Dataset: Coral (Pocillopora verrucosa) growth and tissue mortality from experimental field plots in Moʻorea, French Polynesia in 2021

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.925751.1Version 1 (2024-04-23)Dataset Type:experimentalDataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Mark E. Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Co-Principal Investigator: Frank James Stewart (Montana State University)

Scientist: Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Scientist: Zoe Pratte (Montana State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Positive Effects of Coral Biodiversity on Coral Performance: Patterns, Processes, and Dynamics (Coral Biodiversity)


Abstract

Hundreds of studies now document positive relationships between biodiversity and critical ecosystem processes, but as ecological communities worldwide shift towards new species configurations, less is known regarding how biodiversity of undesirable species will shape the functioning of ecosystems or foundation species. We manipulated macroalgal species richness in experimental field plots to test whether and how identity and diversity of competing macroalgae affected the growth, survival, and mi...

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Additional Funding Description:
U.S. National Science Foundation (grant no. OCE-1947522), the National Geographic Society (grant no. NGS-57078R-19), the Teasley Endowment to the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Anna and Harry Teasley Gift Fund.


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Clements CS, Pratte ZA, Stewart FJ, Hay ME (2024) Biodiversity of macroalgae does not differentially suppress coral performance: The other side of a biodiversity issue. Ecology, Accepted