Dataset: comparative lionfish growth

Name: Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Bahamas, Guam, and Philippines from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)
Published: 2013-09-06
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.4015.1

Spatial Extent: N:23.81251 E:144.800067 S:9.06084 W:-76.16756

Temporal Extent: 2009-06-14 - 2011-08-09

Project:

Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish (Lionfish Invasion)

Lead Principal Investigator:

Mark Hixon (Oregon State University, OSU)

Scientist:

Katherine Cure (University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOGML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2013-09-06

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Bahamas, Guam, and Philippines from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Abstract:

Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Bahamas, Guam, and Philippines from 2009-2012.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2013-09-06	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.4015.1	2021-12-27

Description

Data on lionfish tagged for an assessment of juvenile growth patterns in the native Pacific (Guam and the Philippines) vs. invasive Atlantic (Bahamas and Caymans). Data from the Cayman Islands are in separate dataset: see the comparative lionfish growth - Caymans dataset.

Related Publications:
Cure, et al. (2012); Pusack, et al. (2016)

Methods & Sampling

This sub-project aimed to compare native vs. invasive populations of lionfish, in order to assess some of the potential factors responsible for the invasive success of lionfish in the Atlantic. Assessment in the native range included analysis of behaviour and juvenile growth patterns, at two general locations: Guam and the Philippines. To assess growth, juvenile fish found mostly at shallow water sites, were inividually identified with the use of fluorecent elastomer tags (different colors and body positions) and measured to the nearest mm. Individually tagged fish were later relocated and remeasured at 2 week intervals, in order to obtain estimates of in-situ growth. Observations in the native range were then compared to those at invaded locations (Bahamas and Caymans). Data were QA/QCd by spot checking against original field data sheets.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- Changed parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Added lat and lon for each site from the metadata sheet.
- Replaced blanks with 'nd' to indicate 'no data'.
- Replaced commas with semi-colons in the columns containing text.
- Moved comments about site, fish, etc. to a single column ('notes').
- Re-arranged data so that date, day_num, and len_tot are in separate columns.
- 27-Dec-2017: removed embargo on dataset.

Data Files

File
comp_lionfish_growth.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 95.46 KB) MD5:3f5ba06efa853932d53e5a0a482869a6 Primary data file for dataset ID 4015

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0851162

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Guam_Reef_Surveys_09-10	2009-09-24	shoreside Guam	Mark Hixon (Lead Principal Investigator)	data info
LSI_Reef_Surveys_09-12	2009-05-30	Tropical Marine Lab at Lee Stocking Island	Mark Hixon (Lead Principal Investigator)	data info
Philippines_Reef_Surveys_10-11	2010-06-29	shoreside Philippines	Mark Hixon (Lead 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
location	Country name.	text	site
fish_id	Code to identify individuals based on site initials and fish number.	alphanumeric	individual
site	Name of reef site.	alphanumeric	site
lat	Latitude of the reef site.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the reef site.	decimal degrees	lon
date_found	Date in which lionfish was first observed.	mm/dd/YYYY	date
date_tagged	Date in which lionfish was first tagged.	mm/dd/YYYY	date
time_tagged	Time when elastomer tag was applied in 24 hr. format. For some sites only am or pm are designated.	HHMM (or am/pm)	time
depth_ft	Describes approximate depth at which lionfish was found (estimated or measured with dive computer).	feet	no_bcodmo_term
spines_clipped	Describes dorsal spines clipped as a way to double tag inividuals in case elastomer tag failed; for some individuals none were clipped and either specified or left blank.	alphanumeric	no_bcodmo_term
tag_code	Describes combination of letters used to identify elsatomer tag placement along body (e.g. L-GM means tag is on the left side with green color and in the mid region).	text	tagid
date	Date of recapture.	mm/dd/YYYY	date
day_num	Number of days since lionfish was tagged (integer; # days on reef= recapture date - tagged date).	integer	no_bcodmo_term
len_tot	Total length measured on recapture date (cm) or either P (for present; if lionfish was not recaptured and measured) or A (for absent; if site was visited but lionfish was not found).	centimeters	fish_len
notes	May refer to data entry related or QA/QC related notes or notes about the particular observation.	text	comment

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Dataset: comparative lionfish growth