Hawaiʻi Coral Disease database (HICORDIS): species-specific coral health data from across the Hawaiian archipelago

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.07.025
• Publication Date: 2016-07-20T22:05:39Z
• Authors: Jamie M. Caldwell; John H.R. Burns; Courtney Couch; Megan Ross; Christina Runyon; Misaki Takabayashi; Bernardo Vargas-Á...; William Walsh; Maya Walton; Darla White; Gareth Williams; Scott F. Heron
• Keywords: Archipelago; Coral bleaching; Anthozoa

The Hawaiʻi Coral Disease database (HICORDIS) houses data on colony-level coral health condition observed across the Hawaiian archipelago, providing information to conduct future analyses reef in an era of changing environmental conditions. Colonies were identified lowest taxonomic classification possible (species or genera), measured and assessed for visual signs condition. Data recorded 286,071 colonies surveyed 1819 transects at 660 sites between 2005 2015. contains observations 60 species from 22 genera with 21 different goals HICORDIS are to: i) provide open access, quality controlled validated assembled disparate surveys conducted Hawaiʻi; ii) facilitate appropriate crediting data; iii) encourage health. In this article, we describe database. presented paper used research article "Satellite SST-based Outbreak Predictions Archipelago" (Caldwell et al., 2016) [1].