ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_3939

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
	set	data	graph		files	public	Results of manipulative field study and controlled lab experiment on growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled abundances of Nassau grouper; Bahamas, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_3939

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	access_formats	String	.htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	During the summer of 2010, the investigators manipulated the abundance of Nassau grouper on 28 near-shore patch reefs and measured the growth and survival of juvenile (20-140 mm) lionfish. They also censused the community of small reef fishes (< 50 mm) to look for evidence of indirect effects that grouper might have mediated through lionfish.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	55160
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	OCE-0851162
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0851162
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funder_name	String	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_acronym	String	NSF OCE
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_source_nid	String	355
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager	String	David L. Garrison
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager_nid	String	50534
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Lionfish growth (From sub-project "Interactions between native Nassau grouper and invasive lionfish") Lead PI: Mark Hixon (OSU) Sub-Project Lead: Timothy J. Pusack (OSU) Version: 06 May 2013
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_source	String	extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2013-05-06T19:36:43Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-11-06T15:09:08Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&amp;time&lt;now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.3939.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-76.12997
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	23.76094
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	23.75047
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-76.12997
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-76.14035
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3939
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	absent, abund, bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, data, dataset, date, day, days, dmo, elastomer, erddap, grouper, grouper_abund, growth, growth_rate, latitude, len, len_tot, lionfish, lionfish_id, longitude, management, mass, month, notes, num, num_days, oceanography, office, preliminary, present, present_or_absent, rate, site, tag, tag_elastomer, time, tot, year
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3939/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/3939
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	23.76094
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'3939': {'lat': 'master - latitude', 'lon': 'master - longitude'}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/3939/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Oregon State University
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	OSU
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Mark Hixon
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	51647
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role	String	Lead Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation	String	Oregon State University
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	OSU
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Timothy J Pusack
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	51671
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role	String	Scientist
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Shannon Rauch
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	51498
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Lionfish Invasion
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	Lionfish Invasion
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	Invasive species are increasingly introduced by human activities to new regions of the world where those species have never existed previously. In the absence of natural enemies (predators, competitors, and diseases) from their homeland, invasives may have strong negative effects on invaded ecosystems, especially systems with fewer species ("ecological release"), and may even drive native species extinct. However, if native natural enemies can somehow control the invaders ("ecological resistance"), then ecological disruption can be prevented or at least moderated. Most of the many invasive species in the sea have been seaweeds and invertebrates, and the few documented invasive marine fishes have not caused major problems. However, this situation has recently changed in a stunning and ominous way. In the early 1990s, lionfish (Pterois volitans) from the Pacific Ocean were accidentally or intentionally released from aquaria to the ocean in the vicinity of Florida. Camouflaged by shape and color, protected by venomous spines, consuming native coral-reef fishes voraciously, and reproducing rapidly, lionfish have subsequently undergone a population explosion. They now range from the mid-Atlantic coast of the US to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas. Native Atlantic fishes have never before encountered this spiny, stealthy, efficient predator and seldom take evasive action. In fact, the investigator has documented that a single lionfish is capable of reducing the abundance of small fish on a small coral patch reef by nearly 80% in just 5 weeks. There is great concern that invasive lionfish may severely reduce the abundance of native coral-reef fishes important as food for humans (e.g., grouper and snapper in their juvenile stages) as well as species that normally maintain the integrity of coral reefs (e.g., grazing parrotfishes that can prevent seaweeds from smothering corals). There are far more species of coral-reef fish in the Pacific than the Atlantic, so this invasion may represent a case of extreme ecological release with minor ecological resistance. Dr. Hixon and colleagues will study the mechanisms of ecological release in lionfish, as well as examine potential sources of ecological resistance in the heavily invaded Bahamas. Because very little is known about the ecology and behavior of lionfish in their native Pacific range, he will also conduct comparative studies in both oceans, which may provide clues regarding the extreme success of this invasion. In the Bahamas, the investigator will document the direct and indirect effects on native species of the ecological release of lionfish, both as a predator and as a competitor. These studies will be conducted at various scales of time and space, from short-term experiments on small patch reefs, to long-term experiments and observations on large reefs. Whereas direct effects involve mostly changes in the abundance of native species, indirect effects can be highly variable. For example, lionfish may actually indirectly benefit some native species by either consuming or outcompeting the competitors of those natives. The project will explore possible ecological resistance to the invasion by determining whether any native Bahamian species are effective natural enemies of lionfish, including predators, parasites, and competitors of both juvenile and adult lionfish. Comparative studies of natural enemies, as well as lionfish ecology and behavior, in both the Atlantic and the Pacific may provide clues regarding the explosive spread of lionfish in the Atlantic. Regarding broader impacts, this basic research will provide information valuable to coral-reef and fisheries managers fighting the lionfish invasion in the US, the Bahamas, and the greater Caribbean, especially if sources of native ecological resistance are identified. The study will fund the PhD research of U.S. graduate students, as well as involve assistance and participation by a broad variety of undergraduates and reef/fisheries managers, including women, minorities, native Bahamians, and native Pacific islanders. Participation in this project will promote education in marine ecology and conservation biology directly via Dr. Hixon's and graduate students' teaching and outreach activities, and indirectly via the experiences of undergraduate field assistants and various associates.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_end_date	String	2012-11
