ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_684177

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	[Fish count data] - Fish count data from the Caroline Islands and the Federal States of Micronesia collected from 2012-2014. (The impact of a large episodic disturbance on an invasive (outbreak) coral: Will Typhoon Maysak promote or suppress an invasive Montipora sp. Coral on reefs of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia?)		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_684177

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
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	Surveys were conducted using snorkel on the reef crest and the reef table, in shallow sites at depths between 1.5 and 3 meters. Fish community characterization All fish were identified to the species level and counted along 50 m transects, in the same habitat and area as the quadrats, parallel to the reef crest and in 1.5-5 m in depth. The transect count area extended from the sea floor to the surface of the water column and consisted of at least two 50 m long swaths surveyed sequentially at each site. For all transects in all years, the same diver Hirst counted mobile fish on a 5 m wide swath, before returning along the same transect and counting cryptic benthic fishes on a 1 m wide swath. The total lengths of all fishes were estimated to the nearest cm. For analysis of fish community structure, fish species were classified\u00a0into one of Hive trophic guilds: 1. herbivores, 2. planktivores, 3. corallivores, 4. carnivores, and 5. piscivores. Species that have a wider trophic range (omnivores) were categorized by their main food preference according to the 5 categories mentioned above. Biomass was estimated using the published length/weight relationships most appropriate for the region (Adam et al., 2011; Froese & Pauly, 2000; Kulbicki et al., 2005). Sharks and large rays were occasionally seen on transects, but their overall low abundance makes band transects a poor approach to estimate their actual numbers and contribution to biomass. Therefore elasmobranchs were recorded, but not included in our calculations here.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	658966
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	OCE-1546374
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1546374
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	Michael E. Sieracki
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager_nid	String	50446
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Fish data G. Bernardi & N. Crane, PIs Version 9 March 2017
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	2017-03-11T01:38:30Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-04-04T15:02:59Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.684177.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/684177
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_acronym	String	camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description	String	Used to capture quadrats
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid	String	684185
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_description	String	All types of photographic equipment including stills, video, film and digital systems.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_external_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/311/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_name	String	Camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_nid	String	520
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_supplied_name	String	Camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, count, data, dataset, date, dmo, erddap, management, morph, oceanography, office, phase, preliminary, site, size, species, time, time2, transect, transect_width, type, width
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/684177/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/684177
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'684177': {}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/684177/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	University of California-Santa Cruz
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	UC Santa Cruz
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Giacomo Bernardi
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	658968
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role	String	Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation	String	Cabrillo College
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Nicole Crane
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	658964
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role	String	Co-Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation	String	Cabrillo College
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Nicole Crane
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	658964
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role	String	Contact
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_name	String	Hannah Ake
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_nid	String	650173
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	DisturbImpactsCoral
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	DisturbImpactsCoral
