Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: Just Cebrian
        Publication_Date: 2002
        Title: Compilation of data of primary production, herbivory, decomposition, export and burial data sets from 1965 to 1997 for different types of marine communities.
        Online_Linkage: http://ecosystemslab.disl.org/Papers/paper1.htm
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Just Cebrian
            Publication_Date: 200201
            Title: Variability and control of carbon consumption, export, and accumulation in marine communities
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Limnology and Oceanography
              Issue_Identification: 47: 11-12
    Description:
      Abstract: Elucidating the extent and controls of the routes followed by primary production in marine communities (i.e., consumption by herbivores, decomposition, transportation of plant material beyond the community boundaries&#151;referred to as export&#151;or accumulation as biomass or detritus) is essential to understand how much and why they
differ in their capacity to fuel secondary production, both within or out of the community, and in their role as sinks in the oceanic carbon budget. Here, using an extensive compilation of published reports, I compare the magnitude
of these routes across and within a wide range of community types, including oceanic and coastal phytoplanktonic communities, benthic microalgal communities, coral reef algal beds, macroalgal beds, seagrass meadows, marshes, and mangroves. Furthermore, I examine whether the variability in the magnitude of these routes among and within
types is associated with that in the magnitude of primary production. In general, different community types showed similar levels of consumption by herbivores and export, in spite of substantial within-type variability. On the
contrary, substantial differences in detritus decomposition and accumulation were found among types: coral reef
algal beds and benthic microalgal communities tended to show the highest and lowest levels of decomposition, respectively, whereas marshes and oceanic phytoplanktonic communities tended to show the largest and smallest levels of detritus accumulation. The results also identify primary production as a robust (i.e., applicable to a wide
range of environmental conditions and communities) control of the variability in herbivory and decomposition among marine communities. The role of primary production as a control of export and detritus accumulation is generally minor and only restricted to coastal phytoplanktonic and benthic microalgal communities, for export, and
marshes and mangroves for detritus accumulation.
      Purpose: Comparison of magnitude and trophic fate of primary production among 
different types of marine communities
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 1962
          Ending_Date: 1997
      Currentness_Reference: publication date
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.3
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: 151.05
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.167
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: -41.0
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: marine communities
        Theme_Keyword: herbivory
        Theme_Keyword: decomposition
        Theme_Keyword: burial
        Theme_Keyword: export
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: America
        Place_Keyword: Europe
        Place_Keyword: Asia
        Place_Keyword: Australia
    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints: None
  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Overview_Description:
      Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: 1st column: reference (authors and date; see references in word file for complete mention)
2nd column: community type
3rd column: net primary production (NPP, g C m-2 day-1)
4th column: decomposition (D, g C m-2 day-1)
5th column: consumption by herbivores (H, g C m-2 day-1)
6th column: export (E, g C m-2 day-1)
7th column: refractory accumulation (RA, g C m-2 day -1)
      Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Variability and control of carbon consumption, export, and accumulation in marine communities.
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20070502
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Just Cebrian
          Contact_Organization: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing
          Address: 101 Bienville Blvd.
          City: Dauphin Island
          State_or_Province: Alabama
          Postal_Code: 36528
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 251-861-7568
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jcebrian@disl.org
    Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
