Dataset: Parrotfish species information

Name: Parrotfish bite rates, volume of substrate removed, and estimates of erosional scars for each species observed in surveys at Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019
Published: 2018-05-23
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.735679.1

Spatial Extent: N:9.65683 E:-157.54984 S:1.7749 W:171.34102

Temporal Extent: 2017 - 2019

Project:

Adjustment of western Pacific Ocean coral reefs to sea-level rise and ocean warming (Coral Reef Adjustment)

Principal Investigator:

Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

Contact:

Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2018-05-23

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Parrotfish bite rates, volume of substrate removed, and estimates of erosional scars for each species observed in surveys at Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019

Abstract:

As part of the reef-composition survey of Palau, Yap, and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the erosion caused by parrotfish grazing at each site was estimated with in-situ data of size and density of parrotfish species. Data were also derived from the scientific literature on the species-specific bite rates and other processes that influence fish bioerosion rates. Field data were collected in Palau and Yap in 2017, in FSM in 2018, and in Majuro and Kiritimati in 2019.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2018-05-09	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.735679.1	2020-09-29

Description

These data were published in van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2018) and van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2019).

Methods & Sampling

Field data were collected at the site list locations in Palau (June 2nd to 24th, 2017), Yap (June 25th to July 6th, 2017), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) (2018), and Kiritimati and Majuro (2019). The maximum length of each fish species was taken from the literature and the maximum size of each fish was estimated from our field surveys. The scar proportion and bite volume was estimated using the maximum size of the fish species. Professor Peter Mumby provided bite conversion values.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
- This dataset was originally submitted to BCO-DMO as files;
- removed trailing and leading spaces;
- added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date;
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- Added "ScientificName" which combines Genus and Species columns;
- Species names changed to accepted name after using World Register of Marine Species taxa match tool and communication with PI:
Bulbometopon muricatum to Bolbometopon muricatum
Scarus prasiognathus to Scarus prasiognathos
Scarus psitticus to Scarus psittacus
Scarus spinos to Scarus spinus
Scarus japenensis to Chlorurus japanensis

Data Files

File
fish_species_data.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.06 KB) MD5:c1fb52f450a8531b894aeb86f17be4f2 Primary data file for dataset ID 735679

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1657633

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
vanWoesik_FSM_2018	2018-06-24	shoreside Micronesia	Robert van Woesik (Principal Investigator)	data info
vanWoesik_Palau_2017	2017-06-02	shoreside Palau	Robert van Woesik (Principal Investigator)	data info
vanWoesik_Yap_2017	2017-06-25	shoreside Yap	Robert van Woesik (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
Genus	Genus	unitless	genus
Species	Species	untiless	species
bite_volume_constant	Constant to scale-bite volume based on size of individual fish	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
scar_proportion	Probability of scarring coral in a bite (number of scars/bites)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
bite_conv_val	Constant of scale-bite rate and size of fish species relative to erosion impact	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
max_length	The size of largest individual fish of that species	centimeters (cm)	length
max_bite_volume	Volume of coral that the largest sized individual fish could remove in a single bite	centimeters cubed (cm^3)	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Parrotfish species information