Dataset: TEN Fish Survey Data

Name: Size and abundance data for fish communities across the Thalassia Experimental Network (TEN) sites in the Western Atlantic from 2018-2019
Published: 2019-12-19
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.784770.1

Spatial Extent: N:28.714 E:-76.6266 S:9.3516 W:-97.0348

Temporal Extent: 2018-05-01 - 2019-05-09

Project:

Collaborative Research: The tropicalization of Western Atlantic seagrass beds (Tropicalization Seagrass Beds)

Principal Investigator:

Justin Campbell (Smithsonian Marine Station, SMS)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Andrew Altieri (University of Florida, UF)

James Douglass (Florida Gulf Coast University, FGCU)

Kenneth Heck (Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL)

Valerie J. Paul (Smithsonian Marine Station, SMS)

Contact:

Olivia Rhoades (Smithsonian Marine Station, SMS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2019-12-19

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Size and abundance data for fish communities across the Thalassia Experimental Network (TEN) sites in the Western Atlantic from 2018-2019

Abstract:

Size and abundance data for fish communities across the Thalassia Experimental Network (TEN) sites in the Western Atlantic from 2018-2019.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2019-12-19	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.784770.1	2021-06-30

Description

Size and abundance data for fish communities across the Thalassia Experimental Network (TEN) sites.

Methods & Sampling

Fish surveys consisted of 50m x 2m x 2m visual benthic transects in the seagrass within and adjacent to the experimental array (20m x 10m) at each site. Where possible, these were conducted on SCUBA; otherwise, surveys were conducted by a single snorkeler. Surveys were initiated at one side of the long end of the subtidal caging experiment, with 20m of the transect within the experimental array and 30m outside of the array. Divers recorded both the abundance and estimated binned size of all fish species observed (>0.5cm minimum size, both cryptic and non-cryptic species occurring on the benthos or in the water column). Fish surveys were conducted every two weeks (with a minimum visibility of 3m) at each site in the TEN network.

Data Processing Description

Data Processing: Data was processed in R Statistical Software (R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)). All data files were merged and QA/QC'ed to ensure proper and consistent formatting and ensuring consistent species identification and spelling.

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added latitude, longitude, and full site names from the site cooridnates file provided to BCO-DMO;
- converted the latitude and longitude values from degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees;
- replaced missing/empty values with "nd" ("no data").

Data Files

File
TEN_fish_survey.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 15.07 MB) MD5:4764ee36f73a54b5c14b2dedd45bd073 Primary data file for dataset ID 784770

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1737247

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
TEN_2018-2019		2018-04-16	Thalassia Experimental Network		data info

Instruments

Diving Mask and Snorkel

Supplied Name: snorkel

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Diving Mask and Snorkel

Generic Description:

A diving mask (also half mask, dive mask or scuba mask) is an item of diving equipment that allows underwater divers, including, scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater.

Snorkel: A breathing apparatus for swimmers and surface divers that allows swimming or continuous use of a face mask without lifting the head to breathe, consisting of a tube that curves out of the mouth and extends above the surface of the water.

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Supplied Name: SCUBA

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Acronym: SCUBA

Generic Description:

The self-contained underwater breathing apparatus or scuba diving system is the result of technological developments and innovations that began almost 300 years ago. Scuba diving is the most extensively used system for breathing underwater by recreational divers throughout the world and in various forms is also widely used to perform underwater work for military, scientific, and commercial purposes.

Reference: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/diving.html

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Site code; refer to "full_names" column for complete name	unitless	Site_ID
lat_dd	Site latitude in decimal degrees	degrees	lat
lon_dd	Site longitude in deicmal degrees	degrees	lon
season	Season during which each survey was taken	unitless	season
date_collected	Date (local time zone) each survey was taken; format: yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	date
visibility	Visibility through the water column at the time the survey was conducted	meters (m)	visibility
array	Whether the survey took place inside or outside the array. 0 = outside, 1 = inside, 2+ = unknown	unitless	site_descrip
fish_spp	Scientific name of the fish species (Genus_species). Where a species was unidentifiable to the species level, a genus of family-level name was given (i.e. Scarus_spp)	unitless	taxon
size_class	Estimated size class of the species, measured as length of the fish from tip to end of tail. Each number is the lower bound of the size class category of the species, with the upper bound being the next available size class (e.g. if an individual is in the “5” size class, that indicates that it is greater than or equal to 5cm and less than 10cm in length).	centimeters (cm)	fish_len
abundance	Count of the number of individuals seen in a given size class of a given species	unitless	abundance
full_names	Full name of the site	unitless	site

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Dataset: TEN Fish Survey Data