#NumericalCARBONATE KnowledgeBase 7 Sep 2010 CJJ "#Chris Jenkins INSTAAR, Donald Potts UCSC Sep 2010" SI "#This KnowledgeBase should be limited to taxa which are: abundant, dominant, ubiquitous, well-documented and functionally important." #Preferably it should be species-specific. Then a species can be used as an indicator in the final results. #The references on which it is based should be given per line of data. General references can be included at the creature line or in a # line. #Parameters Values Units Data Details Parameter Details References Standard; Non-standard Standard; Non-standard Creature= Phormidium_crosbyanum 0 Heterotrophic carbonate-producing Bacteria Pringaul++; http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/74/4/462 .Alternatives .Colony.Size av=20;mx=90 mm linear size http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/48/3/751.pdf .Colony.Capacity 5 % pat area per metre; from_photos Observed areal coverages http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/48/3/751.pdf .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) CJJ .Colony.GrowthRate mx=1*0.0001 mm/day linear extension http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/48/3/751.pdf .Colony.Morphology aggregated; globular $ Descriptive CJJ .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 100 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 5 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize mn=150;mx=6000 microns mx=150x(2000>>6000) Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial Gautret et al. 74 (4): 462. (2004) ; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755761/ (Beggiatoa ) .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs aerobic; marine; inter skeletal spaces $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad "[300,50;1300,50]" "[umol photons/m2/s1,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.salin "[35.8,50;36.4]" "[psu,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" Gautret et al. 74 (4): 462. (2004) .Enviro.Prefs.nutr "[ppm,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.temp "[25,0;26,50;32,50;33,0]" "[degC,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" Gautret et al. 74 (4): 462. (2004) .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,50;13,50;19,20;25,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Mortality.Longevity 2 yr http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755761/ (Beggiatoa ) .Mortality.Rate % .Mortality.Type autotoxins(H2S;NH4) $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" http://www.brgm.fr/brgm//biofilms-rnb/fichier/actes/theme%201/1_Rutger_de_Wit.pdf .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate av=2*0.0001 #/day ie 24hr/doubling "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755761/ (Beggiatoa ) .Repro.Clone.Type fragmentation; binary fission; $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 0 "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" cjj .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 0 #/m2 Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type budding; motile hormogonia; continuous $ The process of reproduction CJJ Creature= Porites lutea 1 Scleractinian coral; massive .Alternatives .Colony.Size av=1.8; mx=9.0 m linear size http://www.arkive.org/stony-coral/porites-lutea/#text=Description .Colony.Capacity 1 #/m2 as big as a metre ! Observed areal coverages cjj .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 9 mm/yr linear extension .Colony.Morphology attached(surface); globose $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction mx=100;mn=20 % 20% ones - dead centres Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 100 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize av=1.8; mx=9.0 Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial See colony size .Enviro.Limits excess nutrients $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs sediment tolerant by mucus $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival http://www.arkive.org/stony-coral/porites-lutea/#text=Biology .Enviro.Prefs.irrad bright $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr oligotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp warm $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,5; 12,8; 13,100; 20,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" "Highsmith 2003; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Volume 47, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 55-67 " .Mortality.Longevity mx=1000 yr http://www.arkive.org/stony-coral/porites-lutea/#text=Description .Mortality.Rate mn=9;mx=13.6 %/yr http://ajol.info/index.php/wiojms/article/viewFile/28434/22082 .Mortality.Type "bleaching, crown-of-thorns" $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 5 %/yr value by cjj; process by Highsmith1982 Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions Highsmith1982 .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 14.8 % value by Loya 1975; process by Highsmith1983 "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" Highsmith1983; Loya 1975 .Repro.Clone.Type fragmentation along dead or bored divisions of colonies $ Highsmith1984 .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 1 #/adult Successful long-term offspring "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate mn=13;mx=54 #/m2/yr On 1.2x1.2m plates; 3 mo collection http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/CREWS/Cleo/St.%20Croix/salt_river77.pdf (diverse corals) .Repro.Spawn.Type sexual; free-swimming gametes; free-swimming larvae; short range dispersal; april nhemi $ The process of reproduction http://www.arkive.org/stony-coral/porites-lutea/#text=Biology Creature= Acropora palmata 2 Has NO Indo-Pacific Equivalent (DP) DP .Alternatives .Colony.Size 30>>50;mx=200 cm linear size .Colony.Capacity av=0.1;mx=0.37 #/m2 Observed areal coverages "Baums et al Ecological Monographs, 76(4), 2006, pp. 503?519" .