman-Pickering, Zoe Getman-Pickering, Ben Gooden, Martin Gossner, Keri Greig, Sofia Gripenberg, Ronny Groenteman, Patrick Grof-Tisza, Nora Haack, Lisa Hahn, Philip Hahn, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Justus Hennecke, Sara Hermann, Liza Holeski, Matthew Hutchinson, Brian Inouye, Eleanor Jackson, Shinnosuke Kagiya, Michael Kalwajtys, Richard Karban, Rupesh Kariyat, Tamar Keasar, Monica Kersch-Becker, Heather Kharouba, Tania Kim, Duncan Kimuyu, Jennifer Kluse, Sally Koerner, Kimberly Komatsu, Sushmita Krishnan, Miika Laihonen, Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Michael LaScaleia, Nicolas Lecomte, Carlos Lehn, Xiaofei Li, Richard Lindroth, Eric LoPresti, Maria Losada, Allison Louthan, Victoria Luizzi, Joshua Lynn, Nicholas Lyon, Lais Maia, Renata Maia, Tosca Mannall, Bruce Martin, Tara Massad, Andrew McCall, Kelsey McGurrin, Andrew Merwin, Zarluis Mijango-Ramos, Charlotte Mills, Angela Moles, Christopher Moore, Colin Morrison, Moleseng Moshobane, Anne Muola, Ryosuke Nakadai, Kazuhide Nakajima, Samuel Novais, Charlee Ogbebor, Haruna Ohsaki, Vincent Pan, Nicholas Pardikes, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Rohit Pawar, Quentin Paynter, Ian Pearse, Rachel Penczykowski, Adam Pepi, Cassio Pereira, Shyam Phartyal, Frida Piper, Katja Poveda, Elizabeth Pringle, Javier Puy, Teresa Quijano, Carolina Quintero, Sergio Rasmann, Christoph Rosche, Leah Rosenheim, Justin Runyon, Asaf Sadeh, Yuzu Sakata, Danielle Salcido, Cristian Salgado-Luarte, Braulio Santos, Yuval Sapir, Yamila Sasal, Yasuhiro Sato, Manasi Sawant, Hayley Schroeder, Isabell Schumann, Michal Segoli, Hila Segre, Oren Shelef, Naoto Shinohara, Rachit Singh, David Smith, Mar Sobral, Gisela Stotz, Ayco Tack, Mandeep Tayal, John Tooker, Daniel Torrico-Bazoberry, Kevin Tougeron, Nora Underwood, Shunsuke Utsumi, Osariyekemwen Uyi, Jessica Vaca-Uribe, Anu Valtonen, Laura van Dijk, Vigdis Vandvik, Jesus Villellas, Lauren Waller, Marjorie Weber, William Wetzel, Susan Whitehead, Akira Yamawo, Samantha Yim, Luke Zehr, Zhiwei Zhong
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
The benefits of masting (volatile, quasi-synchronous seed production at lagged intervals) include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen and seed dispersers. If the evolution of masting represents a balance between these benefits and costs, we expect mast avoidance in species that are heavily reliant on mutualist dispersers. These effects...
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Tong Qiu, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Michal Mogdziewicz, Thomas Biovin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Maxime Cailleret, Rafael Calama, Sergio Calderon, J. Camarero, Chia-Hua Chang-Yang, Jerome Chave, Francesco Chianucci, Benoit Courbaud, Andrea Cutini, Adrian Das, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfar-Rios, Jerry Franklin, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzner, Cathryn Greenberg, Arthur Guignabert, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Jan Holik, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Valentin Journé, Thomas Kitzberger, Jean Knops, Georges Kunstler, Hiroko Kurokawa, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene LaMontagne, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Anders Marell, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Shoji Naoe, Mohoko Noguchi, Michio Oguro, Robert Parmenter, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, Tomasz Podforski, John Poulsen, Miranda Redmond, Chad Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Fransisco Rodrigues-Sanchez, Pavel Samonil, Javier Sanguinetto, Lane Scher, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Mitsue Shibata, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Amy V. Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Joseph Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmermann, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Coastal acidification trends and controls in a subtropical estuary, Tampa Bay, Florida USA Coastal acidification trends and controls in a subtropical estuary, Tampa Bay, Florida USA
Many coastal estuaries have experienced declines in pH over the past few decades due to coastal acidification. However, mean monthly water column pH values (collected during daylight hours) have increased in Tampa Bay, Florida over recent decades concurrent with seagrass recovery. We measured changes in carbonate system and water quality variables in Tampa Bay and the near-coastal Gulf...
