Exploring the hidden shallows: inner-shelf reef growth and future trajectories of reef geomorphic change (NERC grant NE/J023329/1)
Four datasets for NERC grant NE/J023329/1, Paluma Shoals reef complex, Halifax Bay, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. DATASET 1: Single Beam acoustic survey data. This dataset comprises the single beam acoustic data that was collected from transects across the Paluma Shoals reef complex, Halifax Bay, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The dataset comprises of depth measurements (m) and the latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates of 58,255 point samples across the study area. The dataset was used to construct Figure 1C in Morgan, K. M., Perry, C. T., Smithers, S. G., Johnson, J. A., & Daniell, J. J. (2016). Evidence of extensive reef development and high coral cover in nearshore environments: implications for understanding coral adaptation in turbid settings. Scientific Reports, 6. DATASET 2: Paluma Shoals core data (sedimentology and palaeoecology This dataset includes all collected sedimentary and coral palaeoecological data collected from cores from across the Paluma Shoals Reef Complex, Halifax Bay, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. This includes 1) a list of the cores recovered, their geographic location and their depths; 2) data on the mud and carbonate content of the sediment matrix from each core; 3) grainsize data from each core; 4) data from thin section analysis from each delineated facies in cores; and 5) downcore data on coral constituent abundance. DATASET 3: Core radiocarbon dates This dataset comprises the radiocarbon dates obtained from coral samples from cores collected across the Paluma Shoals Reef Complex, Halifax Bay, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Dates are from the NERC Radiocarbon dating lab (SUERC) in East Kilbride. DATASET 4: Benthic video imagery This dataset comprises screen grab images collected along towed transects across the Paluma Shoals reef complex, Halifax Bay, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Each image has the relevant lat, long coordinates printed on the top right hand corner. The sites names (folders) relate to the sites described in the following paper: Morgan KM, Perry CT, Smithers SG, Daniell JJ and Johnson JA (2016) Extensive reef development within the “mesophotic” nearshore Great Barrier Reef: Evidence for intra-regional variations in coral resilience. Scientific Reports 6:29616. DOI: 10.1038/srep29616
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Single Beam acoustic survey data were collected in July 2013 and July 2014 over an area of ~15.5 km2 using a single-beam echo sounder (Ceeducer Ceestar 200 kHz), coupled with a Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). Data were acquired along a suite of closely spaced (every ~100 m) north-south parallel lines across the location of known shoals (observed in Landsat imagery), and a series of ~500 m spaced shore-perpendicular lines to provide broader context for the shoals. Depth values were corrected for tidal variations throughout surveying in CarisTM HIPS and reduced to lowest astronomical tide (LAT) datum using tide gauge data at the Port of Townsville. Core data (sedimentology and palaeoecology),the cores from which the data were collected were recovered in July 2013 and July 2014. These data are based on the analysis of sediment samples recovered on a downcore basis (the depths from which each sample derive are listed in the attached Excel spreadsheet). This data was used as the basis for the following published study: Johnson JA, Perry CT, Smithers SG, Morgan KM, Johnson KG (2017, in press) Depth-controlled patterns in vertical coral community development within the turbid nearshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef: baselines for assessing ecological change. Coral Reefs Core radiocarbon dates, the cores from which the data were collected were recovered in July 2013 and July 2014. This data was used as the basis for the following published study: Morgan KM, Perry CT, Smithers SG, Johnson JA, Gulliver P (2016) Transitions in coral reef accretion rates linked to intrinsic ecological shifts on turbid-zone nearshore reefs. Geology 44: 995-998. Benthic video imagery, these images were collected in July 2013 and July 2014 using a hand-held frame-mounted underwater video camera (SeaViewer with Sea-Track™ GPS overlay). The camera was towed ~1 m above the seafloor along multiple 300 m transect lines. Still frames (~1 m2) were extracted from the video at automated 8 sec intervals (n = 4420) and a digital 9-point grid overlay was added.
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