http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/816622
eng; USA
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Highest level of data collection, from a common set of sensors or instrumentation, usually within the same research project
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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2020-06-23
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Infauna description of biomass cores sampled in the Corpus Christi Bay and Mission-Aransas Bays, Texas, USA between November 2017 and November 2018.
2020-06-29
publication
2020-06-29
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2020-09-22
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.816622.1
Lauren Yeager
University of Texas - Marine Science Institute
principalInvestigator
Kenneth Dunton
University of Texas - Marine Science Institute
principalInvestigator
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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Cite this dataset as: Yeager, L., Dunton, K. (2020) Infauna description of biomass cores sampled in the Corpus Christi Bay and Mission-Aransas Bays, Texas, USA between November 2017 and November 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-06-29 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.816622.1 [access date]
Dataset Description: <p>Infauna description of biomass cores sampled in the Corpus Christi Bay and Mission-Aransas Bays, Texas, USA between November 2017 and November 2018.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p>Field procedures:</p>
<p>At each station, two replicate cores were used for estimates of above- and below-ground biomass following percent cover observations. A 15 cm inner diameter (ID) core was used to sample the seagrass species present (Thalassia, Halodule, Syringodium, Ruppia or Halophila) present within each quadrat. A PVC (polyvinyl chloride) core was used for the collection of below-ground and above-ground material. Care was taken to keep only the shoots that reside within the diameter of the core. Following placement of the 15 cm core on the seabed, the rubber stopper was removed from the top of the core. Before pressing the core into the sediment, the diver ran their fingers carefully around the bottom of the core. If grass was pulled under the core, it is removed. The diver pressed and twisted the core down into the sediment (10-15 cm depth). The stopper was re-installed in the 15 cm core, and the core was rocked back and forth. The diver worked their hand under the core and removed it from the grass bed, making sure to keep their hand under the bottom of the core in order to prevent loss of sample. Samples were then placed in pre-labeled Ziploc bags and immediately placed on ice.</p>
<p>Laboratory Procedures:</p>
<p>Cores samples were kept in a refrigerator (4°C) until processing within one week of collection.&nbsp; Cores samples were sieved with filtered seawater through a 500 µm sieve to remove excess sediment. Seagrass tissue was carefully separated from infauna and shell harsh before further processing.</p>
<p>Aboveground tissue, including leaves, sheath material and floral parts, were separated from all below-ground tissues. Leaves were carefully cleaned of all attached biota by scraping with a wet cloth or razor blade prior to analysis.</p>
<p>Infauna were picked from shell hash and remaining material.&nbsp; In cores with large amounts of shell hash and/or small molluscs cores were subsampled down to 1/10 of the original sample (noted in data spreadsheet). Infauna were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level and enumerated.</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1807143 Award URL: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1807143
completed
Lauren Yeager
University of Texas - Marine Science Institute
750 Channel View Dr
Port Aransas
TX
78373
US
laurenayeager@gmail.com
pointOfContact
Kenneth Dunton
University of Texas - Marine Science Institute
361-749-6728
750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas
TX
78373
USA
ken.dunton@utexas.edu
pointOfContact
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Dataset Version: 1
Unknown
Sample_ID
Site
resource_name
Site_Latitude
Site_Longitude
Replicate
Date_Collected
Core_location
Core_size
Date_Processed
Processed_By
Subsample
Random_sample_section_number
Ratio
C_atratum_in_subsample
Extrapolated_C_atratum
Amphipoda
Acteocina_spp
Alpheus_spp
Amygdalum_papyrium
Angulus_tampaensis
Argopecten_irradians_amplicostatus
Astyris_lunata
Astyris_multilineata
Bittolium_varium
Brachiodontes_exustus
Bulla_striata
Calcinus_tibicen
Calinectes_sapidus
Calinectes_similis
Caryocorbula_contracta
Cerithium_atratum_lutosum
Cerithium_translirata
Cirripedia
Chione_elevata
Clibanarius_vitattus
Costoanachis_avara
Costoanachis_translirata
Crassostrea_virginica
Crepidula_convexa
Crepidula_fornicata
Panopeidae
Gobionellus_boleosoma
Haminoea_antillarum
Haminoea_cf_elegans