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 1>>2 cm/yr linear extension .Colony.Morphology attached(surface); tabular branching $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 50 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 10 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize 30 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/133006/0 .Enviro.Prefs.irrad bright $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr oligotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp warm $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0.5,0; 3,100; 5.0,10; 22,1; 40,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Mortality.Longevity 10 yr http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/133006/0 .Mortality.Rate 28 %/yr http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/CREWS/Cleo/PuertoRico/prpdfs/ortiz-population.pdf .Mortality.Type white band disease $ .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 10 #/m2 The m2 area of obsvn was unspecified; I assumed 5m2 Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1995.tb00415.x/abstract;In Highsmith 1982 list .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 66 % % of existing colonies "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" Highsmith 1981 .Repro.Clone.Type "breakage; mechanical, bioerosion small storms" $ Highsmith 1982 .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 10000 "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" cjj .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 20 #/m2 Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type larval; low numbers; aug boreal; full moon synchrony $ The process of reproduction; seasonality http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/133006/0; http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/genetics-1/acropora-palmata Creature= Acropora cervicornis 3 >> 100 Indo-Pacific equivalents (DP) TUNNICLIFFE Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1981 .Alternatives .Colony.Size av=30; mx=100 cm linear size .Colony.Capacity mx=7.1; av=2.9 #/m2 Observed areal coverages .Colony.Frame.Fraction 10 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 12 cm/yr linear extension .Colony.Morphology ramose; branching Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 50 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 5 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize 0.2x20 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial cjj .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs marine; wave action $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad bright $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr oligotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp warm $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,100; 50,80; 20,80; 30,0; 60,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Mortality.Longevity yr .Mortality.Rate mn=4;mx=80 %/yr http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/suppls/sup54-3%20ALMC/10-Quinn-Evaluating.pdf .Mortality.Type disease $ .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 6 %/yr Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" cjj .Repro.Clone.Type regenerative; on breakage $ cjj .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate mx=70;mn=25 %adults %colonies;individuals releasing gametes "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list/2003-July/000056.html .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate mn=13;mx=54 #/yr /m2; On 1.2x1.2m plates; 3 mo collection Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/CREWS/Cleo/St.%20Croix/salt_river77.pdf (diverse corals) .Repro.Spawn.Type "larval,limited; vegetative fragmentation; new moon; july to aug boreal" $ The process of reproduction; seasonality http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/133006/0; http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list/2003-July/000056.html Creature= Favia favites 4 Scleractinian coral; massive; (DP) Atlantic equivalent = Montastrea cavernosa? Riegl and Purkis 2009 .Alternatives .Colony.Size mx=3 m linear size .Colony.Capacity mx=20;mn=1 #/m2 Observed areal coverages http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68217&local_base=GEN01-MCG02 .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 7.7 mm/yr linear extension http://www.scichina.com:8080/kxtbe/fileup/PDF/09ky0696.pdf .Colony.Morphology attached(surface); globose $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 100 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 100 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize mx=3 Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial see above .Enviro.Limits sedimentation; excess nutrients $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad bright $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr oligotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp "[20,0;23,100;28,100;32,0]" "[degC,%]" 20 & 32 values by cjj "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/lg_stony/Favites.php .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,10;5,100;40,50;50,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" http://www.springerlink.com/content/k4j4670v4g6k7780/fulltext.pdf .Mortality.Longevity mx=900; mn=10 yr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_coral; http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/133516/0 .Mortality.Rate 11.25 %/yr 15% over 16mo for Favia favus LizardIs Rate of death; partial mortality also an issue ! herriott: http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/21/m021p081.pdf .Mortality.Type "disease, bleaching, A_plancki" $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 1 %/yr Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions cjj .