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2013-03-20
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
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Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)
2013-03-20
publication
2013-03-20
revision
BCO-DMO Linked Data URI
2013-03-20
creation
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3898
Mark Hixon
Oregon State University
principalInvestigator
Mark A. Albins
Oregon State University
principalInvestigator
Kurt Ingeman
Oregon State University
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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Cite this dataset as: Hixon, M., Albins, M. A., Ingeman, K. (2013) Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 20 March 2013) Version Date 2013-03-20 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3898 [access date]
Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Dataset Description: <p>Results of fish surveys on reefs in the vicintiy of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas conducted from 2009 to 2012.</p>
<p>Part of sub-project titled "Large-scale, Long-term, Lionfish Experiment (LLLE)".</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>:<strong> Data are embargoed</strong> until 2017, per request of the lead PI. Contact PI for more information.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p>This long-term, large-scale field experiment was designed to document the community-wide effects of invasive lionfish in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Baseline surveys of the fish community were conducted at each of ten large (1400 to 4000 m2) reefs by counting and sizing all fishes within two permanent square plots (100 m2) and four permanent strip plots (50 m2) at each reef. Square plots were centered on the area of each reef with the greatest three-dimensional structure, whereas strip transects were placed to provide a representative sample of the entire reef (biased towards hard substrate). The reefs were paired based on habitat characteristics (depth, current, predominant substrate type, etc.), and one reef in each pair was designated as either low-lionfish-density (LLD) or high-lionfish-density (HLD). Lionfish were then removed from LLD reefs and added to HLD reefs. We attempted to remove all lionfish from LLD reefs, and to augment the density of lionfish on HLD reefs to the level observed on the highest-density reefs before the experiment. Surveys of each fish community were then repeated approximately quarterly. During each survey, any new lionfish appearing on LLD reefs were removed and distributed evenly across the HLD reefs (again, ensuring that densities at HLD reefs did not exceed natural invasive densities prior to the experiment). See details in the following related publications.</p>
<p><strong>Related Publications:</strong><br />
Albins, M.A. (2012) Effects of the Invasive Pacific Red Lionfish Pterois volitans on Native Atlantic Coral-reef Fish Communities (Chapter 6). PhD Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.<br />
Albins, M.A. (in preparation) Invasive Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce abundance and species richness of native Bahamian coral-reef fishes: results from a large-scale, long-term experiment. Intended for Ecological Applications.</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-0851162 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=0851162
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Mark Hixon
Oregon State University
Department of Zoology 3029 Cordley Hall
Corvallis
OR
97331-2914
USA
hixonm@science.oregonstate.edu
pointOfContact
Mark A. Albins
Oregon State University
541-740-7747
Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Marine Fish Laboratory 8300 STATE HIGHWAY 104
Fairhope
AL
36532
USA
mark.albins@auburn.edu
pointOfContact
Kurt Ingeman
Oregon State University
Department of Zoology Oregon State University
Corvallis
OR
97331
USA
ingemank@science.oregonstate.edu
pointOfContact
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Dataset Version: 20 March 2013
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reef_pair_code
reef_id
site
treatment
treatment_code
lat
lon
area_substrate
depth_min
depth_max
nearest_reef
nearest_channel
nearest_edge_of_sound
substrate_type
full_census
survey
year
month
day
sample_type
subsample
time_start_local
time_end_local
ISO_DateTime_start
ISO_DateTime_end
species_code
species
stage
count_non_fish
notes
bin
lenbin_min
lenbin_mx
count
theme
None, User defined
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Site_ID
site
latitude
longitude
depth_min
depth_max
year
month of year
day of month
sample type
time_start_local
time_end_local
ISO_DateTime_UTC
taxon_code
species scientific name (binomial)
stage
lenbin_min
count
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
LSI_Reef_Surveys_09-12
service
Deployment Activity
Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
place
Locations
otherRestrictions
otherRestrictions
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Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish
http://hixon.science.oregonstate.edu/content/highlight-lionfish-invasion
Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish
<p>Invasive species are increasingly introduced by human activities to new regions of the world where those species have never existed previously. In the absence of natural enemies (predators, competitors, and diseases) from their homeland, invasives may have strong negative effects on invaded ecosystems, especially systems with fewer species ("ecological release"), and may even drive native species extinct. However, if native natural enemies can somehow control the invaders ("ecological resistance"), then ecological disruption can be prevented or at least moderated. Most of the many invasive species in the sea have been seaweeds and invertebrates, and the few documented invasive marine fishes have not caused major problems. However, this situation has recently changed in a stunning and ominous way. In the early 1990s, lionfish (<i>Pterois volitans</i>) from the Pacific Ocean were accidentally or intentionally released from aquaria to the ocean in the vicinity of Florida. Camouflaged by shape and color, protected by venomous spines, consuming native coral-reef fishes voraciously, and reproducing rapidly, lionfish have subsequently undergone a population explosion. They now range from the mid-Atlantic coast of the US to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas. Native Atlantic fishes have never before encountered this spiny, stealthy, efficient predator and seldom take evasive action. In fact, the investigator has documented that a single lionfish is capable of reducing the abundance of small fish on a small coral patch reef by nearly 80% in just 5 weeks. There is great concern that invasive lionfish may severely reduce the abundance of native coral-reef fishes important as food for humans (e.g., grouper and snapper in their juvenile stages) as well as species that normally maintain the integrity of coral reefs (e.g., grazing parrotfishes that can prevent seaweeds from smothering corals). There are far more species of coral-reef fish in the Pacific than the Atlantic, so this invasion may represent a case of extreme ecological release with minor ecological resistance. Dr. Hixon and colleagues will study the mechanisms of ecological release in lionfish, as well as examine potential sources of ecological resistance in the heavily invaded Bahamas. Because very little is known about the ecology and behavior of lionfish in their native Pacific range, he will also conduct comparative studies in both oceans, which may provide clues regarding the extreme success of this invasion. In the Bahamas, the investigator will document the direct and indirect effects on native species of the ecological release of lionfish, both as a predator and as a competitor. These studies will be conducted at various scales of time and space, from short-term experiments on small patch reefs, to long-term experiments and observations on large reefs. Whereas direct effects involve mostly changes in the abundance of native species, indirect effects can be highly variable. For example, lionfish may actually indirectly benefit some native species by either consuming or outcompeting the competitors of those natives. The project will explore possible ecological resistance to the invasion by determining whether any native Bahamian species are effective natural enemies of lionfish, including predators, parasites, and competitors of both juvenile and adult lionfish. Comparative studies of natural enemies, as well as lionfish ecology and behavior, in both the Atlantic and the Pacific may provide clues regarding the explosive spread of lionfish in the Atlantic.</p>
<p>Regarding broader impacts, this basic research will provide information valuable to coral-reef and fisheries managers fighting the lionfish invasion in the US, the Bahamas, and the greater Caribbean, especially if sources of native ecological resistance are identified. The study will fund the PhD research of U.S. graduate students, as well as involve assistance and participation by a broad variety of undergraduates and reef/fisheries managers, including women, minorities, native Bahamians, and native Pacific islanders. Participation in this project will promote education in marine ecology and conservation biology directly via Dr. Hixon's and graduate students' teaching and outreach activities, and indirectly via the experiences of undergraduate field assistants and various associates.</p>
Lionfish Invasion
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oceans
Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
2013-03-20
Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Mariana Islands; Philippines
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33392.rdf
Name: reef_pair_code
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Reef pair code. Reefs with same code were paired based on similarities in reef area; type; depth and location. One reef in each pair was assigned to one of the two lionfish treatments.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33393.rdf
Name: reef_id
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Reef Identification code.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33394.rdf
