Dataset: Distribution of Elacatinus lori settlers

Name: Distribution of E. lori settlers on sponge habitat from sampling in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.
Published: 2018-02-28
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.728451.1

Spatial Extent: N:16.815333 E:-88.0815 S:16.815333 W:-88.0815

Temporal Extent: 2015-05-05 - 2015-05-28

Project:

Collaborative Research: The Role of Larval Orientation Behavior in Determining Population Connectivity (Elacatinus Dispersal II)

Principal Investigator:

Peter Buston (Boston University, BU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

John Majoris (Boston University, BU)

Contact:

John Majoris (Boston University, BU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2018-02-28

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Distribution of E. lori settlers on sponge habitat from sampling in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.

Abstract:

Distribution of E. lori settlers on sponge habitat from sampling in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2018-02-28	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.728451.1	2019-03-19

Description

Distribution of E. lori settlers on multiple sponge species and morphologies.Distribution Elacatinus lori settlers on sponge habitat.

These data were included in Figure 9 and Table 4 of:

Majoris, JE; D'Aloia CC, Francis RK, Buston PM (Accepted) Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish. Behav. Ecol.

Methods & Sampling

Divers surveyed each of the 120 tagged sponges for the presence or absence of E. lori settlers to test the hypothesis that habitat and/or social variables are related to the natural settler distribution (8 – 18 mm SL; Table 1). We constructed a set of generalized linear models (distribution= binomial; link = logit) in R 3.2.3 (R Core Team 2015) to investigate the relationship between the presence or absence of an E. lori settler on a sponge (1 or 0) and all habitat and social variables (as defined above). Each variable was treated as an alternative hypothesis for the factors that predict the distribution of settlers.

Data Processing Description

R version 3.2.3

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:

- dates reformatted to yyyy/mm/dd
- periods replaced with underscores in column names
- missing identifier replaced with nd

Data Files

File
distribution.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 4.41 KB) MD5:6a37395d262b0514e9780ed4b1db2d6e Primary data file for dataset ID 728451

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1459546

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Instruments

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Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Date	Date of observation; YYYY/MM/DD	unitless	date
Sp_ID	Tag number from 1 - 120 use to identify sponges	unitless	sample
Sp_depth	Depth at base of the sponge in feet	feet	depth
Sp_depth_m	Depth at base of the sponge in meters	meters	depth
Sp_species	Sponge species: Aplysina fistularis (Y); or Agelas conifera (B)	unitless	species
Sp_size	Maximum tube length of sponge	centimeters	length_max
Sp_tubes	Number of sponge tubes greater than 10 centimeters	count	count
Res_pres	Residents presence (1) or absence (0)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Res_n	Number of residents observed on each sponge	count	count
Settler_pres	Settler presence (1) or absence (0)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Settler_n	Number of settlers observed on each sponge	count	count