Dataset: reef cores

Name: Data from reef core samples collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project)
Published: 2015-04-01
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

The influence of predators on community structure and resultant ecosystem functioning at a biogeographic scale (Oyster_Trophic_Cascades)

Principal Investigator:

David L. Kimbro (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

Contact:

Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2015-04-01

Version Date:

2015-04-01

Validated:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Data from reef core samples collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project)

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Description

Oyster reef cages containing either bivalves, consumers or predators were set up along the southeastern US coast from N. Carolina to Florida. This dataset includes the weight and count of live and dead oysters and spat counts in the planted reefs.

Related Reference:

DL. Kimbro,JE. Byers,JH. Grabowski, AR. Hughes and MF. Piehler. The biogeography of trophic cascades on US oyster reefs (2014) Ecology Letters 17:845-854. doi: 10.1111/ele.12293.

Data is also available from the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB):
1. Cage Experiment Bivalve Data http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat?action=read&qformat=knb&sessionid=0&docid=evanlpettis.101.15

Data Files

File
cores.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.85 KB) MD5:b2a0cc1aa51186cbf7ed91899cfcd77c Primary data file for dataset ID 555047

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1338372
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0961633
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0961853
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1203859
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0961741

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Kimbro_2011		2011-06-02	Oyster_Reefs_SE-US	David L. Kimbro (Lead 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
site	Experimental study site/estuary within each region; Two sites per region	unitless	site
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
cage	ID number of caging enclosure	unitless	sample
treatment	Experimental treatment	unitless	treatment
wgt_total	Weight of all oyster material in core sample (includes live oysters and dead shell)	kilogram	weight
wgt_planted_reef	Weight of oyster material installed in cages that were taken from live natural reef	kilogram	weight
wgt_base_shell	Weight of dead base shell installed in cages underneath the planted reef	kilogram	weight
num_spat_total	Total number of spat in sample (oysters <25mm in length)	spat	count
num_live	Total number of live adult oysters in sample (>25mm)	adults	count
num_dead	Total number of dead adult oysters in sample (>25mm). Includes gapers and whole bottom valves.	adults	count
num_dead_planted_shells	Number of dead oysters that were part of the planted reef (clusters taken from live natural reef)	adults	count
num_dead_base_shells	Number of dead oysters that were part of the dead base shell	adults	count
comment	Additional notes/collected organisms	unitless	comment

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Dataset: reef cores