Hippolyte_spp
Holothuroidea
Ischnochiton_papillosus
Isopoda
Laevicardium_mortoni
Laevicardium_pictum
Laevicardium_serratum
Lucapina_aegis
Lyonsia_hyalina
Macoma_mitchelli
Macoma_psuedomera
Macoma_tenta
Mulinia_lateralis
Myrophis_punctatus
Nassarius_vibex
Neritina_virginea
Pagurus_annulipes
Parvilucina_crenella
Penaus_spp
Phacoides_pectinata
Pinnixa_chaetopterana
Pitar_cf_munda
Polychaeta_head_or_whole
Polyplacophora
Porifera
Pyrogocythara_plicosa
Solen_viriduis
Stenoplax_bahamensis
Tagelus_divisus
Unknown
Total
Notes
theme
None, User defined
sample identification
site
site description
latitude
longitude
replicate
date
sample description
person name
count
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
otherRestrictions
otherRestrictions
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RAPID: Degradation and Resilience of Seagrass Ecosystem Structure and Function following a Direct Impact by Hurricane Harvey
https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/751046
RAPID: Degradation and Resilience of Seagrass Ecosystem Structure and Function following a Direct Impact by Hurricane Harvey
<p>NSF Award Abstract:</p>
<p>Disturbance has long been recognized as a major organizing force in marine communities with the potential to shape biodiversity. Hurricanes provide a natural experiment to understand how acute physical disturbances (storm surge and wind energy) may interact with longer-term changes in environmental conditions (salinity or turbidity) to alter the structure and function of ecological communities. As models indicate that hurricane intensity and precipitation will increase with a warming climate, understanding the response and recovery of coastal ecosystems is of critical societal importance. Harvey made landfall as a Category Four hurricane on the Texas coast on August 25, 2017, bringing extreme rainfall as the storm stalled over the middle Texas coast. The heavy rainfall and freshwater run-off created a low salinity lens that continues to persist two months later. Seagrass ecosystems may be particularly vulnerable because they grow on shallow, soft-sediment bottoms (and thus are easily dislodged or buried) and because seagrasses are sensitive to changes in salinity and turbidity. The societal implications of seagrass loss are well recognized: seagrasses provide highly valuable ecosystem services of large economic value for estuarine and nearshore dependent fisheries, serve as nursery habitats, and sequester gigatons of carbon on a global scale. Using measurements of the health and function of the seagrass and of the community for which it is habitat, the PIs are assessing the impact of the hurricane and of the persistent freshwater lens. Context is provided by looking at non-impacted sites and by six prior years of data.</p>
<p>This project addresses the overarching question: How do intense physical disturbances in conjunction with chronic chemophysical perturbations affect loss and recovery of seagrass community structure and function, including local production, trophic linkages, and metazoan community diversity? To understand the impacts of Hurricane Harvey on seagrass ecosystems across the middle Texas coast, the investigators are (1) documenting losses in physical habitat structure, (2) teasing apart independent and interactive effects of multiple stressors associated with storm events on biodiversity and ecosystem function, and (3) identifying factors that promote resilience following disturbance. A state-wide seagrass monitoring program with six years of data from areas within Harvey's path and surrounding seagrass systems will provide invaluable context. The investigators are measuring seagrass structure, employing a Before-After-Control-Impact design at sites that experienced severe physical damage and appropriate reference sites. In situ loggers deployed after the storm track the evolution of the low salinity event together with seagrass physiological stress measurements (e.g. chlorophyll fluorescence, pigment loss, reduced growth). Changes in seagrass habitat function is assessed through measurements of faunal biodiversity within impacted and reference sites sampled via cores, benthic push nets, and seine nets. Tethering assays of seagrass blades and common invertebrate prey enables comparison trophic interactions across sites that vary in disturbance impact. These data are used to create models of ecosystem response to an extreme disturbance event and identify factors that best predict recovery of the physical structure of the habitat and of associated ecosystem functions.</p>
Harvey Seagrass
largerWorkCitation
project
eng; USA
oceans
-97.15306
-97.08205
27.75471
27.94371
2017-01-01
2018-12-31
Corpus Christi Bay and Mission-Aransas Bays, Texas, USA
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Infauna description of biomass cores sampled in the Corpus Christi Bay and Mission-Aransas Bays, Texas, USA between November 2017 and November 2018.
