Dataset: Species key
Deployment: Cayman_Reef_Surveys_10-11

Species key for individuals surveyed in studies conducted by M. Hixon, C. Benkwitt, and T. Kindinger

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/655195

Principal Investigator:

Mark Hixon (University of Hawai'i, UH)

Contact:

Cassandra E. Benkwitt (Oregon State University, OSU)

Tye L. Kindinger (Oregon State University, OSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Mechanisms and Consequences of Fish Biodiversity Loss on Atlantic Coral Reefs Caused by Invasive Pacific Lionfish (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish)

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Description

Related datasets:

Effect of lionfish density on native reef fishes - DOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.655301.1
Effect of lionfish in main seagrass habitats - DOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.655342.1
Effect of lionfish in seagrass satellite coral head habitats - DOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.655380.1
Effect of lionfish in seagrass open area habitats - DOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.655420.1
Effect of lionfish in standardized habitat units in seagrass - DOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.655455.1

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Species observed during M. Hixon, C. Benkwitt, and T. Kindinger reef surveys.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

DMO Notes:

-reformatted column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
-replaced all blank cells with "nd"
-data version 2 (2018-06-07) replaces data version 1 (2016-08-22). Species list updated to incorporate all species used in this project across all datasets.
--- Species names checked with the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS,marinespecies.org) taxa match tool. After review by C. Benkwitt, misspellings and non-accepted species names updated to the accepted species names as of 2018-06-07.
--- Note that Paradiplogrammus bairdi (species code: PABA) was changed to accepted name Callionymus baird. Species code remains PABA instead of changing the code to CABA as PABA is used in several datasets.
--- Contributer added some Family or Genus sp. taxonomic names where no species name was available (e.g. PIPE,Syngnathidae,Pipefish)

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1233027	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
SPECIES_CODE	species code; first two letters of the genus and species	unitless	species
SCIENTIFIC_NAME	scientific name of the species surveyed. The family or Genus sp. is provided in some instances where species name is not known.	unitless	taxon
COMMON_NAME	common name of the species surveyed	unitless	common_name

Database

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Dataset: Species key
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Dataset: Species key
Deployment: Cayman_Reef_Surveys_10-11