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Mariana Islands; Philippines
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	2256
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://hixon.science.oregonstate.edu/content/highlight-lionfish-invasion
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	2009-06
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	23.75047
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	subsetVariables	String	year
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Results of manipulative field study and controlled lab experiment on growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled abundances of Nassau grouper; Bahamas, 2010.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Results of manipulative field study and controlled lab experiment on growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled abundances of Nassau grouper; Bahamas, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-76.14035
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	site		String
attribute	site	bcodmo_name	String	site
attribute	site	description	String	Name of the site.
attribute	site	long_name	String	Site
attribute	site	units	String	nd
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	23.75047, 23.76094
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	bcodmo_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	description	String	Latitude of the reef site.
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LATX/
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-76.14035, -76.12997
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	bcodmo_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	description	String	Longitude of the reef site.
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LONX/
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	grouper_abund		byte
attribute	grouper_abund	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	grouper_abund	actual_range	byte	0, 5
attribute	grouper_abund	bcodmo_name	String	count
attribute	grouper_abund	description	String	Number of Nassau grouper on each reef.
attribute	grouper_abund	long_name	String	Grouper Abund
attribute	grouper_abund	units	String	integer
variable	lionfish_id		String
attribute	lionfish_id	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	lionfish_id	description	String	The identification number of each lionfish. See 'lionfish collections 2009-2011' dataset for information about individual.
attribute	lionfish_id	long_name	String	Lionfish Id
attribute	lionfish_id	units	String	dimensionless
variable	location		String
attribute	location	bcodmo_name	String	site_descrip
attribute	location	description	String	Indicates the specfic patch reef in the matrix.
attribute	location	long_name	String	Location
attribute	location	units	String	text
variable	tag_elastomer		String
attribute	tag_elastomer	bcodmo_name	String	tagid
attribute	tag_elastomer	description	String	Indicates the side (L = left; R = right); Color (B = blue; R = red; G = green; Y = Yellow; O = orange); and location on the lionfish (C = caudal; UM = upper middle; UC = upper caudal; LC = lower caudal)
attribute	tag_elastomer	long_name	String	Tag Elastomer
attribute	tag_elastomer	units	String	text
variable	date		String
attribute	date	bcodmo_name	String	date
attribute	date	description	String	Indicates the date of each measurement in mm/dd/YYYY format.
attribute	date	long_name	String	Date
attribute	date	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/
attribute	date	source_name	String	date
attribute	date	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	date	units	String	unitless
variable	month		String
attribute	month	bcodmo_name	String	month
attribute	month	description	String	2-digit month when measurement was taken.
attribute	month	long_name	String	Month
attribute	month	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/MNTHXXXX/
attribute	month	units	String	mm (01 to 12)
variable	day		String
attribute	day	bcodmo_name	String	day
attribute	day	description	String	2-digit day of month when measurement was taken.
attribute	day	long_name	String	Day
attribute	day	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DAYXXXXX/
attribute	day	units	String	dd (01 to 31)
variable	year		short
attribute	year	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	year	actual_range	short	2010, 2010
attribute	year	bcodmo_name	String	year
attribute	year	description	String	4-digit year when measurement was taken in YYYY format.
attribute	year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	year	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/
attribute	year	units	String	unitless
variable	present_or_absent		String
attribute	present_or_absent	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	present_or_absent	description	String	Whether or not the lionfish was present.P = lionfish was present on reef.A = lionfish was absent on reef.
attribute	present_or_absent	long_name	String	Present Or Absent
attribute	present_or_absent	units	String	P (present) or A (absent)
variable	len_tot		float
attribute	len_tot	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	len_tot	actual_range	float	2.1, 22.8
attribute	len_tot	bcodmo_name	String	fish_len
attribute	len_tot	description	String	Total length of lionfish in centimeters.
attribute	len_tot	long_name	String	Len Tot
attribute	len_tot	units	String	cm
variable	mass		float
attribute	mass	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	mass	actual_range	float	0.12, 31.204
attribute	mass	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	mass	description	String	Mass of the lionfish (dry weight).
attribute	mass	long_name	String	Mass
attribute	mass	units	String	grams
variable	num_days		byte
attribute	num_days	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	num_days	actual_range	byte	0, 71
attribute	num_days	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	num_days	description	String	Total number of days up to that measurement.
attribute	num_days	long_name	String	Num Days
attribute	num_days	units	String	integer
variable	growth_rate		float
attribute	growth_rate	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	growth_rate	actual_range	float	0.033, 0.929
attribute	growth_rate	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	growth_rate	description	String	Growth rate of lionfish since last measurement in centimeters per day.
attribute	growth_rate	long_name	String	Growth Rate
attribute	growth_rate	units	String	cm/day
variable	notes		String
attribute	notes	bcodmo_name	String	comment
attribute	notes	description	String	Any information including descriptions about behavoir or interesting observations.
attribute	notes	long_name	String	Notes
attribute	notes	units	String	text

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