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OAS accession Detail for 0299517
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| Title: | Names, codes, and characteristics of species observed during reef surveys in the Bahamas (Lionfish Invasion project) on 2013-03-19 (NCEI Accession 0299517) |
| Abstract: | This dataset contains biological and survey - biological data collected at Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Mariana Islands; Philippines on 2013-03-19. These data include common_name, family, species, and taxon_code. These data were collected by Mark A Albins and Mark Hixon of Oregon State University as part of the "Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish (Lionfish Invasion)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2019-10-28. The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO: Names, codes, and characteristics of species observed during reef surveys in the Bahamas. Dataset Description: Species code, species names, and other characteristics of species observed during surveys (includes length-weight conversion parameters used for biomass conversions) of coral reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Part of sub-project titled "Large-scale, Long-term, Lionfish Experiment (LLLE)". |
| Date received: | 20191028 |
| Start date: | 20130319 |
| End date: | 20130319 |
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| Observation types: | biological, survey - biological |
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| Datatypes: | SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, TAXONOMIC CODE |
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| Submitting institution: | Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office |
| Collecting institutions: | Oregon State University |
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| Supplementary information: | Acquisition Description: This long-term, large-scale field experiment was designed to document the community-wide effects of invasive lionfish in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Baseline surveys of the fish community were conducted at each of ten large (1400 to 4000 m2) reefs by counting and sizing all fishes within two permanent square plots (100 m2) and four permanent strip plots (50 m2) at each reef. Square plots were centered on the area of each reef with the greatest three-dimensional structure, whereas strip transects were placed to provide a representative sample of the entire reef (biased towards hard substrate). The reefs were paired based on habitat characteristics (depth, current, predominant substrate type, etc.), and one reef in each pair was designated as either low-lionfish-density (LLD) or high-lionfish-density (HLD). Lionfish were then removed from LLD reefs and added to HLD reefs. We attempted to remove all lionfish from LLD reefs, and to augment the density of lionfish on HLD reefs to the level observed on the highest-density reefs before the experiment. Surveys of each fish community were then repeated approximately quarterly. During each survey, any new lionfish appearing on LLD reefs were removed and distributed evenly across the HLD reefs (again, ensuring that densities at HLD reefs did not exceed natural invasive densities prior to the experiment). See details in the following related publications. Related Publications: Albins, M.A. (2012) Effects of the Invasive Pacific Red Lionfish Pterois volitans on Native Atlantic Coral-reef Fish Communities (Chapter 6). PhD Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Albins, M.A. (in preparation) Invasive Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce abundance and species richness of native Bahamian coral-reef fishes: results from a large-scale, long-term experiment. Intended for Ecological Applications. |
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| Keydate: | 2024-12-01 17:42:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2025-01-14 18:01:48+00 |