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Title:
Coral Favorability: Non-Managed Conditions: Worst Case Emissions - Guam
Date:
Date: November 3, 2021
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gu_usgs_all_coralscore_nonmgt_rcp85
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org.pacioos
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Monica M. Moritsch
Organization Name:
USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Email:
mmoritsch@usgs.gov
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Linkage: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/monica-m-moritsch
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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info@pacioos.org
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Related publication: Moritsch, M.M. 2021. Favorability of environmental conditions for coral reefs in Guam and American Samoa under multiple climate scenarios. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N32V3M.
Suggested data citation: Moritsch, M.M. 2021. Coral Favorability: Non-Managed Conditions: Worst Case Emissions - Guam. Distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). http://pacioos.org/metadata/gu_usgs_all_coralscore_nonmgt_rcp85.html. Accessed [date].
Abstract:
Many aspects of the environment are outside the control of local or regional resource managers. These conditions may require concerted global action to affect change (e.g., water temperatures) or cannot be controlled at all (e.g., wave power). This layer synthesized spatial information for several non-managed conditions to create a relative score for how favorable a given location is for coral growth and survival.
Environmental conditions contributing to this layer included: marine calcite concentration (a proxy for ocean acidification), irradiance (photosynthetically available radiation, or PAR), thermal stress (annual severe bleaching threshold), wave power (per meter of wave front), and proximity to soils eroded by sea level rise.
Projections exist for how some of these conditions may change over the next century based on the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions. This project explored how the relative favorability of non-managed conditions could change between the present climate scenario and the rest of the 21st century. This layer represents the future climate scenario for a worst case emissions scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5), in which no action is taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
Covariation in these conditions was accounted for using principal component analysis (PCA) to form composite variables of conditions that have strong relationships with one another. The resulting principal components were averaged and scaled from 0 (worst) to 1 (best) to produce the coral favorability score for non-managed conditions. These data are provided for the island of Guam as a raster with a resolution of 1500 m.
Purpose:
These data can be used to visualize patterns of environmental favorability for coral growth and survival, highlighting similarities and dissimilarities in geographic patters across climate scenarios. These data were generated as part of a partnership between USGS and the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) to fill ocean data gaps identified by the Regional Ocean Data Sharing Initiative. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software for research purposes.
Credit:
The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Monica M. Moritsch
Organization Name:
USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Email:
mmoritsch@usgs.gov
Online Resource:
Linkage: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/monica-m-moritsch
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http
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Keyword: Earth Science Biosphere Aquatic Ecosystems Reef Habitat
Keyword: Earth Science Biosphere Ecosystems Marine Ecosystems Reef Coral Reef
Keyword: Earth Science Human Dimensions Environmental Impacts Conservation
Keyword: Earth Science Human Dimensions Human Settlements Coastal Areas
Keyword: Earth Science Human Dimensions Sustainability Environmental Sustainability
Keyword: Earth Science Oceans Coastal Processes Coral Reefs Coral Reef Assessment
Keyword: Earth Science Services Models Coupled Climate Models
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Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Western Pacific Ocean Micronesia Guam
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Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
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Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
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eng
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biota
Topic Category:
environment
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oceans
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Westbound Longitude: 144.60571°
Eastbound Longitude: 144.98312°
Southbound Latitude: 13.21833°
Northbound Latitude: 13.66913°
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Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gu_usgs_all_coralscore_nonmgt_rcp85/ows?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
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Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
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