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/816991.rdf
Name: Sample_ID
Units: unitless
Description: Unique sample indentifier
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816992.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: Site name
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816993.rdf
Name: resource_name
Units: unitless
Description: Description infauna or "edge_interior'
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816994.rdf
Name: Site_Latitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: Latitude of site, south is negative
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816995.rdf
Name: Site_Longitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: Longitude of site, west is negative
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816996.rdf
Name: Replicate
Units: unitless
Description: Replicate number (Q1 or Q2)
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816997.rdf
Name: Date_Collected
Units: unitless
Description: Date sample was collected
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816998.rdf
Name: Core_location
Units: unitless
Description: Where core was located relative to seagrass habitat (edge or interior)
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/816999.rdf
Name: Core_size
Units: unitless
Description: Size of core used for sampling
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817000.rdf
Name: Date_Processed
Units: unitless
Description: Date sample was processed
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817001.rdf
Name: Processed_By
Units: unitless
Description: Name of person who processed the sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817002.rdf
Name: Subsample
Units: unitless
Description: Was subsampling used for processing C. astratum? (Y = Yes, N = No)
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817003.rdf
Name: Random_sample_section_number
Units: unitless
Description: Cell # of randomly selected subsample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817004.rdf
Name: Ratio
Units: unitless
Description: Ratio of subsample to entire sample volume (e.g. 0.1 = 1/10 of sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817005.rdf
Name: C_atratum_in_subsample
Units: unitless
Description: Number of C. atratum in subsample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817006.rdf
Name: Extrapolated_C_atratum
Units: unitless
Description: Number of C. atratum extrapolated to be in entire sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817007.rdf
Name: Amphipoda
Units: unitless
Description: Amphipoda: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817008.rdf
Name: Acteocina_spp
Units: unitless
Description: Acteocina spp.: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817009.rdf
Name: Alpheus_spp
Units: unitless
Description: Alpheus spp.: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817010.rdf
Name: Amygdalum_papyrium
Units: unitless
Description: Amygdalum papyrium: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817011.rdf
Name: Angulus_tampaensis
Units: unitless
Description: Angulus tampaensis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817012.rdf
Name: Argopecten_irradians_amplicostatus
Units: unitless
Description: Argopecten irradians amplicostatus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817013.rdf
Name: Astyris_lunata
Units: unitless
Description: Astyris lunata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817014.rdf
Name: Astyris_multilineata
Units: unitless
Description: Astyris multilineata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817015.rdf
Name: Bittolium_varium
Units: unitless
Description: Bittolium varium: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817016.rdf
Name: Brachiodontes_exustus
Units: unitless
Description: Brachiodontes exustus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817017.rdf
Name: Bulla_striata
Units: unitless
Description: Bulla striata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817018.rdf
Name: Calcinus_tibicen
Units: unitless
Description: Calcinus tibicen: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817019.rdf
Name: Calinectes_sapidus
Units: unitless
Description: Calinectes sapidus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817020.rdf
Name: Calinectes_similis
Units: unitless
Description: Calinectes similis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817021.rdf
Name: Caryocorbula_contracta
Units: unitless
Description: Caryocorbula contracta: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817022.rdf
Name: Cerithium_atratum_lutosum
Units: unitless
Description: Cerithium atratum/lutosum : Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817023.rdf
Name: Cerithium_translirata
Units: unitless
Description: Cerithium translirata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817024.rdf
Name: Cirripedia
Units: unitless
Description: Cirripedia: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817025.rdf
Name: Chione_elevata
Units: unitless
Description: Chione elevata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817026.rdf
Name: Clibanarius_vitattus
Units: unitless
Description: Clibanarius vitattus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817027.rdf
Name: Costoanachis_avara
Units: unitless
Description: Costoanachis avara: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817028.rdf
Name: Costoanachis_translirata
Units: unitless
Description: Costoanachis translirata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817029.rdf
Name: Crassostrea_virginica
Units: unitless
Description: Crassostrea virginica: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817030.rdf
Name: Crepidula_convexa
Units: unitless
Description: Crepidula convexa: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817031.rdf
Name: Crepidula_fornicata
Units: unitless
Description: Crepidula fornicata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817032.rdf
Name: Panopeidae
Units: unitless
Description: Panopeidae: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817033.rdf
Name: Gobionellus_boleosoma
Units: unitless
Description: Gobionellus boleosoma: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817034.rdf
Name: Haminoea_antillarum
Units: unitless
Description: Haminoea antillarum: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817035.rdf
Name: Haminoea_cf_elegans
Units: unitless
Description: Haminoea cf. elegans: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817036.rdf
Name: Hippolyte_spp
Units: unitless
Description: Hippolyte spp.: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817037.rdf
Name: Holothuroidea
Units: unitless
Description: Holothuroidea: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817038.rdf
Name: Ischnochiton_papillosus
Units: unitless
Description: Ischnochiton papillosus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817039.rdf
