Dataset: settlement abundance

Name: Relative abundance of suspension-feeding invertebrates and algae in pacific Panama, 2016-2018
Published: 2019-09-09
Keywords: Panama, biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.746588.2

Spatial Extent: N:8.63174 E:-79.02817 S:7.40309 W:-81.75907

Temporal Extent: 2016-03 - 2018-03

Project:

Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs (Coral Climate ETP)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Richard B. Aronson (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr James J. Leichter (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2019-09-09

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Relative abundance of suspension-feeding invertebrates and algae in pacific Panama, 2016-2018

Abstract:

This dataset includes relative abundances of suspension-feeding invertebrates and algae in pacific Panama during five time periods between March 2016 and March 2018. [2019-09-11/njc]

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2018-09-20	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.746588.1	2019-03-20
2018-09-20	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.746588.2	2019-09-12

Description

This dataset includes relative abundances of suspension-feeding invertebrates and algae in pacific Panama during five time periods between March 2016 and March 2018.

Methods & Sampling

Settlement tiles were deployed at six sites in Pacific Panama, three sites in the Gulf of Panama and three sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui. Settlement tiles were adhered to the top and to the bottom of 10 cement blocks at each site. The tiles were deployed for approximately six months and then collected. Photographs were taken of the tiles. The relative abundance of broad taxonomic groups was recorded on a scale from 1 to 5 by examining the photographs and the tiles in the laboratory.

In 2019, the same procedure was applied but the tiles were deployed for about 12 months before collection. Averages of the functional group abundances were calculated.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions

Data Files

File
settlement_relabund_v2.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 55.60 KB) MD5:47f20b943f747fd72e41fa131a7fe5c4 Primary data file for dataset ID 746588

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1535007
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1535203

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Camera

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Used to record settlement on the tiles.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Camera

Acronym: camera

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/311/

Generic Description:

All types of photographic equipment including stills, video, film and digital systems.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Site	experimental site	unitless	site
Period	time period for settlement tile deployment	unitless	time_point
ID	tile ID number	unitless	sample
Latitude	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
Longitude	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
Orientation	orientation of tile on cement block: T=top; B=bottom	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Cirripedia	relative abundance of Cirripedia on settlement tiles: 1 (not present); 2 (covers<25%); 3 (covers between 25-50%); 4 (covers between 50-75%); 5 (covers>75%).	unitless	relative_abund
Spirorbid	relative abundance of Spirorbid polychaetes on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Serpulid	relative abundance of Serpulid polychaetes on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Total_Polychaete	relative abundance of total Polychaete on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Vermetid	relative abundance of Vermetid gastropods on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Other_gastropod	relative abundance of other gastropod on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Total_Gastropods	relative abundance of total gastropods on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Coral_byrozoan	relative abundance of coral byrozoans on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Tubulipora_bryozoan	relative abundance of Tubulipora bryozoans on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Aggregate_byrozoan	relative abundance of aggregate byrozoans on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Other_bryozoan	relative abundance of other bryozoans on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Total_bryozoan	relative abundance of total bryozoans on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Smooth_ascidian	relative abundance of smooth ascidians on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Other_ascidian	relative abundance of other ascidians on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Total_ascidian	relative abundance of total ascidians on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Corallinales	relative abundance of Corallinales algae on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Macro_algae	relative abundance of macroalgae on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Film_algae	relative abundance of film-type algae on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Tot_algae	relative abundance of total algae on settlement tiles	unitless	relative_abund
Notes	comments pertaining to other organism seen on tiles	unitless	comment
Gulf	Gulf from which samples were collected	unitless	region
Weight	initial weight of the settlement tiles	grams	weight
Weight_48hr	the weight of the settlement tiles after being in-situ for the time period then dried in an oven for 48 hours	grams	weight