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 6 % Recuperating from unpredicted low tide "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" Loya1975=http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/zoology/members/loya/documents/10.pdf .Repro.Clone.Type $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 20>>25 /1 Successful long-term offspring "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" "Shlesinger++ Hydrobiologia 216/217: 101-108, 1991. for Favia favus" .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate mn=13;mx=54 #/yr /m2; On 1.2x1.2m plates; 3 mo collection Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/CREWS/Cleo/St.%20Croix/salt_river77.pdf (diverse corals) .Repro.Spawn.Type larval; brooded; april nhemi $ The process of reproduction; seasonality Creature= Halimeda tuna 5 "Green alga, calcified" Vroom et al. 2003 Hydrobiologia 501: 149?166. .Alternatives .Colony.Size mx=10 cm linear size .Colony.Capacity mx=224; av=50 #/m2 Observed areal coverages .Colony.Frame.Fraction 10 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 100 %/yr complete replacement linear extension cjj .Colony.Morphology attached(holdfast); articulated frondose $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 10 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 5 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize 1 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs coral reef lagoons; mid-water banks; nutrient flux $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad euphotic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr mesotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp 25>>32 "[degC,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,0; 8,1; 20,10; 55,19; 76,15; 121,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Mortality.Longevity 1 yr .Mortality.Rate mx=100;mn=30 %/yr actually /284d; orig as #/yr - changed by cjj to %/yr Vroom et al. 2003 Hydrobiologia 501: 149?166. .Mortality.Type seasonal dieback $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" - Clifton 1997 Science .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 2.3+1.7 #/adult indvidual; instantaneous Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions Vroom et al. 2003 Hydrobiologia 501: 149?166. .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 1 % "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" .Repro.Clone.Type $ with_dieback - Clifton 1997 Science .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 600 %/yr +1x each 2 mo "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 10 %/yr Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type gametes; holocarpic; summer to early autumn $ The process of reproduction; seasonality Vroom et al. 2003 Hydrobiologia 501: 149?166. Creature= Lithothamnion corallioides 6 Species=commonly forms rhodoliths Lithothamnion corallioides Crouan and Crouan (1867). .Alternatives .Colony.Size mx=10 cm linear size cjj .Colony.Capacity 100 % Observed areal coverages cjj .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) cjj .Colony.GrowthRate 0.4 mm/yr summer linear extension http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/04ASJ/Foster-2001-JPhycol.pdf .Colony.Morphology massive; globular or branched $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 100 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 100 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize mx=10; av=1 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits lighted $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad euphotic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr "[ppm,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.temp "[degC,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[2, 40;5, 20; 7, 100; 18,60; 30,5; 90, 1] " "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/04ASJ/Foster-2001-JPhycol.pdf .Mortality.Longevity mn=100 yr "? written as "">100""" http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/04ASJ/Foster-2001-JPhycol.pdf .Mortality.Rate .Mortality.Type $ .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 0 Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 0 "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" .Repro.Clone.Type tetrasporangial conceptacles =>asexual $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 1000 #/yr "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" cjj .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 1 %/yr Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type $ The process of reproduction; seasonality Creature= Porolithon onkodes 7 Encrusting alga of reef ridge tops =Hydrolithon_onkodes .Alternatives .Colony.Size mn=2;mx=20 cm V only linear size Adey: http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/1113/2/SCMS-0015-Lo_res.pdf .Colony.Capacity mx=60 % CarryingCapacity Observed areal coverages .Colony.Frame.Fraction 90 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 3 mm/yr linear extension .Colony.Morphology massive; encrusting $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 100 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 100 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits lighted $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs marine; emergent to submerged $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad bright $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr "[ppm,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.temp warm $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[-1,60; 2,20; 15,20; 25,3; 52,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" Camoin 2006; Adey: http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/1113/2/SCMS-0015-Lo_res.pdf .Mortality.Longevity .Mortality.Rate .Mortality.Type $ .