Name: site
Units: text
Description: <p>Full name of experimental reefs. Column originally named 'ReefName'.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33395.rdf
Name: treatment
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Experimental Treatment. LOW = low lionfish density; HIGH = high lionfish density.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33396.rdf
Name: treatment_code
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Alternate code defining reef treatment. LLD = low lionfish density; HLD = high lionfish density. Numbers used to match up paired reefs.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33397.rdf
Name: lat
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Latitude of experimental reefs.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33398.rdf
Name: lon
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Longitude of experimental reefs.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33399.rdf
Name: area_substrate
Units: square meters
Description: <p>Approximate area of hard substrate at each reef location.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33400.rdf
Name: depth_min
Units: meters
Description: <p>Approximate minimum depth at reef location.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33401.rdf
Name: depth_max
Units: meters
Description: <p>Approximate maximum depth at reef location.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33402.rdf
Name: nearest_reef
Units: meters
Description: <p>Approximate distance to nearest natural reef. Column originally named 'Nearest'.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33403.rdf
Name: nearest_channel
Units: meters
Description: <p>Approximate distance to nearest tidal channel. Column originally named 'TidalChan'.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33404.rdf
Name: nearest_edge_of_sound
Units: meters
Description: <p>Approximate distance to nearest edge of Exuma Sound. Column originally named 'ExSound'.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33405.rdf
Name: substrate_type
Units: text
Description: <p>Short description of predominant substrate type.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33406.rdf
Name: full_census
Units: Y or N
Description: <p>Were fish of all sizes enumerated during the survey? Y = yes; N = no; note: this value is Y for all rows.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33407.rdf
Name: survey
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Column originally named 'TimeStep'.<br />BL = first round of pre-treatment surveys (Spring 2009).<br />1 = first round of post-treatment surveys (Summer 2009).<br />2 = second round (Fall 2009).<br />3 = third round (Winter 2010) note: no surveys carried out on plot 1 or strips C or D at CNY; or at plot 2 strip c or D at TRT due to poor weather and visibility conditions.<br />4 = fourth round (Spring 2010).<br />5 = fifth round (Summer 2010).<br />6 = sixth round (Fall 2011).<br />7 = seventh round (Spring 2011).<br />8 = no eighth round of surveys conducted due to Hurricane Irene.<br />9 = ninth round (Fall 2011) note: no surveys carried out on plot 2 strips A, C, or D at NWC; or at plot 1 or 2 strips A, B, C, or D at SEC due to poor weather and visibility conditions.<br />10 = tenth round (Spring 2012).<br />11 = eleventh round (Summer 2012).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33408.rdf
Name: year
Units: year
Description: <p>4-digit year of survey. Local time for the Bahamas (UTC-5).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33409.rdf
Name: month
Units: month
Description: <p>2-digit month of survey. Local time for the Bahamas (UTC-5).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33410.rdf
Name: day
Units: day-of-month
Description: <p>2-digit day-of-month of survey. Local time for the Bahamas (UTC-5).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33411.rdf
Name: sample_type
Units: text
Description: <p>PLOT = 10m x 10m (100m^2) plot; STRIP = 2m x 25m (50m^2) strip transect.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33412.rdf
Name: subsample
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Identifies the individual subsample (can take values of 1 or 2 for plots and values of A, B, C, or D for strip transects).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33413.rdf
Name: time_start_local
Units: HHMM
Description: <p>Time of day of the start of the survey (24-hr clock). Local time for the Bahamas (UTC-5).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33414.rdf
Name: time_end_local
Units: HHMM
Description: <p>Time of day at the end of the survey (24-hr clock). Local time for the Bahamas (UTC-5).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33415.rdf
Name: ISO_DateTime_start
Units: YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.ss
Description: <p>Date/time (UTC) at start of survey formatted to ISO8601 standard. Converted from original date, time, and time zone.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33416.rdf
Name: ISO_DateTime_end
Units: YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.ss
