Dataset: initial bushels

Name: Number and weight of bivalve adults and spat in the initial bushels collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project)
Published: 2015-04-01
Keywords: biota, oceans

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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:

James E. Byers (University of Georgia, UGA)

Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

A. Randall Hughes (Northeastern University)

Michael F. Piehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill-IMS)

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

Number and weight of bivalve adults and spat in the initial bushels collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) 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 number and weight of mussels, crabs, oyster adults and spat for the initial bushels used in reef construction.

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
init_bushel.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 31.01 KB) MD5:eb3e97f81bd1ecbca22288ecb29d9d9d Primary data file for dataset ID 555241

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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
collection_id	Indicates collection batch number for bushels	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
bushel_size	Whether the bushel was of larger clusters (400 g) or smaller clusters (<400g)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
cluster_id	Clusters are numbered in the numeric order in which they were measured. Loose refers to any single oysters found in the bushel.	unitless	sample
wgt_cluster	Weight of individual cluster (or aggregate weight of loose oysters). Illegible values on NC datasheets indicated by question marks.	kilograms	weight
num_mussels	Number of mussels found on the cluster	unit	count
wgt_mussel	Weight of mussels found on the cluster	kilograms	weight
num_spat	Total number of live spat on cluster (<25mm)	unit	count
num_dead_spat	Total number of dead spat on cluster (<25mm)	unit	count
num_crabs	Number of mudcrabs found in cluster	unit	count
num_live_adults	Total number of live adult oysters in cluster (>25mm)	unit	count
num_dead_adults	Total number of dead adult oysters in cluster (>25mm). Includes gapers and whole bottom valves.	unit	count
num_dead_total	Total number of dead oysters in cluster (adults and spat). Includes gapers and whole bottom valves.	unit	count
comment	Additional notes	unitless	comment

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Dataset: initial bushels