ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_706051

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
		data	graph		files	public	Behavioral observation data of tagged and untagged Acanthaster in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010- 2012		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_706051

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	To evaluate how tagging might affect Acanthaster behavior, we conducted experiments comparing righting ability and feeding behavior of tagged and untagged Acanthaster (n = 10 individuals treatment-1) that were caged on the reef flat of Votua\u2019s MPA. Ten individuals were each tagged by inserting five plastic tag fasteners at the base of individual arms near the oral disk, and all individuals were held in individual cages on the reef flat for the 7-day duration of this experiment. Two days were allowed for tag acclimation among the treatment group before experiments were conducted. Righting ability was assessed on days 3 and 7 post-tagging by flipping individuals onto their aboral surface and measuring the time required to right themselves onto their oral surface. This was repeated three times for each individual with a 1-minute rest interval between trials. Individuals were also offered two small fragments of the coral Montipora hispida (~8-10 cm length) on days three and five post-tagging to assess the effects of tagging on feeding behavior.To evaluate how tagging might affect Acanthaster behavior, we conducted experiments comparing righting ability and feeding behavior of tagged and untagged Acanthaster (n = 10 individuals treatment-1) that were caged on the reef flat of Votua\u2019s MPA. Ten individuals were each tagged by inserting five plastic tag fasteners at the base of individual arms near the oral disk, and all individuals were held in individual cages on the reef flat for the 7-day duration of this experiment. Two days were allowed for tag acclimation among the treatment group before experiments were conducted. Righting ability was assessed on days 3 and 7 post-tagging by flipping individuals onto their aboral surface and measuring the time required to right themselves onto their oral surface. This was repeated three times for each individual with a 1-minute rest interval between trials. Individuals were also offered two small fragments of the coral Montipora hispida (~8-10 cm length) on days three and five post-tagging to assess the effects of tagging on feeding behavior.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	480718
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	OCE-0929119
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0929119
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	awards_1_award_nid	String	674109
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_award_number	String	U01-TW007401
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_data_url	String	https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?icde=0&aid=7741942
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funder_name	String	National Institutes of Health
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_acronym	String	NIH
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_source_nid	String	636502
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_program_manager	String	Flora Katz
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_program_manager_nid	String	674108
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Acanthaster Trials M. Hay and C. Clements, PIs Version 23 June 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	2017-06-26T16:07:32Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-03-27T18:06:16Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.706051.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/706051
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description	String	Used to monitor individuals' movements
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid	String	706060
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_description	String	Acquires satellite signals and tracks your location.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_name	String	GPS receiver
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_nid	String	706037
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_supplied_name	String	Garmin GPS 76CSX
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	acanthaster, acanthaster_ID, bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, coral, coral_eaten, data, dataset, date, date_coral_eaten, date_coral_offered, dmo, eaten, erddap, management, mean, mean_righting_time, oceanography, offered, office, preliminary, righting, righting_time_trial1, righting_time_trial2, righting_time_trial3, status, tagging, tagging_status, time, trial, trial1, trial2, trial3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/706051/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/706051
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'706051': {}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/706051/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Georgia Institute of Technology
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	Georgia Tech
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Mark Hay
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	480720
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	Georgia Institute of Technology
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	Georgia Tech
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Cody Clements
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	705877
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	Georgia Institute of Technology
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation_acronym	String	Georgia Tech
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Mark Hay
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	480720
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	Killer Seaweeds
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	Killer Seaweeds
