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| log in | [Sitka Sound Kelp Wet Weights] - (CAREER: Energy fluxes and community stability in a dynamic, high-latitude kelp ecosystem) | While the recently decimated predatory sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, may support kelp forests by consuming herbivorous sea urchins, less is known about their non-consumptive effects. We conducted a field experiment in three replicate sea urchin barrens in Sitka Sound, AK in February of 2023, where we deployed pre-weighed Macrocystis pyrifera blades at discrete distances on four metre radial cables from caged adult P. helianthoides and control cages and reweighed after 24 hours. Our results suggest the chemical cue of P. helianthoides elicits a localised, species-specific landscape of fear of approximately 15m2 that suppresses grazing, and that the non-consumptive effects of P. helianthoides on sea urchin behaviour may be important for kelp restoration.\n\ncdm_data_type = Other\nVARIABLES:\nRayID (unitless)\nSite (unitless)\nlatitude (degrees_north)\nlongitude (Long, degrees_east)\nTreatment (unitless)\nRepID (unitless)\nReplicate (unitless)\nTreatRep (unitless)\nDate (unitless)\nTimeElapsed_hr (hours)\nRay (unitless)\nTrack (unitless)\nColor (unitless)\nDist_m (meters (m))\nKelpStartWt_g (grams (g))\nAttachedKelpEndWt_g (grams (g))\nDriftKelpEndWt_g (grams (g))\nTotal_KelpEndWt_g (grams (g))\nKelpChgWt_g (grams (g))\nKelpGrazed_g (grams (g))\nPercentKelpGrazed (unitless)\nFlags (unitless)\n | BCO-DMO | bcodmo_dataset_942729_v1 |