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2025-07-21
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Sponge abundance data from field surveys conducted in May 2023 and June 2024 in the Florida Keys, FL
2025-07-21
publication
2025-07-21
revision
BCO-DMO Linked Data URI
2025-07-21
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/969399
Mark Butler
Florida International University
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
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Cite this dataset as: Butler, M., Kerigan, J. (2025) Sponge abundance data from field surveys conducted in May 2023 and June 2024 in the Florida Keys, FL. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-07-21 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/969399 [access date]
Dataset Description: <p>See "Related Datasets" for other data from this study</p> Methods and Sampling: <p><strong>Study objectives:<br />
<br />
Objective 1:&nbsp;Assess changes in sponge community structure resulting from the current heatwave across an inshore-to-offshore gradient and an Upper Keys-to-Lower Keys gradient for which we have pre-event data, and to do so in the context of GOLT predictions.</strong></p>
<p>Field Sampling:<br />
Divers revisited in June 2024 approximately 25 inshore sites in the Florida Keys first surveyed in May 2023 to estimate the size-specific abundance of sponges using the same, well-established survey methods as used previously. On each site, we combined belt transect sampling (n = four 2m x 25m belt transects) and quadrat sampling (n = ten 1m x 1m quadrats) to estimate the density and size structure of the 26 most common sponge species. Within each belt transect, divers identified, counted, and measured (diameter and height to estimate volume) all sponges &gt;20 cm in diameter or height.<br />
---</p>
<p><u>Objective 2:</u>&nbsp;Test whether elevated seawater temperatures and low DO affect the filtering of microbes, consumption of DOM, or fixation of nitrogen by sponges that differ in phylogeny, morphology, microbiome, or habitat of origin.</p>
<p><em><u>Methods:</u></em>&nbsp;We measured in experimental mesocosms changes in seawater concentrations of various planktonic components and water chemistry caused by sponge filtration under different temperature and DO regimes and among sponges representing different habitats, morphological types, and microbiomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;See "Related Datasets" for data from the mesocosm experiments.</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-2347307 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=2347307
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Mark Butler
Florida International University
USA
mjbutleriv@gmail.com
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Dataset Version: 1
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Date
Site
Lat
Lon
SPHVES
IRCCAM
IRCSPE
IRCSTR
SPOCHE
SPOBAR
HIPLAC
HALVIR
TEDIGN
SPOGRA
AAPSPE
NIPERE
GEOGIB
APLFUL
ANTVAR
SPOCOM
TETCRY
UNKSPO
PTEANC
PSEAME
SOLBOU
SOLHYA
MILALC
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None, User defined
Date_Month
site
latitude
longitude
abundance
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BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
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RAPID: Consequences of Rapid Environmental Change on Pelagic-to-Benthic Coupling by Sponges on the Continental USAs only Barrier Reef Ecosystem
https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/project/959338
RAPID: Consequences of Rapid Environmental Change on Pelagic-to-Benthic Coupling by Sponges on the Continental USAs only Barrier Reef Ecosystem
<p>NSF Award Abstract:</p>
<p>It's been hot, record hot in the Western Atlantic. In the shallow seas surrounding the Florida Keys, a region that harbors the world’s third longest coral barrier reef and the only one in the continental USA, water temperatures peaked in late July 2023 at 101F. Even at 30ft deep on the coral reef temperatures reached an unprecedented 90F, unleashing a wave of fish kills, corals bleaching, and dying octocorals and sponges. Marine scientists are concerned about the effects of this unprecedented climatic event on coral reefs in the Caribbean and Florida, and there has been a flood of media press as well. Yet, the focus has been almost exclusively on corals. Although corals provide the structural foundation for coral reefs, the functioning of coral reef ecosystems also depends on the health of other reef organisms. Of particular importance are sponges, which are key to capturing and recycling nutrients and carbon from the surrounding seas – a process referred to as “pelagic-to-benthic coupling”. This project (a) assesses the damage of the summer 2023 heatwave on shallow water and reef dwelling sponges in the Florida Keys, (b) tests the effects of high seawater temperatures and associated low oxygen levels on sponges, and (c) using those data, develops a model to help predict the effect of future heatwaves on sponges and the ecological services they provide to the ecosystem. The project includes training for undergraduate and graduate students at a minority-serving institution and public outreach and engagement with K-12 students through a partner NGO. Project results inform resource managers with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.</p>
<p>Seawater temperatures in the Caribbean rapidly rose to unprecedented levels in summer 2023, unleashing a cascade of disturbance to coral reef ecosystems. The event galvanized scientists, resource managers, and the media into action but nearly all of that attention focused on corals. Corals provide the structural foundation for coral reefs, but the functioning of coral reef ecosystems as nutrient sinks and recyclers in otherwise oligotrophic seas is highly dependent on another taxon: sponges. Sponges are key to pelagic-to-benthic coupling and nutrient recycling on coral reefs and coastal backreef habitats, yet almost nothing is known of the effect of extreme environmental stress on sponge survival and function on coral reef ecosystems. The team is (a) using field surveys and leveraging pre-event baseline data to assess changes in sponge community structure across an inshore to offshore gradient in the Florida Keys; (b) using mesocosm experiments to examine the effects of elevated seawater temperatures and low dissolved oxygen on filtering of microbes, consumption of dissolved organic material, and fixation of nitrogen by sponges that differ in phylogeny, morphology, microbiome, or habitat; and (c) integrating these data to model projected changes in coastal and coral reef pelagic-to-benthic coupling. The results of this project advance understanding of the functional role of sponges in coral reef ecosystems in a changing climate.</p>
<p>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.</p>
Temp & DO Effects on Sponges
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2024-04-01
Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Sponge abundance data from field surveys conducted in May 2023 and June 2024 in the Florida Keys, FL
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/969580.rdf
Name: Date
Units: unitless
Description: <p>The date the data was collected</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969581.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Site name</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969582.rdf