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	Extracted from the NSF award abstract: Coral reefs are in dramatic global decline, with reefs commonly converting from species-rich and topographically-complex communities dominated by corals to species- poor and topographically-simplified communities dominated by seaweeds. These phase-shifts result in fundamental loss of ecosystem function. Despite debate about whether coral-to-algal transitions are commonly a primary cause, or simply a consequence, of coral mortality, rigorous field investigation of seaweed-coral competition has received limited attention. There is limited information on how the outcome of seaweed-coral competition varies among species or the relative importance of different competitive mechanisms in facilitating seaweed dominance. In an effort to address this topic, the PI will conduct field experiments in the tropical South Pacific (Fiji) to determine the effects of seaweeds on corals when in direct contact, which seaweeds are most damaging to corals, the role allelopathic lipids that are transferred via contact in producing these effects, the identity and surface concentrations of these metabolites, and the dynamic nature of seaweed metabolite production and coral response following contact. The herbivorous fishes most responsible for controlling allelopathic seaweeds will be identified, the roles of seaweed metabolites in allelopathy vs herbivore deterrence will be studied, and the potential for better managing and conserving critical reef herbivores so as to slow or reverse conversion of coral reef to seaweed meadows will be examined. Preliminary results indicate that seaweeds may commonly damage corals via lipid- soluble allelochemicals. Such chemically-mediated interactions could kill or damage adult corals and produce the suppression of coral fecundity and recruitment noted by previous investigators and could precipitate positive feedback mechanisms making reef recovery increasingly unlikely as seaweed abundance increases. Chemically-mediated seaweed-coral competition may play a critical role in the degradation of present-day coral reefs. Increasing information on which seaweeds are most aggressive to corals and which herbivores best limit these seaweeds may prove useful in better managing reefs to facilitate resilience and possible recovery despite threats of global-scale stresses. Fiji is well positioned to rapidly use findings from this project for better management of reef resources because it has already erected >260 MPAs, Fijian villagers have already bought-in to the value of MPAs, and the Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) Network is well organized to get information to villagers in a culturally sensitive and useful manner. The broader impacts of this project are far reaching. The project provides training opportunities for 2-2.5 Ph.D students and 1 undergraduate student each year in the interdisciplinary areas of marine ecology, marine conservation, and marine chemical ecology. Findings from this project will be immediately integrated into classes at Ga Tech and made available throughout Fiji via a foundation and web site that have already set-up to support marine conservation efforts in Fiji and marine education efforts both within Fiji and internationally. Business and community leaders from Atlanta (via Rotary International Service efforts) have been recruited to help organize and fund community service and outreach projects in Fiji -- several of which are likely to involve marine conservation and education based in part on these efforts there. Media outlets (National Geographic, NPR, Animal Planet, Audubon Magazine, etc.) and local Rotary clubs will be used to better disseminate these discoveries to the public. PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH Rasher DB, Stout EP, Engel S, Kubanek J, and ME Hay. "Macroalgal terpenes function as allelopathic agents against reef corals", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 108, 2011, p. 17726. Beattie AJ, ME Hay, B Magnusson, R de Nys, J Smeathers, JFV Vincent. "Ecology and bioprospecting," Austral Ecology, v.36, 2011, p. 341. Rasher DB and ME Hay. "Seaweed allelopathy degrades the resilience and function of coral reefs," Communicative and Integrative Biology, v.3, 2010. Hay ME, Rasher DB. "Corals in crisis," The Scientist, v.24, 2010, p. 42. Hay ME and DB Rasher. "Coral reefs in crisis: reversing the biotic death spiral," Faculty 1000 Biology Reports 2010, v.2, 2010. Rasher DB and ME Hay. "Chemically rich seaweeds poison corals when not controlled by herbivores", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v.107, 2010, p. 9683.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_end_date	String	2014-08
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Viti Levu, Fiji (18º13.049’S, 177º42.968’E)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	480717
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	2009-09
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	Behavioral observation data of tagged and untagged Acanthaster in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Behavioral observation data of tagged and untagged Acanthaster in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	acanthaster_ID		byte
attribute	acanthaster_ID	_FillValue	byte	127
attribute	acanthaster_ID	actual_range	byte	1, 20
attribute	acanthaster_ID	bcodmo_name	String	sample
attribute	acanthaster_ID	description	String	The identification number for each individual sea star
attribute	acanthaster_ID	long_name	String	Acanthaster ID
attribute	acanthaster_ID	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ACYC/
attribute	acanthaster_ID	units	String	unitless
variable	tagging_status		String
attribute	tagging_status	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	tagging_status	description	String	Whether the individual was tagged or untagged
attribute	tagging_status	long_name	String	Tagging Status
attribute	tagging_status	units	String	unitless
variable	righting_time_trial1		short
attribute	righting_time_trial1	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	righting_time_trial1	actual_range	short	48, 392
attribute	righting_time_trial1	bcodmo_name	String	time_elapsed
attribute	righting_time_trial1	description	String	The amount of time that it took an individual to right itself on to its oral surfave after being flipped on its aboral surface.
