Dataset: Tile array metadata and fish identified from photos taken on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu, Fiji in 2013 (Killer Seaweeds project)

ValidatedRelease Date:2019-06-12Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2015-08-13)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Mark E. Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Contact: Dr David Gibbs (Georgia Institute of Technology)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals (Killer Seaweeds)

Abstract

Experiment results testing Janzen-Connell hypothesis in brooding corals: whether juvenile corals experienced distance-dependent mortality near adult conspecifics. This dataset reports tile array metadata and fish identified from photos taken on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu, Fiji in 2013.

Cite Dataset
Spatial Extent: N:-18.19 E:177.71 S:-18.21 W:177.62
Temporal Extent: 2013-09-29 - 2013-09-29

This dataset includes depth, time, colony size information and fish species photographed on the tile arrays of Seriatopora hystrix.

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Related Publications

Methods
Bonaldo, R. M., & Hay, M. E. (2014). Seaweed-Coral Interactions: Variance in Seaweed Allelopathy, Coral Susceptibility, and Potential Effects on Coral Resilience. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e85786. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085786
Methods
Rasher, D. B., Hoey, A. S., & Hay, M. E. (2013). Consumer diversity interacts with prey defenses to drive ecosystem function. Ecology, 94(6), 1347–1358. doi:10.1890/12-0389.1
Methods
Sato, M. (1985). Mortality and growth of juvenile coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus). Coral Reefs, 4(1), 27–33. doi:10.1007/bf00302201
Related Research
Marhaver, K. L., Vermeij, M. J. A., Rohwer, F., & Sandin, S. A. (2013). Janzen‐Connell effects in a broadcast‐spawning Caribbean coral: distance‐dependent survival of larvae and settlers. Ecology, 94(1), 146-160.
Software
Schneider, C. A., Rasband, W. S., ... (n.d.). ImageJ. US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Available from https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/

Hay, M. E. (2015) Tile array metadata and fish identified from photos taken on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu, Fiji in 2013 (Killer Seaweeds project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2015-08-13 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/564411 [access date]

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