Dataset: Sea urchin size, density, and species from transects surveyed in Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.737514.3Version 3 (2021-07-14)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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

Abstract

As part of the reef-composition survey of Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati, the erosion to a reef caused by sea urchins was estimated using field surveys, which captured the density and size of sea urchins in transects.

Cite Dataset

These data were published in van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2018), van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2019), and van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2021).

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Results
Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2018). Keeping up with sea-level rise: Carbonate production rates in Palau and Yap, western Pacific Ocean. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0197077. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197077
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Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2019). Carbonate production of Micronesian reefs suppressed by thermal anomalies and Acanthaster as sea-level rises. PLOS ONE, 14(11), e0224887. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224887
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Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2021). Thermal stress jeopardizes carbonate production of coral reefs across the western and central Pacific Ocean. PLOS ONE, 16(4), e0249008. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249008

van Woesik, R. (2021) Sea urchin size, density, and species from transects surveyed in Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 3) Version Date 2021-07-14 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.737514.3 [access date]

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