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Simulating Coral Reef Evolution

Entry ID: ucar.scd.vets.vg.coral

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Summary

Abstract: Coral reefs are one of nature's most beautiful and rich ecosystems, and rival
rainforests in biodiversity. This simulation shows the long-term evolution of a
coral reef, starting 21,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age.Coral
reefs are one of nature's most beautiful and rich ecosystems, and rival
rainforests in biodiversity. The January 1999 issue of National ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 76.63

S: 13.71

E: -61.48

W: -177.1

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Joanie Kleypas (scientist), Don Middleton (animator)

Online Resource: http://www.vets.ucar.edu/vg/CoralReef/index.shtml

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: 100 years
Temporal Resolution Range: Annual

Science Keywords

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > CORAL REEFS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS > CORALS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

Visualizations

Ocean

Originating Center

NCAR/SCD/VETS

Data Center

Community Data Portal, Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://cdp.ucar.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NCAR CDP SUPPORT Email: cdp at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307-3000 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Size: 500 MB

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-07-16

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