Dataset: FL Multispecies Otolith Data
Deployment: WS0809

Multispecies larval otolith increment data from the Straits of Florida, 2007-08.
Principal Investigator: 
Robert K. Cowen (Oregon State University, OSU-HMSC)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Vassiliki Kourafalou (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)
Claire B. Paris-Limouzy (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)
Su Sponaugle (Oregon State University, OSU-HMSC)
Contact: 
Kathryn Shulzitski (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
04 Oct 2016
Deployment Synonyms:
 WS-08-09
Version Date: 
2016-10-04
Description

Otolith increment data from five species of coral reef fish collected in the Straits of Florida as 1) larvae in the plankton inside and outside of mesoscales eddies, 2) late-stage larvae over reefs, and 3) juveniles in reef and rubble habitats.

Related publications and references:
Guigand CM, Cowen RK, Llopiz JK, Richardson DE (2005) A coupled asymmetrical multiple opening closing net with environmental sampling system. Mar. Tech. Soc. J 39, 22-24. doi:10.4031/002533205787444042

Shulzitski K, Sponaugle S, Hauff M, Walter K, D’Alessandro EK, Cowen RK (2015) Close encounters with eddies: oceanographic features increase growth of larval reef fishes during their journey to the reef. Biol Lett 20140746. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0746

Shulzitski K, Sponaugle S, Hauff M, Walter K, Cowen RK (2016) Encounter with mesoscale eddies enhances survival to settlement in larval coral reef fishes. PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1601606113

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