Dataset: oyster condition index
Deployment: Kimbro_2011

Condition index for bivalves recovered at the end of the cage experiment

Principal Investigator:

David L. Kimbro (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

Contact:

Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

The influence of predators on community structure and resultant ecosystem functioning at a biogeographic scale (Oyster_Trophic_Cascades)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

2015-04-01

Version Date:

2015-04-01

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/554973/data

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Description

Oyster reef cages containing either bivalves, consumers or predators were set up along the southeastern US coast from N. Carolina to Florida. This dataset includes inital and final oyster shell length and wet and dry weights of the tissue.

Related Reference:

DL. Kimbro,JE. Byers,JH. Grabowski, AR. Hughes and MF. Piehler. The biogeography of trophic cascades on US oyster reefs (2014) Ecology Letters 17:845-854. doi: 10.1111/ele.12293.

Data is also available from the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB):
1. Cage Experiment Bivalve Data http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat?action=read&qformat=knb&sessionid=0&docid=evanlpettis.101.15

Methods & Sampling

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0961633	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-0961741	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-0961853	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1203859	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1338372	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Experimental study site/estuary within each region; Two sites per region	unitless	site
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
cage	ID number of caging enclosure	unitless	sample
treatment	Experimental treatment	unitless	treatment
subcage_phantom	Indicates whether clam was planted in a subcaged or phantom caged location	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
on_off_reef	Whether clams were planted on or off the reef (for untagged live clams on/off reef will be unknown)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
position	Position at which individual clam was assigned within the cage	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
tag	Tag on clam	unitless	tagid
len_init	Initial shell length of clam	millimeter	length
len_final	Final length of clam if recovered and measurable	millimeter	length
wgt_shell	Mass of both valves; tissue and tag removed; dried with paper towel	grams	weight
wgt_container	Mass of empty tin used for measuring the wet and dry tissue mass of clam	grams	weight
wgt_wet_container	Mass of wet tissue and tin	grams	weight
wgt_dry_container	Mass of tissue and tin after drying for 24 hours at 70 degrees C	grams	weight
wgt_wet_tissue	Mass of wet tissue alone	grams	weight
wgt_dry_tissue	Mass of dry tissue alone	grams	weight

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Dataset: oyster condition index
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Dataset: oyster condition index
Deployment: Kimbro_2011