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 0 Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 0 "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" .Repro.Clone.Type $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 1000 %/yr "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" cjj .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 1 % Propagules surviving to grow; % cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type $ The process of reproduction; seasonality Creature= Lophelia pertusa 8 Deep water coral .Alternatives .Colony.Size mx=1>>3 m linear size http://www.safmc.net/HabitatManagement/DeepwaterCorals/Lophelia/tabid/247/Default.aspx .Colony.Capacity 0.05 % Observed areal coverages .Colony.Frame.Fraction 5 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) .Colony.GrowthRate 10 mm/yr linear extension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_water_coral#Growth_and_reproduction .Colony.Morphology thicket; bushy $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 2 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 5 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize mn=1;mx=5 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs deep water; cold water; eutrophic; aphotic $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad disphotic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr mesotrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp "[0,0;6,100;10,100;15,0]" "[degC,%]" 0 & 15dg values by cjj "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[75,50; 370,50; 500,100; 700,100; 850,0]" "[m,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" .Mortality.Longevity 700 yr Florida http://www.safmc.net/HabitatManagement/DeepwaterCorals/Lophelia/tabid/247/Default.aspx .Mortality.Rate .Mortality.Type bioeroding sponges $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" Gass and Roberts 2010 .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 100 %/yr Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 50 % "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" cjj .Repro.Clone.Type breakage $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate mn=144; mx=480 % #/adult "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" (various deepsea corals) http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~samb/Publications_files/Burgess%20%26%20Babcock%202005.pdf .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate 1 #/m2 Successful long-term offspring; Number of planulae surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously cjj .Repro.Spawn.Type egg; lecithotropic; sep to oct boreal; jan to feb boreal $ The process of reproduction; seasonality http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/purpose.html; waller 2005 Creature= Celleporella hyalina 9 Bryozoa : Cheilostomata) " (L.)," .Alternatives .Colony.Size 3 cm linear size cjj .Colony.Capacity mn=0;mx=460 #/m2 Observed areal coverages Kuklinski++ Polar Biol (2006) 29: 652?661 .Colony.Frame.Fraction 5 % Areal proportion of colony arms (view vertically) cjj .Colony.GrowthRate 3 mm/yr not Celleporella linear extension Polar Biol (2007) 30:1069?1081 .Colony.Morphology thicket; hemispherical $ Descriptive .Colony.Morphology.Bins [0;100;0;0] % % presences of creature's materials [Presence] Set cjj .Colony.Tissue.Fraction 10 % Areal fraction (vertical view) of living tissue cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Fraction 5 % Fraction volume it will disintegrate to after death/transport/burial cjj .Colony.Disintegrated.Grainsize 0.5 cm Clast/grain size after death/transport/burial .Enviro.Limits $ Limitations on growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs steno marine ; slow flow rate $ Preferences for growth/fecundity/survival .Enviro.Prefs.irrad upper_euphotic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.salin steno $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.nutr eutrophic $ word cjj .Enviro.Prefs.temp "[10,0;15,100;20,0]" "[degC,%]" "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" "Hughes (10326?10330 PNAS September 2, 2003 vol. 100 no. 18)" .Enviro.Prefs.wd "[0,50;5,100;40,0]" "[m,%]" "Cinctipora elegans," "[EnviroParam, Fitness] LineSet" cjj .Mortality.Longevity 4 mo "enforced in UK,>18 elsewhere" "J. M. Cancino and R.N. Hughes (J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 1987, Vol. 112, pp. 109-130)" .Mortality.Rate 70 %/yr http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/210/m210p085.pdf .Mortality.Type nudibranch predation $ "Causes of mortality even in optimum conditions (e.g predation, dieback)" .Repro.Clone.ProductionRate 0 %/yr Clones produced per adult per year under normal conditions .Repro.Clone.SuccessRate 0 % "Successful formation of colonies from clones (e.g., unattached colonies)" .Repro.Clone.Type $ .Repro.Spawn.ProductionRate 3>>4 #/yr ?? #/adult/3mo; larvae produced per female; f had longevity 3-4mo "Spawn (eggs,larvae) produced per adult per year" "J. M. Cancino and R.N. Hughes (J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 1987, Vol. 112, pp. 109-130)" .Repro.Spawn.SuccessRate mx=10 % Propagules surviving to grow; /m2 instantaneously "Frank Kenneth McKinney, Marjorie Jackson McKinney, ( Facies Volume 29, Number 1, 119-131)" .Repro.Spawn.Type larval; external fertilization; after 91 to 158days $ The process of reproduction; seasonality "J. M. Cancino and R.N. Hughes (J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 1987, Vol. 112, pp. 109-130)" ALL_END