Dataset: Parrotfish bite rates, volume of substrate removed, and estimates of erosional scars for each species observed in surveys at Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.735679.1Version 1 (2018-05-23)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Adjustment of western Pacific Ocean coral reefs to sea-level rise and ocean warming (Coral Reef Adjustment)


Abstract

As part of the reef-composition survey of Palau, Yap, and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the erosion caused by parrotfish grazing at each site was estimated with in-situ data of size and density of parrotfish species. Data were also derived from the scientific literature on the species-specific bite rates and other processes that influence fish bioerosion rates. Field data were collected in Palau and Yap in 2017, in FSM in 2018, and in Majuro and Kiritimati in 2019.

These data were published in van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2018) and van Woesik & Cacciapaglia (2019).


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Dataset: Parrotfish surveys
Relationship Description: "Parrotfish species information" dataset contains information about the species observed.
van Woesik, R. (2021) Parrotfish species, density counts, and fish length from field-video surveys in Palau, Yap, the Federated States of Micronesia, Majuro, and Kiritimati from 2017 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 3) Version Date 2021-07-15 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.734979.3

Related Publications

Results

Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2018). Keeping up with sea-level rise: Carbonate production rates in Palau and Yap, western Pacific Ocean. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0197077. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197077
Results

Van Woesik, R., & Cacciapaglia, C. W. (2019). Carbonate production of Micronesian reefs suppressed by thermal anomalies and Acanthaster as sea-level rises. PLOS ONE, 14(11), e0224887. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224887