Description: <p>Date/time (UTC) at end of survey formatted to ISO8601 standard. Converted from original date, time, and time zone.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33417.rdf
Name: species_code
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>4-letter genus species code (typically first two letters are the first two of the genus and last two letters are the first two of the species).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33418.rdf
Name: species
Units: text
Description: <p>Scientific name of species (Genus species).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33419.rdf
Name: stage
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Originally named 'Phase'. N = juvenile or intermediate or fish without distinct post-settlement life stages; T = terminal phase.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33420.rdf
Name: count_non_fish
Units: integer
Description: <p>0 if species is a fish; otherwise count of specific invertebrate on particular subsample.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33421.rdf
Name: notes
Units: text
Description: <p>NONE if no notes associated with observation; otherwise may refer to data entry related or QA/QC related notes or notes about the particular observation (including poor visibility during survey or status of lionfish on LOW treatment reef etc.)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33422.rdf
Name: bin
Units: dimensionless
Description: <p>Original name of length bin.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33423.rdf
Name: lenbin_min
Units: centimeters
Description: <p>Minimum of length bin range. </p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33424.rdf
Name: lenbin_mx
Units: centimeters
Description: <p>Maximum of length bin range.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/33425.rdf
Name: count
Units: integer
Description: <p>The integer represents the count of a particular species on a particular subsample falling into the size bin.</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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USA
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<p>This long-term, large-scale field experiment was designed to document the community-wide effects of invasive lionfish in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Baseline surveys of the fish community were conducted at each of ten large (1400 to 4000 m2) reefs by counting and sizing all fishes within two permanent square plots (100 m2) and four permanent strip plots (50 m2) at each reef. Square plots were centered on the area of each reef with the greatest three-dimensional structure, whereas strip transects were placed to provide a representative sample of the entire reef (biased towards hard substrate). The reefs were paired based on habitat characteristics (depth, current, predominant substrate type, etc.), and one reef in each pair was designated as either low-lionfish-density (LLD) or high-lionfish-density (HLD). Lionfish were then removed from LLD reefs and added to HLD reefs. We attempted to remove all lionfish from LLD reefs, and to augment the density of lionfish on HLD reefs to the level observed on the highest-density reefs before the experiment. Surveys of each fish community were then repeated approximately quarterly. During each survey, any new lionfish appearing on LLD reefs were removed and distributed evenly across the HLD reefs (again, ensuring that densities at HLD reefs did not exceed natural invasive densities prior to the experiment). See details in the following related publications.</p>
<p><strong>Related Publications:</strong><br />
Albins, M.A. (2012) Effects of the Invasive Pacific Red Lionfish Pterois volitans on Native Atlantic Coral-reef Fish Communities (Chapter 6). PhD Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.<br />
Albins, M.A. (in preparation) Invasive Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce abundance and species richness of native Bahamian coral-reef fishes: results from a large-scale, long-term experiment. Intended for Ecological Applications.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
<p>BCO-DMO Processing Notes:<br />
-Modified original parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.<br />
-Added species names from the master species list (named 'NSF-OCE-0851162-Hixon-Albins_LLLE_SpeciesList_master.csv').<br />
-Added all columns from the reef characteristics file (named 'NSF-OCE-0851162-Hixon-Albins_LLLE_ReefChar.csv).<br />
-Time values of '9000' changed to '0900' (assumed to be typo).<br />
-Added ISO_DateTime_start and ISO_DateTime_end (UTC) based on original date, time_start_local, time_end_local, and timezone of UTC-5.<br />
-Added lenbin_min and lenbin_max to explicitly state the bin ranges.</p>
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Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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Deployment: LSI_Reef_Surveys_09-12
LSI_Reef_Surveys_09-12
Tropical Marine Lab at Lee Stocking Island
laboratory
LSI_Reef_Surveys_09-12
Mark Hixon
Oregon State University
Tropical Marine Lab at Lee Stocking Island
laboratory