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Kimberly Yates, Christopher Moore, Mitchell Lemon, Ryan Moyer, David Tomasko, R. Masserini, Edward Sherwood
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest...
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Tong Qiu, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Thomas Biovin, Raul Bonal, Don Bragg, Thomas Caignard, Rafael Calama, J. Julio Camarero, Chia-Huo Chang-Yang, Natalie Cleavitt, Benoit Courbaud, Francois Courbet, Thomas Curt, Adrian Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Donoso Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfan-Rios, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzner, Cathryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Valentin Journe, Daisuke Kabeya, Christopher Kilner, Thomas Kitzberger, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard Kobe, Georges Kunstler, Hiroko Kurokawa, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene LaMontagne, Mateusz Ledwon, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Kyotaro Noguchi, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, John Poulsen, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Francisco Rodrigues-Sanchez, Javier Sanguinetti, C. Scher, Wiliam Schlesinger, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, I-Fang Sun, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Thomas T. Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Boyd Wright, S. Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmermann, Roman Zlotin, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Lack of tree fecundity data across climatic gradients precludes the analysis of how seed supply contributes to global variation in forest regeneration and biotic interactions responsible for biodiversity. A global synthesis of raw seedproduction data shows a 250-fold increase in seed abundance from cold-dry to warm-wet climates, driven primarily by a 100-fold increase in seed production...
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Valentin Journe, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Rafael Calama, J. Camarero, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Benoit Courbaud, Francois Courbet, Thomas Curt, Adrian Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfan-Rios, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzer, Cathryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Daisuke Kabeya, Roland Kays, Thomas Kitzberger, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard Kobe, Georges Kunstler, Jonathan Lageard, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Kyotaro Noguchi, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, John Poulsen, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Tong Qiu, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, Javier Sanguinetti, C. Scher, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, Jennifer Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Thomas Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Boyd Wright, S. Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmerman, Roman Zlotin, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects
Indirect climate effects on tree fecundity that come through variation in size and growth (climate-condition interactions) are not currently part of models used to predict future forests. Trends in species abundances predicted from meta-analyses and species distribution models will be misleading if they depend on the conditions of individuals. Here we find from a synthesis of tree...
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James Clark, Robert Andrus, Melaine Aubry-Kientz, Yves Bergeron, Michal Bogdziewicz, Don Bragg, Dale Brockway, Natalie Cleavitt, Susan Cohen, Benoit Courbaud, Robert Daley, Adrian Das, Michael Dietze, Timothy Fahey, Istem Fer, Jerry Franklin, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Catheryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Christopher Kilner, Johannes Knops, Walter Koenig, Georges Kunstler, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Kristin Legg, Jordan Luongo, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Yassine Messaoud, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Orrin Myers, Chase Nunez, Robert Parmenter, Scott Pearson, Renata Poulton Kamakura, Ethan Ready, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, C. Scher, Wiliam Schlesinger, Amanda Schwantes, Erin Shanahan, Shubhi Sharma, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer Swenson, Margaret Swift, Thomas Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Kai Zhu, Roman Zlotin
Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan
Coastal acidification caused by eutrophication, freshwater inflow, and upwelling is already affecting many estuaries worldwide and can be exacerbated by ocean acidification that is caused by increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Effective management, mitigation, and (or) adaptation to the effects of coastal and ocean acidification require careful monitoring of the resulting...
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Kimberly Yates, Christopher S. Moore, Nathan Goldstein, Edward Sherwood
Hydrodynamics and sediment mobility processes over a degraded senile coral reef Hydrodynamics and sediment mobility processes over a degraded senile coral reef
Coral reefs can influence hydrodynamics and morphodynamics by dissipating and refracting incident wave energy, modifying circulation patterns, and altering sediment transport pathways. In this study, the sediment and hydrodynamic response of a senile (dead) barrier reef (Crocker Reef, located in the upper portion of the Florida Reef Tract) to storms and quiescent conditions was evaluated...