attribute	righting_time_trial1	long_name	String	Righting Time Trial1
attribute	righting_time_trial1	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ELTMZZZZ/
attribute	righting_time_trial1	units	String	seconds
variable	righting_time_trial2		short
attribute	righting_time_trial2	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	righting_time_trial2	actual_range	short	44, 340
attribute	righting_time_trial2	bcodmo_name	String	time_elapsed
attribute	righting_time_trial2	description	String	The amount of time that it took an individual to right itself on to its oral surfave after being flipped on its aboral surface.
attribute	righting_time_trial2	long_name	String	Righting Time Trial2
attribute	righting_time_trial2	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ELTMZZZZ/
attribute	righting_time_trial2	units	String	seconds
variable	righting_time_trial3		short
attribute	righting_time_trial3	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	righting_time_trial3	actual_range	short	73, 740
attribute	righting_time_trial3	bcodmo_name	String	time_elapsed
attribute	righting_time_trial3	description	String	The amount of time that it took an individual to right itself on to its oral surfave after being flipped on its aboral surface.
attribute	righting_time_trial3	long_name	String	Righting Time Trial3
attribute	righting_time_trial3	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ELTMZZZZ/
attribute	righting_time_trial3	units	String	seconds
variable	mean_righting_time		double
attribute	mean_righting_time	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	mean_righting_time	actual_range	double	64.66666667, 323.6666667
attribute	mean_righting_time	bcodmo_name	String	time_elapsed
attribute	mean_righting_time	description	String	The mean amount of time that it took an individual to right itself on to its oral surfave after being flipped on its aboral surface.
attribute	mean_righting_time	long_name	String	Mean Righting Time
attribute	mean_righting_time	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ELTMZZZZ/
attribute	mean_righting_time	units	String	seconds
variable	righting_trial_date		String
attribute	righting_trial_date	bcodmo_name	String	date
attribute	righting_trial_date	description	String	The date when righting trials were conducted.
attribute	righting_trial_date	long_name	String	Righting Trial Date
attribute	righting_trial_date	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/
attribute	righting_trial_date	source_name	String	righting_trial_date
attribute	righting_trial_date	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	righting_trial_date	units	String	unitless
variable	date_coral_offered		String
attribute	date_coral_offered	bcodmo_name	String	date
attribute	date_coral_offered	description	String	The date that two pieces of coral were offered to an individual
attribute	date_coral_offered	long_name	String	Date Coral Offered
attribute	date_coral_offered	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/
attribute	date_coral_offered	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	date_coral_offered	units	String	unitless
variable	coral_eaten		String
attribute	coral_eaten	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	coral_eaten	description	String	Whether an individual consumed the corals offered to it in the feeding trials
attribute	coral_eaten	long_name	String	Coral Eaten
attribute	coral_eaten	units	String	unitless
variable	date_coral_eaten		String
attribute	date_coral_eaten	bcodmo_name	String	date
attribute	date_coral_eaten	description	String	The date by which corals were eaten.
attribute	date_coral_eaten	long_name	String	Date Coral Eaten
attribute	date_coral_eaten	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/
attribute	date_coral_eaten	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	date_coral_eaten	units	String	unitless

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