Dataset: Shima et al 2010 survey

Name: Field surveys that compare the relationship between dead coral and the number of Ceraesignum (Dendropoma) maximum in Moorea, French Polynesia from (Vermetids_Corals project)
Published: 2017-10-05
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-17.47279 E:-149.78277 S:-17.48365 W:-149.84698

Project:

Spatial patterns of coral-vermetid interactions: short-term effects and long-term consequences (Vermetids_Corals)

Principal Investigator:

Jeffrey Shima (Victoria University of Wellington)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Craig Osenberg (University of Georgia, UGA)

Adrian Stier (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB)

Contact:

Jeffrey Shima (Victoria University of Wellington)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2017-10-05

Version Date:

2017-10-05

Restricted:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Field surveys that compare the relationship between dead coral and the number of Ceraesignum (Dendropoma) maximum in Moorea, French Polynesia from (Vermetids_Corals project)

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Description

Researchers examined the effects of vermetids on the growth and survival of three species of coral in Moorea, French Polynesia as well as the relationship between the proportion of dead coral and the number of vermetids.

Related Datasets:

Shima et al 2010 experimental: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/726082
Shima et al 2010 survey: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/726107 (current page)

Methods & Sampling

Divers surveyed covariance between dead reef substrate in 103 22.36 x 22.36 cm quadrats placed hapharzardly on monotypic patches of coral (Montipora, Porites lobata, Porites rus, Pocillopora). They counted the number of live Ceraesignum (formerly Dendropoma) maximum (>5mm in aperature diameter) in the quadrat and visually estimated the proportion of dead coral.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:

added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date

Data Files

File
Shimaetal_2010_survey.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.53 KB) MD5:8d0a79aefddfc444aab988f3467519cd Primary data file for dataset ID 726107

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1130359

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Osenberg_et_al_Moorea		2003-05-19	Osenberg et al Moorea	Craig Osenberg (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

scale

Supplied Name: Scaled

Supplied Description:

Corals were attached to plastic bases and weighed using the bouyant method (Davies 1989) and then placed onto to the reefs in triplicate.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: scale

Acronym: balance

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB13/

Generic Description:

An instrument used to measure weight or mass.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Focal_habitat	monotypic habitats characterizing each quadrat (Montipora = Montipora spp.; Pocillopora spp.; Porites = Porites lobata; Prus = Porites rus)	unitless	site_descrip
D_max_count	number of vermetids	unitless	count
prop_dead	visual estimates of proportion of quadrat comprised of dead coral substrate	unitless	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Shima et al 2010 survey