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Legna M. Torres-Garcia, P. Dalyander, Joseph W. Long, David G. Zawada, Kimberly Yates, Christopher Moore, Maitane Olabarrieta
Ocean acidification buffering effects of seagrass in Tampa Bay Ocean acidification buffering effects of seagrass in Tampa Bay
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified ocean acidification as a critical threat to marine and estuarine species in ocean and coastal ecosystems around the world. However, seagrasses are projected to benefit from elevated atmospheric pCO2, are capable of increasing seawater pH and carbonate mineral saturation states through photosynthesis, and may help buffer against...
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Kimberly Yates, Ryan Moyer, Christopher Moore, David Tomasko, Nathan A. Smiley, Legna Torres-Garcia, Christina Powell, Amanda Chappel, Ioana Bociu
Seasonal microbial and environmental parameters at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014–2015 Seasonal microbial and environmental parameters at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014–2015
Crocker Reef, located on the outer reef tract of the Florida Keys (fig. 1), was the site of an integrated “reefscape characterization” effort focused on calcification and related biogeochemical processes as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coral Reef Ecosystem STudies (CREST) project. It is characterized as a senile or dead reef, with only scattered stony coral colonies and...
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Christina Kellogg, Kimberly Yates, Stephanie Lawler, Christopher Moore, Nathan A. Smiley
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST)
The specific objectives of this project are to identify and describe the processes that are important in determining rates of coral-reef construction. How quickly the skeletons of calcifying organisms accumulate to form massive barrier-reef structure is determined by processes of both construction (how fast organisms grow and reproduce) and destruction (how fast reefs break down by mechanical...
CO2 System Measurements in Hillsborough River, Florida CO2 System Measurements in Hillsborough River, Florida
This dataset contains CO2 system data collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the effects of HgCl2 on low salinity organic rich estuarine water samples in the Tampa Bay estuary located in west central Florida. Discrete water samples were collected on January 26, 2022, from two 30L Niskin bottles that...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida, by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St...
Grain-Size Data from Upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL Grain-Size Data from Upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL
Sediment samples were collected from undisturbed sections of the seafloor around Crocker Reef, Florida which is a senile, degrading barrier reef located in the northern portion of the Florida Reef Tract (Figure 1). Samples were collected from November 2017 to April 2019. The sediment sample locations were near instruments deployed during the same period to record time series of ocean...
Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, USA Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of discrete seawater samples analyzed for carbonate system and basic water quality parameters including water temperature (degrees C), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), total alkalinity (micromol/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (micromol/kg), nitrate + nitrite (micromol/L), nitrite (micromol/L), silicate (micromol/L), ammonium...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, at the University...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements from Crocker Reef, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements from Crocker Reef, Florida, USA
This dataset contains carbonate system data collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the effects of carbon cycling, coastal and ocean acidification at Crocker Reef located along the Florida Keys Reef Tract, in Southeast Florida, USA. These data were collected using an autonomous instrument called the...
Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series and spatial measurements of discrete seawater samples analyzed for carbonate system parameters including water temperature (degrees C), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), total alkalinity (micromol/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) (micromol/kg), nitrate + nitrite (micromol/L), nitrite (micromol/L), silicate (micromol/L)...
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (?C), conductivity (siemens), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (micromol/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in Tampa Bay, Florida by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
Distribution of Sediments at Crocker Reef, Florida, 2013-2014 Distribution of Sediments at Crocker Reef, Florida, 2013-2014
Understanding the processes that govern whether a coral reef is accreting (growing) or dissolving are fundamental to questions of reef health and resiliency. The Reefscape Characterization task of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST) project is focused on geochemical, geologic, and metabolic processes that affect carbonate precipitation and dissolution on coral reefs. For the 1-km x...
Microbial and environmental dataset from Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014-2015 Microbial and environmental dataset from Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014-2015
Crocker Reef was the site of an integrated reefscape characterization effort focused on calcification and related biogeochemical processes as part of the USGS Coral Reef Ecosystem Study (CREST) project. This effort included two intensive seasonal sampling trips to capture summer (July 8 to 17, 2014) and winter (January 29 to February 5, 2015) conditions. This data release represents...
