Coral surface area quantification–evaluation of established techniques by comparison with computer tomography

By M. Naumann, Wolfgang Niggl, Christian Laforsch, Christian Glaser, Christian Wild. Coral reefs, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Species-specific physiological response by the cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata to variations within their natural temperature range (2014, methodology): “Coral respiration and DOC net flux rates were normalised by skeletal surface area priory quantified by the advanced geometry technique and growth-form specific approximation factors (Naumann et al., 2009).”
Quantifying coral morphology (2019, background): “…scientists tend to lump individuals and species into discrete growth form categories (corals: (Veron 2000); bryozoans: (Bishop 1989); bacteria: (Shapiro 1995)) or use continuous metrics that cannot partition the effect of size and shape (e.g., surface area to volume ratio; Naumann et al. 2009).”
Organic matter release by Red Sea coral reef organisms-Potential effects on microbial activity and in situ O2 availability (2010, methodology): “…surface areas were measured as a refer- ence parameter using geometric approximation for all corals and turf algae growing on dead coral fragments (see Naumann et al. 2009a for detailed methodology) or the image analysis software ImageJ to analyze digital photographs of the other organisms.”
A computer vision for animal ecology. (2018, methodology): “Based on multiple images from pairs of cameras, computer vision tools have been used to describe animal size and shape, such as in whales (Howland, Macfarlane, & Tyack, 2012), and coral (Jones, Cantin, Berkelmans, Sinclair, & Negri, 2008; Naumann, Niggl, Laforsch, Glaser, & Wild, 2009).”
Nutritional status and metabolism of the coral Stylophora subseriata along a eutrophication gradient in Spermonde Archipelago (Indonesia) (2011, methodology): “The surface area of the coral was determined gravimetrically using the wax coating technique (Naumann et al. 2009).”
Organic matter release by dominant hermatypic corals of the Northern Red Sea (2010, methodology): “Coral mucus can act as important energy and nutrient carrier in benthic– pelagic coupling processes (Wild et al. 2004a; Naumann et al. 2009a), influences planktonic and benthic (in particular microbial) metabolism (Wild et al. 2005a, 2009a; Huettel et al. 2006) and facilitates the fast recycling of…”
Increasing the accuracy of surface area estimation using single wax dipping of coral fragments (2010, methodology): “The use of X-Ray computer tomography (CT) technology to measure surface area of corals with a high degree of accuracy and resolution has enabled the inter comparison of a variety of surface area extraction methods ( Naumann et al. 2009; Veal et al. 2010).”