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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\nexperiments comparing righting ability and feeding behavior of tagged and\nuntagged Acanthaster (n = 10 individuals treatment-1) that were caged on the\nreef flat of Votua\\u2019s MPA. Ten individuals were each tagged by inserting\nfive plastic tag fasteners at the base of individual arms near the oral disk,\nand all individuals were held in individual cages on the reef flat for the\n7-day duration of this experiment. Two days were allowed for tag acclimation\namong the treatment group before experiments were conducted. Righting ability\nwas assessed on days 3 and 7 post-tagging by flipping individuals onto their\naboral surface and measuring the time required to right themselves onto their\noral surface. This was repeated three times for each individual with a\n1-minute rest interval between trials. Individuals were also offered two small\nfragments of the coral Montipora hispida (~8-10 cm length) on days three and\nfive post-tagging to assess the effects of tagging on feeding behavior.To\nevaluate how tagging might affect Acanthaster behavior, we conducted\nexperiments comparing righting ability and feeding behavior of tagged and\nuntagged Acanthaster (n = 10 individuals treatment-1) that were caged on the\nreef flat of Votua\\u2019s MPA. Ten individuals were each tagged by inserting\nfive plastic tag fasteners at the base of individual arms near the oral disk,\nand all individuals were held in individual cages on the reef flat for the\n7-day duration of this experiment. Two days were allowed for tag acclimation\namong the treatment group before experiments were conducted. Righting ability\nwas assessed on days 3 and 7 post-tagging by flipping individuals onto their\naboral surface and measuring the time required to right themselves onto their\noral surface. This was repeated three times for each individual with a\n1-minute rest interval between trials. Individuals were also offered two small\nfragments of the coral Montipora hispida (~8-10 cm length) on days three and\nfive 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 (external link)
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 (external link)
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 \n  M. Hay and C. Clements, PIs \n  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/ (external link)
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 (external link)
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 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL metadata_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/706051 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL param_mapping String {'706051': {}}
attribute NC_GLOBAL parameter_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/706051/parameters (external link)
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:\nCoral 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.\nPreliminary 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.\nThe 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.\nPUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH\nRasher 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.\nBeattie AJ, ME Hay, B Magnusson, R de Nys, J Smeathers, JFV Vincent. \"Ecology and bioprospecting,\" Austral Ecology, v.36, 2011, p. 341.\nRasher DB and ME Hay. \"Seaweed allelopathy degrades the resilience and function of coral reefs,\" Communicative and Integrative Biology, v.3, 2010.\nHay ME, Rasher DB. \"Corals in crisis,\" The Scientist, v.24, 2010, p. 42.\nHay ME and DB Rasher. \"Coral reefs in crisis: reversing the biotic death spiral,\" Faculty 1000 Biology Reports 2010, v.2, 2010.\nRasher 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 [Acanthaster behavioral observation data] - Behavioral observation data of tagged and untagged Acanthaster in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012 (Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
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/ (external link)
attribute date_coral_eaten time_precision String 1970-01-01
attribute date_coral_eaten units String unitless

 
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