Dataset: A. pisonii: latitudinal body size

Name: Survey examining latitudinal body size patterns in Aratus pisonii collected from South Eastern US mangrove forests in 2013 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)
Published: 2017-08-03
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:30.51 E:-80.13 S:16.83 W:-88.1

Project:

Linking Variation in Metabolic Processes as a Key to Prediction (Variation in Metabolic Processes)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Blaine D. Griffen (University of South Carolina)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version Date:

2017-08-03

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Survey examining latitudinal body size patterns in Aratus pisonii collected from South Eastern US mangrove forests in 2013 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)

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Description

This data is part of a project exploring the impact of climate-change induced range expansion on traditional ecogeographic patterns of life history. Data were collected June-August 2013.

Related Reference:
Riley ME, Griffen BD (2017) Habitat-specific differences alter traditional biogeographic patterns of life history in a climate-change induced range expansion. PLOS One 12(5):e0176263.

Methods & Sampling

At each site, crabs (mean sample size ± SE=112.36 ± 6.93 at each site) were randomly collected during daytime high tides. We measured their carapace width to the nearest tenth of a millimeter, identified their sex, and determined the reproductive status (gravid or not gravid) of females.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced spaces with underscores; removed commas
- added longitude for mapping purposes

version 2017-08-03 replaces version 2016-03-01: corrected latitude of Twin Cays, Belize

Data Files

File
Apisonii_lat_bodysize.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 69.06 KB) MD5:f2de599f9e0069d592b0a46b89eb0e34 Primary data file for dataset ID 639250

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1129166

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Griffen_mangroves		2013-06-01	Univ_S_Carolina	Dr Blaine D. Griffen (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	Site identification	unitless	site
lat	Latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
habitat	Dominant habitat: mangrove forest; marsh; mixed marsh	unitless	site_descrip
carap_width	Carapace width	millimeters	width
sex	Sex of crab: F= female; M= male; J= juvenile	unitless	sex
repro_status	Reproductive status: G= gravid; NG=not gravid; R=?; NR=not ?; NA= not applicable (because male/juvenile)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: A. pisonii: latitudinal body size