Dataset: Number and weight of bivalve adults and spat in the initial bushels collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project)

This dataset has not been validatedPreliminary and in progressVersion 2015-04-01 (2015-04-01)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: David L. Kimbro (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator: James E. Byers (University of Georgia)

Co-Principal Investigator, Contact: Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator: A. Randall Hughes (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Michael F. Piehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: The influence of predators on community structure and resultant ecosystem functioning at a biogeographic scale (Oyster_Trophic_Cascades)

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Oyster reef cages containing either bivalves, consumers or predators were set up along the southeastern US coast from N. Carolina to Florida. This dataset includes number and weight of mussels, crabs, oyster adults and spat for the initial bushels used in reef construction.

Related Reference:

DL. Kimbro,JE. Byers,JH. Grabowski, AR. Hughes and MF. Piehler. The biogeography of trophic cascades on US oyster reefs (2014) Ecology Letters 17:845-854. doi: 10.1111/ele.12293.

Data is also available from the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB):
1. Cage Experiment Bivalve Data  http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat?action=read&qformat=knb&sessionid=0&docid=evanlpettis.101.15

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Kimbro, D. L., Grabowski, J., Byers, J. E., Hughes, A. R., Piehler, M. F. (2015) Number and weight of bivalve adults and spat in the initial bushels collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-04-01) Version Date 2015-04-01 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/555241 [access date]

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