Dataset: Whelk surveys
Deployment: Menge_2014

Surveys tracking the abundance of intermediate predator species with tidal elevation from 2014-2015 following sea star wasting disease
Principal Investigator: 
Bruce A. Menge (Oregon State University, OSU)
Student: 
Elizabeth B. Cerny-Chipman (Oregon State University, OSU)
Jenna M. Sullivan (Oregon State University, OSU)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version Date: 
2016-08-12
Description

Data are from surveys tracking the abundance of intermediate predator species with tidal elevation from 2014-2015 following sea star wasting disease. The surveys were in permanent transect lines that were in an inverted "T" shape with a vertical line from the low to high zones and a horizontal line at the lower edge of the mussel bed.

Related Reference:

Elizabeth B. Cerny-Chipman, Jenna M. Sullivan, and Bruce A. Menge. Whelk predators exhibit limited population responses and community effects following disease-driven declines of the keystone sea star Pisaster ochraceus. In Revision: MEPS.

Related Datasets:
Predator removals
Prey percent covers
Whelk size distributions: counts
Whelk size distributions: individuals

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