Name: Isopoda
Units: unitless
Description: Isopoda: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817040.rdf
Name: Laevicardium_mortoni
Units: unitless
Description: Laevicardium mortoni: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817041.rdf
Name: Laevicardium_pictum
Units: unitless
Description: Laevicardium pictum: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817042.rdf
Name: Laevicardium_serratum
Units: unitless
Description: Laevicardium serratum: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817043.rdf
Name: Lucapina_aegis
Units: unitless
Description: Lucapina aegis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817044.rdf
Name: Lyonsia_hyalina
Units: unitless
Description: Lyonsia hyalina: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817045.rdf
Name: Macoma_mitchelli
Units: unitless
Description: Macoma mitchelli: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817046.rdf
Name: Macoma_psuedomera
Units: unitless
Description: Macoma psuedomera: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817047.rdf
Name: Macoma_tenta
Units: unitless
Description: Macoma tenta: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817048.rdf
Name: Mulinia_lateralis
Units: unitless
Description: Mulinia lateralis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817049.rdf
Name: Myrophis_punctatus
Units: unitless
Description: Myrophis punctatus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817050.rdf
Name: Nassarius_vibex
Units: unitless
Description: Nassarius vibex: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817051.rdf
Name: Neritina_virginea
Units: unitless
Description: Neritina virginea: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817052.rdf
Name: Pagurus_annulipes
Units: unitless
Description: Pagurus annulipes: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817053.rdf
Name: Parvilucina_crenella
Units: unitless
Description: Parvilucina crenella: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817054.rdf
Name: Penaus_spp
Units: unitless
Description: Penaus spp.: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817055.rdf
Name: Phacoides_pectinata
Units: unitless
Description: Phacoides pectinata: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817056.rdf
Name: Pinnixa_chaetopterana
Units: unitless
Description: Pinnixa chaetopterana: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817057.rdf
Name: Pitar_cf_munda
Units: unitless
Description: Pitar cf. munda: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817058.rdf
Name: Polychaeta_head_or_whole
Units: unitless
Description: Polychaeta head or whole: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817059.rdf
Name: Polyplacophora
Units: unitless
Description: Polyplacophora: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817060.rdf
Name: Porifera
Units: unitless
Description: Porifera: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817061.rdf
Name: Pyrogocythara_plicosa
Units: unitless
Description: Pyrogocythara plicosa: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817062.rdf
Name: Solen_viriduis
Units: unitless
Description: Solen viriduis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817063.rdf
Name: Stenoplax_bahamensis
Units: unitless
Description: Stenoplax bahamensis: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817064.rdf
Name: Tagelus_divisus
Units: unitless
Description: Tagelus divisus: Number of individuals in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817065.rdf
Name: Unknown
Units: unitless
Description: Number of individuals of unknown taxa in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817066.rdf
Name: Total
Units: unitless
Description: Total number of organims in sample
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/817067.rdf
Name: Notes
Units: unitless
Description: Notes
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
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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https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/bitstream/1912/26207/1/dataset-816622_infauna__v1.tsv
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https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.816622.1
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<p>Field procedures:</p>
<p>At each station, two replicate cores were used for estimates of above- and below-ground biomass following percent cover observations. A 15 cm inner diameter (ID) core was used to sample the seagrass species present (Thalassia, Halodule, Syringodium, Ruppia or Halophila) present within each quadrat. A PVC (polyvinyl chloride) core was used for the collection of below-ground and above-ground material. Care was taken to keep only the shoots that reside within the diameter of the core. Following placement of the 15 cm core on the seabed, the rubber stopper was removed from the top of the core. Before pressing the core into the sediment, the diver ran their fingers carefully around the bottom of the core. If grass was pulled under the core, it is removed. The diver pressed and twisted the core down into the sediment (10-15 cm depth). The stopper was re-installed in the 15 cm core, and the core was rocked back and forth. The diver worked their hand under the core and removed it from the grass bed, making sure to keep their hand under the bottom of the core in order to prevent loss of sample. Samples were then placed in pre-labeled Ziploc bags and immediately placed on ice.</p>
<p>Laboratory Procedures:</p>
<p>Cores samples were kept in a refrigerator (4°C) until processing within one week of collection.&nbsp; Cores samples were sieved with filtered seawater through a 500 µm sieve to remove excess sediment. Seagrass tissue was carefully separated from infauna and shell harsh before further processing.</p>
<p>Aboveground tissue, including leaves, sheath material and floral parts, were separated from all below-ground tissues. Leaves were carefully cleaned of all attached biota by scraping with a wet cloth or razor blade prior to analysis.</p>
<p>Infauna were picked from shell hash and remaining material.&nbsp; In cores with large amounts of shell hash and/or small molluscs cores were subsampled down to 1/10 of the original sample (noted in data spreadsheet). Infauna were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level and enumerated.</p>
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<p>BCO-DMO processing notes:</p>
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<li>Concatenate data sources: infauna and edge_interior</li>
<li>Reworked the columns Date_Processed and Date_Collected to have dates in standard ISO format (yyy-mm-dd)</li>
<li>Adjusted headers to comply with database requirements</li>
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