Dataset: Biomass and diversity measurements in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat from 16 sites across the Northern Hemisphere, 2011 (ZEN project)

Release Date:2016-12-31Preliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2016-09-26)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: J. Emmett Duffy (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Scientist, Contact: Dr Pamela L Reynolds (University of California-Davis)

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

Project: Zostera Experimental Network (ZEN)

Abstract

This dataset includes biomass and diversity measurements of eelgrass communities from 16 sites across the Northern Hemisphere: Japan (2), USA (8), Canada (2), Norway (1), Sweden (1), Finland (1), Portugal (1). The purpose was to study the plant and animal responses to top-down and bottom-up manipulations in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat.

Cite Dataset

Methodology is available from: J. Emmett Duffy, et al. Biodiversity mediates top-down control in eelgrass ecosystems: A global comparative-experimental approach. Ecology Letters 18:7 (696–705). DOI: 10.1111/ele.12448.

Table S1. Codes and locations of sites

Code Site Latitude Longitude Principal Investigator
AK Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA 59.648 -151.436 Iken
BB Bodega Bay, California, USA 38.317 -123.033 Stachowicz
BC Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 49.000 -123.100 O'Connor
FI Ängsö Island, Finland 60.100 21.700 Boström
JN Akkeshi-Ko Estuary, Hokkaido, Japan 43.060 144.911 Nakaoka
JS Akiwan Bay, Hiroshima, Japan 34.178 132.550 Hori
MA Nahant, Massachusetts, USA 42.426 -70.919 Douglass
NC Beaufort, North Carolina, USA 34.683 -76.600 Reynolds, Sotka
NN Misvaerfjord, Bodø, Norway 67.233 15.200 Olsen, Eriksson, Horeau
PO Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal 36.997 -7.829 Engelen
QU Pointe-Lebel, Quebec, Canada 49.113 68.179 Cusson
SD San Diego Bay, CA, USA 32.714 -117.226 Hovel
SW Gullmar Fjord, Sweden  58.314 11.548 Moksnes/Fredriksen
VA Goodwin Islands, Gloucester Point, Virginia  37.217 -76.383 Duffy/Reynolds
WA Willapa Bay, Washington, USA 46.500 -124.000 Ruesink

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Results
Duffy, J. E., P.-O. Moksnes, and A. R. Hughes. (2013). Ecology of Seagrass Communities. Pages 271–297 in M. D. Bertness, J. F. Bruno, B. R. Silliman, and J. J. Stachowicz, editors. "Marine Community Ecology and Conservation". Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.
Results
Duffy, J. E., Reynolds, P. L., Boström, C., Coyer, J. A., Cusson, M., Donadi, S., … Stachowicz, J. J. (2015). Biodiversity mediates top-down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative-experimental approach. Ecology Letters, 18(7), 696–705. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12448
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Reynolds, P. L., Richardson, J. P., & Duffy, J. E. (2014). Field experimental evidence that grazers mediate transition between microalgal and seagrass dominance. Limnology and Oceanography, 59(3), 1053–1064. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.1053
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Whalen, M. A., Duffy, J. E., & Grace, J. B. (2013). Temporal shifts in top-down vs. bottom-up control of epiphytic algae in a seagrass ecosystem. Ecology, 94(2), 510–520. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0156.1

Duffy, J. E., Reynolds, P. L. (2016) Biomass and diversity measurements in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat from 16 sites across the Northern Hemisphere, 2011 (ZEN project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2016-09-26 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/659737 [access date]

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