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Population vulnerability of residents, employees, and cruise-ship passengers to tsunami hazards of islands in complex seismic regions: A case study of the U.S. Virgin Islands Population vulnerability of residents, employees, and cruise-ship passengers to tsunami hazards of islands in complex seismic regions: A case study of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Reducing the potential for loss of life from tsunamis is challenging on islands located in complex seismic regions given the multiple sources that surround islands, differences among islands in the amount of time needed to evacuate before wave arrival, and the high number of residents, employees, and tourists in tsunami-hazard zones. We examine variations in population vulnerability in...
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Nathan Wood, Jeff Peters, Christopher Moore
An assessment of HgII to preserve carbonate system parameters in organic-rich estuarine waters An assessment of HgII to preserve carbonate system parameters in organic-rich estuarine waters
This work assesses the effectiveness of sample preservation techniques for measurements of pHT (total scale), total dissolved inorganic carbon (CT), and total alkalinity (AT) in organic-rich estuarine waters as well as the internal consistency of measurements and calculations (e.g., AT, pHT, and CT) in these waters. Using mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-treated and untreated water samples...
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Christopher Moore, Robert Byrne, Kimberly Yates
Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological stability to plant defense evolution. Our understanding of what influences variability, however, is limited by sparse data. We collected standardized...
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Moria Robinson, Karen Abbott, Warwick Allen, Janete Andrade, Diego Angulo, Diego Anjos, Daniel Anstett, Robert Bagchi, Sumanta Bagchi, Milton Barbosa, Sarah Barrett, Carina Baskett, Eyal Ben-Simchon, Kathryn Bloodworth, Judith L. Bronstein, Emilio Bruna, Yvonne Buckley, Karin Burghardt, Carlos Bustos-Segura, N. Cacho, Eduardo Calixto, Raquel Carvalho, Bastien Castagneyrol, Mariana Chiuffo, Damla Cinoğlu, Elizeth Cinto Mejia, Marina Cock, Rodrigo Cogni, Olivia Cope, Tatiana Cornelissen, Dezirea Cortez, David Crowder, Caroline Dallstream, Wesley Dattilo, Julien Davis, Romina Dimarco, Haley Dole, Lee Dyer, Ikponmwosa Egbon, Afure Ejomah, Bret Elderd, Maria-Jose Endara, Micky D. Eubanks, Susan Everingham, Keiko Farah, Rafael Farias, Geraldo Fernandes, Marco Ferrante, Alain Finn, Grace Florjancic, Matthew Forister, Quinn Fox, Enric Frago, Filipe Franca, Abigail Getman-Pickering, Zoe Getman-Pickering, Ben Gooden, Martin Gossner, Keri Greig, Sofia Gripenberg, Ronny Groenteman, Patrick Grof-Tisza, Nora Haack, Lisa Hahn, Philip Hahn, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Justus Hennecke, Sara Hermann, Liza Holeski, Matthew Hutchinson, Brian Inouye, Eleanor Jackson, Shinnosuke Kagiya, Michael Kalwajtys, Richard Karban, Rupesh Kariyat, Tamar Keasar, Monica Kersch-Becker, Heather Kharouba, Tania Kim, Duncan Kimuyu, Jennifer Kluse, Sally Koerner, Kimberly Komatsu, Sushmita Krishnan, Miika Laihonen, Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Michael LaScaleia, Nicolas Lecomte, Carlos Lehn, Xiaofei Li, Richard Lindroth, Eric LoPresti, Maria Losada, Allison Louthan, Victoria Luizzi, Joshua Lynn, Nicholas Lyon, Lais Maia, Renata Maia, Tosca Mannall, Bruce Martin, Tara Massad, Andrew McCall, Kelsey McGurrin, Andrew Merwin, Zarluis Mijango-Ramos, Charlotte Mills, Angela Moles, Christopher Moore, Colin Morrison, Moleseng Moshobane, Anne Muola, Ryosuke Nakadai, Kazuhide Nakajima, Samuel Novais, Charlee Ogbebor, Haruna Ohsaki, Vincent Pan, Nicholas Pardikes, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Rohit Pawar, Quentin Paynter, Ian Pearse, Rachel Penczykowski, Adam Pepi, Cassio Pereira, Shyam Phartyal, Frida Piper, Katja Poveda, Elizabeth Pringle, Javier Puy, Teresa Quijano, Carolina Quintero, Sergio Rasmann, Christoph Rosche, Leah Rosenheim, Justin Runyon, Asaf Sadeh, Yuzu Sakata, Danielle Salcido, Cristian Salgado-Luarte, Braulio Santos, Yuval Sapir, Yamila Sasal, Yasuhiro Sato, Manasi Sawant, Hayley Schroeder, Isabell Schumann, Michal Segoli, Hila Segre, Oren Shelef, Naoto Shinohara, Rachit Singh, David Smith, Mar Sobral, Gisela Stotz, Ayco Tack, Mandeep Tayal, John Tooker, Daniel Torrico-Bazoberry, Kevin Tougeron, Nora Underwood, Shunsuke Utsumi, Osariyekemwen Uyi, Jessica Vaca-Uribe, Anu Valtonen, Laura van Dijk, Vigdis Vandvik, Jesus Villellas, Lauren Waller, Marjorie Weber, William Wetzel, Susan Whitehead, Akira Yamawo, Samantha Yim, Luke Zehr, Zhiwei Zhong
