Dataset: Sea urchin (Diadema mexicanum) counts from video transects of reefs off Pacific Panama collected between 2016 and 2018

Data not availableVersion 1 (2022-11-17)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Dr Richard B. Aronson (Florida Institute of Technology)

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Lauren T. Toth (United States Geological Survey)

Scientist: Victor Rodriguez-Ruano (Florida Institute of Technology)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs (Coral Climate ETP)

Abstract

These data include counts of the sea urchin Diadema mexicanum for reefs off Pacific Panamá that were collected between 2016 and 2018. D. mexicanum individuals were counted for video transects that encompassed an area of 25 x 1 m. These data provide insight into the status of the sea urchin population and the amount of bioerosion pressure that these reefs are experiencing. The video transects were collected by students from Northeastern University's Three Seas Program and processed by Victor Rodr...

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Six 25 x 1 m video belt-transects were haphazardly captured at each site for each sampling period by SCUBA divers with a GoPro camera, which was pointed down and positioned 1 m from the reef surface as they travelled along the transect at a constant speed. The abundance of sea urchins, which were predominantly Diadema mexicanum, were then used to estimate sea urchin density (ind. m-2). 

Organism scientific name and Lifesciences Identifier (LSID):
Diadema mexicanum (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513223)

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Rodriguez-Ruano, V., Toth, L. T., & Aronson, R. B. (2022). Assigning causality to events in the Holocene record of coral reefs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 529(1). https://doi.org/10.1144/sp529-2022-47

Rodriguez-Ruano, V., Aronson, R. B., Toth, L. T. (2022) Sea urchin (Diadema mexicanum) counts from video transects of reefs off Pacific Panama collected between 2016 and 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-11-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/883841 [access date]

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