Dataset: P. herbstii diet: sampling site characteristics (Eco-Evo 2015)

Name: Biological and physical characteristics of 30 intertidal oyster reefs that were sampled for P. herbstii diet study in North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown, SC during 2012 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)
Published: 2016-06-02
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:33.3644 E:-79.1678 S:33.3281 W:-79.1942

Project:

Linking Variation in Metabolic Processes as a Key to Prediction (Variation in Metabolic Processes)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Blaine D. Griffen (University of South Carolina)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2016-06-02

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Biological and physical characteristics of 30 intertidal oyster reefs that were sampled for P. herbstii diet study in North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown, SC during 2012 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)

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Description

Related Reference:

Griffen BD, Norelli AP (2015) Spatially variable habitat quality contributes to within-population variation in reproductive success. Ecology and Evolution 5:1474-1483

Methods & Sampling

We sampled 30 intertidal oyster reefs varying in complexity and height within North Inlet during May and June 2014. Sampling was conducted during low tide. Reefs were chosen based on reef height (range 5–25 cm) in order to ensure relatively even sampling across reefs of different qualities; thus, this data set does not represent the natural distribution of reef heights at our site. We determined reef height using the average of 10 measurements taken at random locations within each reef, each one measuring the height from the surface of the mud to the top of the oyster shells. The quality of reefs sampled was randomized through time so that there was no trend between reef height and Julian day in our sampling. Within each reef, we conducted sampling within three haphazardly placed 1 m^2 quadrats. From each quadrat, we counted the number of large and small bivalves (C. virginica and B. exustus) within two 0.5 m2 quadrats on each reef. We defined small bivalves to be those <4 cm in shell length.

Data Processing Description

Raw data are presented.

BCO-DMO Processing:

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- converted lat and lon from degrees, minutes and seconds to decimal degrees
- reformatted date from m/d/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd

Data Files

File
Pherb_sites.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.70 KB) MD5:db9d74a4dc7bd166b297daf8bfed8952 Primary data file for dataset ID 648291

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1129166

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Griffen_lab		2012-01-01	Univ_S_Carolina	Dr Blaine D. Griffen (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Identification number for each sampled reef	unitless	site
lat	Latitude of the reef; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Latitude of the reef; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
date	Local date on which sampling occurred	years months days	date
density_oysters_lg	average density (from 3 quadrats sampled) of large oysters on the reef. Large oysters were defined as those > 4 cm shell length). Species: Crassostrea gigas	number/meter^2	abundance
density_oysters_sm	average density (from 3 quadrats sampled) of small oysters on the reef. Small oysters were defined as those < 4 cm shell length). Species: Crassostrea gigas	number/meter^2	abundance
density_mussels_lg	average density (from 3 quadrats sampled) of large mussels on the reef. Large mussels were defined as those > 4 cm shell length). Species: Brachidontes exustus	number/meter^2	abundance
density_mussels_sm	average density (from 3 quadrats sampled) of small mussels on the reef. Small mussels were defined as those < 4 cm shell length). Species: Brachidontes exustus	number/meter^2	abundance
reef_height	average reef height reef height as measured from the mud surface to the top of the oyster shell in 10 randomly selected locations	centimeters	abundance

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Dataset: P. herbstii diet: sampling site characteristics (Eco-Evo 2015)