Dataset: Distribution of new settler Elacatinus lori settlers

Name: Distribution of new E. lori settlers arriving on sponge habitat in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.
Published: 2018-02-27
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.728435.1

Spatial Extent: N:16.815333 E:-88.0815 S:16.815333 W:-88.0815

Temporal Extent: 2015-05-28 - 2015-07-25

Project:

Collaborative Research: The Role of Larval Orientation Behavior in Determining Population Connectivity (Elacatinus Dispersal II)

Principal Investigator:

Peter Buston (Boston University, BU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

John Majoris (Boston University, BU)

Contact:

John Majoris (Boston University, BU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2018-02-27

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Distribution of new E. lori settlers arriving on sponge habitat in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.

Abstract:

Distribution of new E. lori settlers arriving on sponge habitat in South Water Caye, Belize in 2015.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2018-02-27	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.728435.1	2019-03-19

Description

Distribution of new E. lori settlers (i.e., individuals <10mm with minimal pigment) arriving from the water column.

These data were included in Figure 9 and Table 4 of:

Majoris, JE; D'Aloia CC, Francis RK, Buston PM (Accepted) Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish. Behav. Ecol.

Methods & Sampling

To observe the distribution of new settlers arriving from the water column, the 120 tagged sponges were cleared of settlers and then surveyed for new settlers every 24 – 48 hrs throughout two lunar cycles (28 May – 25 July 2015). We constructed a generalized linear mixed-effects model (GLMM; distribution = binomial; link = logit) using the ‘lme4’ package in R (Bates et al. 2015) to evaluate how habitat and social variables influence the distribution of new settlers on sponge habitat. The arrival of multiple new settlers on an individual sponge was rare. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between the presence or absence of an E. lori settler (0 or 1, respectively) and all habitat and social variables. Sponge ID was included as a random effect to control for repeated observations of the same 120 tagged sponges.

Data Processing Description

R version 3.2.3

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:

- dates reformatted to yyyy/mm/dd
- periods replaced with underscores in column names
- missing identifier replaced with nd

Data Files

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newsettler_distribution.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 471.98 KB) MD5:d1c7b79a0dac01ef42454a5d0ae0bcab Primary data file for dataset ID 728435

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1459546

Deployments

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Instruments

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Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Date	Date of observation; YYYY/MM/DD	unitless	date
Lunar_day	Day in lunar cycle	day	days
Sp_depth_m	Depth at base of the sponge in meters	meters	depth
Sp_depth	Depth at base of the spongein feet	feet	depth
Sp_size	Maximum tube length of sponge	centimeters	length_max
New_set_pres	New settler presence (1) or absence (0) on a tagged sponge (i.e. individuals less than 10mm with minimal pigmentation that settled to the sponge from the water column)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
New_set_n	Number of new settlers observed on a tagged sponge	number	count
Ps_n	Number of post-settlers observed on a tagged sponge	number	count
Res_n	Number of residents observed on each sponge	number	count
Sp_tubes	Number of sponge tubes greater than 10 centimeters	number	count
Ps_pres	Post-settler presence (1) or absence (0) on a tagged sponge (i.e. E. lori individuals 10mm or greater but 18mm or less standard length that moved to the sponge from elsewhere on the reef)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Rep_pres	Reproduction (ie: clutch) present (1) or absent (0)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Res_pres	Residents presence (1) or absence (0)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Sp_species	Sponge species: Aplysina fistularis (Y); or Agelas conifera (B)	unitless	species
Ns1	Standard length of new settlers on sponge	millimeters	length
Ns2	Standard length of new settlers on sponge	millimeters	length
Ns3	Standard length of new settlers on sponge	millimeters	length
Ns4	Standard length of new settlers on sponge	millimeters	length
Ps1	Standard length of post-settlers	millimeters	length
Ps2	Standard length of post-settlers	millimeters	length
Ps3	Standard length of post-settlers	millimeters	length
Sp_ID	Tag number from 1 - 120 used to identify sponges	unitless	sample