Name: Lat
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Site latitude</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969583.rdf
Name: Lon
Units: degrees decimal minutes
Description: <p>Site longitude</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969584.rdf
Name: SPHVES
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SPHVES. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969585.rdf
Name: IRCCAM
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: IRCCAM. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969586.rdf
Name: IRCSPE
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: IRCSPE. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969587.rdf
Name: IRCSTR
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: IRCSTR. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969588.rdf
Name: SPOCHE
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SPOCHE. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969589.rdf
Name: SPOBAR
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SPOBAR. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969590.rdf
Name: HIPLAC
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: HIPLAC. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969591.rdf
Name: HALVIR
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: HALVIR. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969592.rdf
Name: TEDIGN
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: TEDIGN. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969593.rdf
Name: SPOGRA
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SPOGRA. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969594.rdf
Name: AAPSPE
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: AAPSPE. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969595.rdf
Name: NIPERE
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: NIPERE. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969596.rdf
Name: GEOGIB
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: GEOGIB. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969597.rdf
Name: APLFUL
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: APLFUL. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969598.rdf
Name: ANTVAR
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: ANTVAR. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969599.rdf
Name: SPOCOM
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SPOCOM. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969600.rdf
Name: TETCRY
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: TETCRY. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969601.rdf
Name: UNKSPO
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: UNKSPO. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969602.rdf
Name: PTEANC
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: PTEANC. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969603.rdf
Name: PSEAME
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: PSEAME. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969604.rdf
Name: SOLBOU
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SOLBOU. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969605.rdf
Name: SOLHYA
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: SOLHYA. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/969606.rdf
Name: MILALC
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Abundance data for species code: MILALC. See supplemental file 'species_list.csv' for more information about this category.</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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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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<p><strong>Study objectives:<br />
<br />
Objective 1:&nbsp;Assess changes in sponge community structure resulting from the current heatwave across an inshore-to-offshore gradient and an Upper Keys-to-Lower Keys gradient for which we have pre-event data, and to do so in the context of GOLT predictions.</strong></p>
<p>Field Sampling:<br />
Divers revisited in June 2024 approximately 25 inshore sites in the Florida Keys first surveyed in May 2023 to estimate the size-specific abundance of sponges using the same, well-established survey methods as used previously. On each site, we combined belt transect sampling (n = four 2m x 25m belt transects) and quadrat sampling (n = ten 1m x 1m quadrats) to estimate the density and size structure of the 26 most common sponge species. Within each belt transect, divers identified, counted, and measured (diameter and height to estimate volume) all sponges &gt;20 cm in diameter or height.<br />
---</p>
<p><u>Objective 2:</u>&nbsp;Test whether elevated seawater temperatures and low DO affect the filtering of microbes, consumption of DOM, or fixation of nitrogen by sponges that differ in phylogeny, morphology, microbiome, or habitat of origin.</p>
<p><em><u>Methods:</u></em>&nbsp;We measured in experimental mesocosms changes in seawater concentrations of various planktonic components and water chemistry caused by sponge filtration under different temperature and DO regimes and among sponges representing different habitats, morphological types, and microbiomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;See "Related Datasets" for data from the mesocosm experiments.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
* Sheet 1 of submitted file "field survey sponge abundance data for archive.xlsx" was imported into the BCO-DMO data system for this dataset. Table will appear as Data File: 969399_v1_sponge-field-abundance.csv (along with other download format options).
* A second form of this data table (long format) was added as a supplemental file by unpivoting the abundance columns to transform the table from separate columns per species code (wide format) into a table columns "Species_Code" and "Abundance." See the Data Files section for more context from the file descriptions.
Missing Data Identifiers:
* In the BCO-DMO data system missing data identifiers are displayed according to the format of data you access. For example, in csv files it will be blank (null) values. In Matlab .mat files it will be NaN values. When viewing data online at BCO-DMO, the missing value will be shown as blank (null) values.
* Column names adjusted to conform to BCO-DMO naming conventions designed to support broad re-use by a variety of research tools and scripting languages. [Only numbers, letters, and underscores. Can not start with a number]
* Supplemental file species_list.csv formatted from an embedded table provided by data submitter in the "field survey metadata for archive.xlsx".
* Species names provided were matched to names at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) by using the WoRMS taxa match tool used to find misspellings. (taxa match was run 2025-07-17). Taxon identifiers (AphiaID and LSID) added to supplemental file species_list.csv.
* Site list extracted and formatted from information provided within file "field survey metadata for archive.xlsx"
* Lat and Lon columns added to the sponge size table (joined in using the site name)
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7.x-1.1
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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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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