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
The benefits of masting (volatile, quasi-synchronous seed production at lagged intervals) include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen and seed dispersers. If the evolution of masting represents a balance between these benefits and costs, we expect mast avoidance in species that are heavily reliant on mutualist dispersers. These effects...
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Tong Qiu, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Michal Mogdziewicz, Thomas Biovin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Maxime Cailleret, Rafael Calama, Sergio Calderon, J. Camarero, Chia-Hua Chang-Yang, Jerome Chave, Francesco Chianucci, Benoit Courbaud, Andrea Cutini, Adrian Das, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfar-Rios, Jerry Franklin, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzner, Cathryn Greenberg, Arthur Guignabert, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Jan Holik, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Valentin Journé, Thomas Kitzberger, Jean Knops, Georges Kunstler, Hiroko Kurokawa, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene LaMontagne, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Anders Marell, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Shoji Naoe, Mohoko Noguchi, Michio Oguro, Robert Parmenter, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, Tomasz Podforski, John Poulsen, Miranda Redmond, Chad Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Fransisco Rodrigues-Sanchez, Pavel Samonil, Javier Sanguinetto, Lane Scher, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Mitsue Shibata, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Amy V. Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Joseph Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmermann, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Coastal acidification trends and controls in a subtropical estuary, Tampa Bay, Florida USA Coastal acidification trends and controls in a subtropical estuary, Tampa Bay, Florida USA
Many coastal estuaries have experienced declines in pH over the past few decades due to coastal acidification. However, mean monthly water column pH values (collected during daylight hours) have increased in Tampa Bay, Florida over recent decades concurrent with seagrass recovery. We measured changes in carbonate system and water quality variables in Tampa Bay and the near-coastal Gulf...
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Kimberly Yates, Christopher Moore, Mitchell Lemon, Ryan Moyer, David Tomasko, R. Masserini, Edward Sherwood
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest...
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Tong Qiu, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Thomas Biovin, Raul Bonal, Don Bragg, Thomas Caignard, Rafael Calama, J. Julio Camarero, Chia-Huo Chang-Yang, Natalie Cleavitt, Benoit Courbaud, Francois Courbet, Thomas Curt, Adrian Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Donoso Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfan-Rios, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzner, Cathryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Valentin Journe, Daisuke Kabeya, Christopher Kilner, Thomas Kitzberger, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard Kobe, Georges Kunstler, Hiroko Kurokawa, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene LaMontagne, Mateusz Ledwon, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Kyotaro Noguchi, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, John Poulsen, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Francisco Rodrigues-Sanchez, Javier Sanguinetti, C. Scher, Wiliam Schlesinger, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, I-Fang Sun, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Thomas T. Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Boyd Wright, S. Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmermann, Roman Zlotin, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Lack of tree fecundity data across climatic gradients precludes the analysis of how seed supply contributes to global variation in forest regeneration and biotic interactions responsible for biodiversity. A global synthesis of raw seedproduction data shows a 250-fold increase in seed abundance from cold-dry to warm-wet climates, driven primarily by a 100-fold increase in seed production...
