Dataset: TEN Seagrass Leaf Productivity

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Spatial Extent: N:32.2639 E:-64.8307 S:9.35161 W:-97.0348
Subtropical Western Atlantic
Temporal Extent: 2018-08 - 2019-06
Project: 
Principal Investigator: 
Justin Campbell (Smithsonian Institution, NMNH)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Sawyer Newman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version: 
1
Version Date: 
2024-01-10
Restricted: 
No
Validated: 
No
Current State: 
Preliminary and in progress

Thalassia testudinum leaf productivity measurements from experimental plots in the Western Atlantic from summer 2018 (Tropicalization Seagrass Beds project)
Abstract: 
This dataset includes seagrass leaf productivity (Thalassia testudinum) from 650 experimental plots distributed across 13 sites in the Western Atlantic. Productivity was collected at two timepoints, once at the end of the 2018 summer growing season, and again at the end of the 2019 winter season. Leaf productivity was calculated as an average of 4-6 harvested seagrass shoots in each experimental plot. Shoots were marked at the base with a needle and allowed to grow, in situ, for 7-10 days. Leaf extension was then measured in the lab after leaves were harvested and expressed as grams of new growth / shoot / day. Sites include: Bocas del Toro, Panama; Bonaire; Little Cayman, Cayman Islands; Carrie Bow, Belize; Puerto Morelos, Mexico; Andros, Bahamas; Eleuthera, Bahamas; Corpus Christi, Texas; Galveston, Texas; Naples, Florida; Crystal River, Florida; St. Joes, Florida; and Bermuda.

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