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	Extracted from the NSF award abstract: Ulithi Atoll, in the Federated States of Micronesia, is the fourth largest Atoll in the world, and was an important staging area for the US Navy 3rd fleet during WWII. The Atoll contains dynamic coral reefs, and communities of people that depend on them. Ulithi has been subjected to a number of human and natural disturbances, including Typhoon Ophelia that hit in 1960. Local fishermen believe that this event started an invasion process by a 'weedy' invasive coral that covers reefs, and removes essential habitat for fish and octopus, potentially threatening these ecosystems. Four years ago, local people invited the investigators to Ulithi to study the reefs and work together to enhance fisheries and reef health. The investigators sequenced the invading coral DNA and identified it as a new species of Montipora. However, its invasion dynamics remain a mystery. In early April 2015, Ulithi was hit again by a major disturbance: super Typhoon Maysak. The Typhoon destroyed most structures on the island, and removed much of the coral formations visible from shore. Using their baseline data of the past four years, the investigators, along with a team of students, seek to map the effect of the Typhoon on the invasive Montipora. Using genomic sequencing, they hope to better understand the role of Typhoon Maysak on the establishment and dispersal of this invasive coral. This project provides a unique opportunity to study the effects of a rare event, and invasion processes, and to broadly disseminate findings, raising awareness about coral reefs, climate change, and unique human-natural coupled systems.  Super typhoon Maysak struck Ulithi Atoll on March 31, 2015, where an invasive/outbreak species of Montipora has affected shallow coral reefs over at least the last 50 years. The research the investigators propose will elucidate the effects of this rare but high impact event on a biological invasion using genomics and reef sampling to investigate Micronesian reefs that were dominated by Montipora before the typhoon, and more 'pristine' reefs where Montipora was absent or in low densities. The investigators will be relating these findings to existing data that were collected from these sites over the past four years. These studies will advance our understanding of biological invasions in coral reef systems, explore the unusual occurrence of a coral species as an outbreak organism, and contribute to our knowledge of how high impact, episodic disturbances - likely to increase in frequency with the advance of global climate change - may affect threated coral reef ecosystems world-wide.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_end_date	String	2017-07
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Western Pacific Ocean, Caroline Islands
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	The impact of a large episodic disturbance on an invasive (outbreak) coral: Will Typhoon Maysak promote or suppress an invasive Montipora sp. Coral on reefs of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia?
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	658965
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://onepeopleonereef.ucsc.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	2015-08
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	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Fish count data from the Caroline Islands and the Federal States of Micronesia collected from 2012-2014.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[Fish count data] - Fish count data from the Caroline Islands and the Federal States of Micronesia collected from 2012-2014. (The impact of a large episodic disturbance on an invasive (outbreak) coral: Will Typhoon Maysak promote or suppress an invasive Montipora sp. Coral on reefs of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia?)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	species		String
attribute	species	bcodmo_name	String	species
attribute	species	description	String	Species of fish counted
attribute	species	long_name	String	Species
attribute	species	units	String	unitless
variable	site		String
attribute	site	bcodmo_name	String	site
attribute	site	description	String	Site of sampling
attribute	site	long_name	String	Site
attribute	site	units	String	unitless
variable	date		String
attribute	date	bcodmo_name	String	date
attribute	date	description	String	Date of sampling; YYYY/MM/DD
attribute	date	long_name	String	Date
attribute	date	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/
attribute	date	units	String	unitless
variable	time2		String
attribute	time2	bcodmo_name	String	time
attribute	time2	description	String	Time of sampling; In some cases, the time is formatted as HH:MM, and in other cases it is just indicated if sampling occurred in the morning or the afternoon (AM or PM).
attribute	time2	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time2	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/AHMSAA01/
attribute	time2	units	String	unitless
variable	transect		String
attribute	transect	bcodmo_name	String	transect
attribute	transect	description	String	Transect swam
attribute	transect	long_name	String	Transect
attribute	transect	units	String	unitless
variable	transect_width		String
attribute	transect_width	bcodmo_name	String	transect
attribute	transect_width	description	String	Width of transect swam
attribute	transect_width	long_name	String	Transect Width
attribute	transect_width	units	String	meters
variable	type		String
attribute	type	bcodmo_name	String	species
attribute	type	description	String	Trophic level of fish; 1. herbivores 2. planktivores 3. corallivores 4. carnivores and 5. piscivores. Species that have a wider trophic range (omnivores) were categorized by their main
attribute	type	long_name	String	Type
attribute	type	units	String	unitless
variable	morph		String
attribute	morph	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	morph	description	String	Morphology of fish; color and appearance
attribute	morph	long_name	String	Morph
attribute	morph	units	String	unitless
variable	phase		String
attribute	phase	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	phase	description	String	Phase of fish counted
attribute	phase	long_name	String	Phase
attribute	phase	units	String	unitless
variable	size		short
attribute	size	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	size	actual_range	short	7, 2000
attribute	size	bcodmo_name	String	fish_len
attribute	size	description	String	Size category of fish observed
attribute	size	long_name	String	Size
attribute	size	units	String	mm
variable	count		short
attribute	count	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	count	actual_range	short	1, 700
attribute	count	bcodmo_name	String	count
attribute	count	colorBarMaximum	double	100.0
attribute	count	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	count	description	String	Count of species in particular size class
attribute	count	long_name	String	Count
attribute	count	units	String	count

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.