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Valentin Journe, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Davide Ascoli, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Rafael Calama, J. Camarero, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Benoit Courbaud, Francois Courbet, Thomas Curt, Adrian Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy Fahey, William Farfan-Rios, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Georg Gratzer, Cathryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Daisuke Kabeya, Roland Kays, Thomas Kitzberger, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard Kobe, Georges Kunstler, Jonathan Lageard, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan Myers, Thomas Nagel, Kyotaro Noguchi, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, John Poulsen, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Tong Qiu, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, Javier Sanguinetti, C. Scher, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Miles Silman, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Jacob Straub, Jennifer Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Thomas Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Boyd Wright, S. Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess Zimmerman, Roman Zlotin, Magdalena Zywiec, James Clark
Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects
Indirect climate effects on tree fecundity that come through variation in size and growth (climate-condition interactions) are not currently part of models used to predict future forests. Trends in species abundances predicted from meta-analyses and species distribution models will be misleading if they depend on the conditions of individuals. Here we find from a synthesis of tree...
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James Clark, Robert Andrus, Melaine Aubry-Kientz, Yves Bergeron, Michal Bogdziewicz, Don Bragg, Dale Brockway, Natalie Cleavitt, Susan Cohen, Benoit Courbaud, Robert Daley, Adrian Das, Michael Dietze, Timothy Fahey, Istem Fer, Jerry Franklin, Catherine Gehring, Gregory Gilbert, Catheryn Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Christopher Kilner, Johannes Knops, Walter Koenig, Georges Kunstler, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Kristin Legg, Jordan Luongo, James Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot McIntire, Yassine Messaoud, Christopher Moore, Emily Moran, Orrin Myers, Chase Nunez, Robert Parmenter, Scott Pearson, Renata Poulton Kamakura, Ethan Ready, Miranda Redmond, Chantal Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, C. Scher, Wiliam Schlesinger, Amanda Schwantes, Erin Shanahan, Shubhi Sharma, Michael Steele, Nathan Stephenson, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer Swenson, Margaret Swift, Thomas Veblen, Amy Whipple, Thomas Whitham, Andreas Wion, Kai Zhu, Roman Zlotin
Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan
Coastal acidification caused by eutrophication, freshwater inflow, and upwelling is already affecting many estuaries worldwide and can be exacerbated by ocean acidification that is caused by increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Effective management, mitigation, and (or) adaptation to the effects of coastal and ocean acidification require careful monitoring of the resulting...
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Kimberly Yates, Christopher S. Moore, Nathan Goldstein, Edward Sherwood
Hydrodynamics and sediment mobility processes over a degraded senile coral reef Hydrodynamics and sediment mobility processes over a degraded senile coral reef
Coral reefs can influence hydrodynamics and morphodynamics by dissipating and refracting incident wave energy, modifying circulation patterns, and altering sediment transport pathways. In this study, the sediment and hydrodynamic response of a senile (dead) barrier reef (Crocker Reef, located in the upper portion of the Florida Reef Tract) to storms and quiescent conditions was evaluated...
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Legna M. Torres-Garcia, P. Dalyander, Joseph W. Long, David G. Zawada, Kimberly Yates, Christopher Moore, Maitane Olabarrieta
Ocean acidification buffering effects of seagrass in Tampa Bay Ocean acidification buffering effects of seagrass in Tampa Bay
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified ocean acidification as a critical threat to marine and estuarine species in ocean and coastal ecosystems around the world. However, seagrasses are projected to benefit from elevated atmospheric pCO2, are capable of increasing seawater pH and carbonate mineral saturation states through photosynthesis, and may help buffer against...
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Kimberly Yates, Ryan Moyer, Christopher Moore, David Tomasko, Nathan A. Smiley, Legna Torres-Garcia, Christina Powell, Amanda Chappel, Ioana Bociu
Seasonal microbial and environmental parameters at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014–2015 Seasonal microbial and environmental parameters at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014–2015
Crocker Reef, located on the outer reef tract of the Florida Keys (fig. 1), was the site of an integrated “reefscape characterization” effort focused on calcification and related biogeochemical processes as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coral Reef Ecosystem STudies (CREST) project. It is characterized as a senile or dead reef, with only scattered stony coral colonies and...
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Christina Kellogg, Kimberly Yates, Stephanie Lawler, Christopher Moore, Nathan A. Smiley