Dataset: Benthic cover data in and out of MPA
Deployment: Fiji_2011

Benthic data collected inside/outside each MPA border.

Principal Investigator:

Mark Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Contact:

Mark Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals (Killer Seaweeds)

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Version:

Final

Version Date:

2017-06-23

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/706071/data

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Description

Benthic data collected inside/outside each MPA border.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Surveys of benthic community composition were conducted to assess habitat differences inside and outside of each MPA border and the relationship between coral cover and Acanthaster displacement at each border. Surveys used 40 m point intercept transects (n = 20 transects border-1 MPA-1, points at 0.5 m intervals, 1,600 points border -1) that were non-overlapping (mean distance between transects = ~12 m) and oriented parallel to the coastline, with the midpoint (20 m) of each transect positioned on the MPA border (20 m within the MPA and 20 m within the fished area).

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

These include raw benthic cover data as counts and percentages.

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:

- reformatted the column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
- replaced spaces with underscores
- replaced "N/A" with "nd"

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0929119	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
U01-TW007401	National Institutes of Health

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
village	The village site where the data were collected on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu, Fiji	unitless	site
border	The MPA border where surveys benthic cover survey was conducted	unitless	site_descrip
area	The reef area at each village site where the data were collected	unitless	site_descrip
transect	The individual transect on each village's MPA border where benthic cover data were collected	unitless	transect
coral_count	Coral cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
dead_coral_count	Dead coral cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
macroalgae_count	Macrolagae cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
rock_count	Rock cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
rubble_sand_count	Rubble/sand cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
other_count	Other cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)	count	count
coral_percent_cover	Coral cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover
dead_coral_percent_cover	Dead coral cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover
macroalgae_percent_cover	Macrolagae cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover
rock_percent_cover	Rock cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover
rubble_sand_percent_cover	Rubble/sand cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover
other_percent_cover	Other cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect	percent	percent_cover

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: Benthic cover data in and out of MPA
Deployment: Fiji_2011

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: Benthic cover data in and out of MPADeployment: Fiji_2011

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: Benthic cover data in and out of MPA
Deployment: Fiji_2011