Dataset: Seagrass surveys of blade height around artificial reefs in shallow coastal waters off of Abaco, The Bahamas

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.873092.1Version 1 (2022-05-12)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Jacob Allgeier (University of Michigan)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Using novel ecosystem-scale experiments to quantify drivers of reef productivity in a heavily impacted coastal ecosystem (Reef Production Drivers)


Abstract

These data are from seagrass surveys of blade height around artificial reefs in shallow (less than 4 meters) coastal waters in The Bight of Old Robinson, off of Abaco Island, The Bahamas from May to December 2021.

We surveyed all benthic producer species within the seagrass beds using a 1-meter squared (m2) quadrat and a 10-centimeter squared (cm2) quadrat, including three seagrass species, 17 potential macroalgal species, and a cyanobacterial mat complex. Producers were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible always at least to genus-level, with the exception of the cyanobacterial mat complex which likely consisted of multiple species of cyanobacteria that we were unable to determine with a high degree of specificity. Responses were determined using the modified Braun–Blanquet method.


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Dataset: Fish Surveys
Allgeier, J. (2022) Fish surveys following the construction of clusters of artificial reefs in shallow coastal waters off of Abaco, The Bahamas from May to December 2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-05-16 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.872990.1
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Dataset: Seagrass Braun-Blanquet Surveys
Allgeier, J. (2022) Seagrass community composition surveys around artificial reefs in shallow coastal waters off of Abaco Island, The Bahamas. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2) Version Date 2022-11-23 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.873083.2

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