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attribute NC_GLOBAL access_formats String .htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv
attribute NC_GLOBAL acquisition_description String We manipulated the presence and absence of all three species in a factorial\ndesign that yielded eight treatments and comprised four levels of diversity:\nthree consumers (crabs + snails + fungus), two consumers (crabs + snails,\ncrabs + fungus, snails + fungus), one consumer (crabs or snails or fungus),\nand no consumers. Sixty-four plots were selected (mean Spartina density: 120.8\n\\u00b1 6.2 stems per m2).\n \nEcosystem Function 1: NPP. To determine the effect of experimental consumer\nvariety on NPP, net Spartina production was estimated by measuring change in\nlive aboveground plant mass from the beginning to end of the experiment.\n \nEcosystem Function 2: Decomposition Rate. We quantified the effect of consumer\nvariety on marsh decomposition rate by deploying a plug consisting of three\ndead Spartina stems zip tied to a plastic flag post.\n \nEcosystem Function 3: Infiltration Rate Measurement. We quantified the effect\nof consumer variety on marsh infiltration at the conclusion of the experiment\nby using a double-ring infiltrometer.\n \nAssessing Multifunctionality. To assess whether snail, crab, and fungi\nconsumers differed in their ability to perform all measured functions\nsimultaneously, we calculated an average multifunctionality index for each\ntreatment. This method is a simple technique involving averaging standardized\nvalues of multiple functions into a single index. For each of the three\nfunctions, we used a \\u201cstandardization by maximum observed value\\u201d\napproach where we defined maximum functioning as the mean of the highest three\nvalues from all 64 plots in the experiment for each function, giving us one\nmaximum for each function regardless of treatment. Using this maximum, plot\ndata were recorded as the percent of that maximum for each function, creating\na scaled \\u201cpercent functioning\\u201d value for each individual plot.\n \nSee Hensel and Silliman 2013 for detailed methods descriptions.\n \nHensel, M. J. S. & Silliman, B. R. Consumer diversity across kingdoms supports\nmultiple functions in a coastal ecosystem. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110,\n20621\\u201320626 (2013).  \n DOI: [10.1073/pnas.1312317110\n](\\\\\"http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1312317110\\\\\")
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_nid String 715716
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_number String OCE-1056980
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_data_url String https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1056980 (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 cdm_data_type String Other
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String The effect of consumer diversity on the ecosystem functioning of salt marshes on Sapelo Island, Georgia \n   PI: M. Hensel (U. Florida) \n   Co-PI: B. Silliman (Duke) \n   Version: 2017-10-17
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 2017-10-17T14:51:38Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_modified String 2019-06-12T18:19:23Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultDataQuery String &time<now
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.717035.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/717035 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, cons, data, dataset, dead, dmo, erddap, g_lost, live, lost, management, multi, no_cons, oceanography, office, perco, preliminary, rep, treat
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/717035/license (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL metadata_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/717035 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL param_mapping String {'717035': {}}
attribute NC_GLOBAL parameter_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/717035/parameters (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation String University of Florida
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation_acronym String UF
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_name String Marc Hensel
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_nid String 717041
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 Duke University
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_name String Brian Silliman
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_nid String 552219
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 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation_acronym String WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_name String Megan Switzer
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_nid String 708683
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 small grazers facilitating fungal disease
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_acronym String small grazers facilitating fungal disease
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_description String In terrestrial communities, grazer-facilitation of fungal disease in plants has been studied for over a century. Despite the prevalence of this interaction in terrestrial systems, it was not considered relevant to the structure of marine plant communities until the investigator's recent work in salt marshes. By manipulating both grazer and fungal presence, he demonstrated that snail grazing and subsequent fungal infection in live grass led to drastic reductions in plant growth and, at high grazer densities, destruction of canopy. If grazer promotion of fungal disease in marine plants is not limited to marshes (as suggested by preliminary data from a world-wide survey of 4 marine plant ecosystems) then small grazers that take small bites out of plants could be exerting similarly strong, but undetected control over marine plants globally. In addition, since physical stress commonly reduces plant immune responses, intensifying multiple stressors associated with marine global change could intensify and destabilize these unstudied grazer-disease-plant interactions. To test the global generality of this potentially keystone ecological interaction, this project will answer the following questions with a combination of multi-site surveys and manipulations across 4 ecosystems spanning 2 continents: 1) Is grazer facilitation of fungal disease in marine plants a common but overlooked interaction? 2) What is the resultant impact of grazer-facilitated fungal infection on marine plant growth? 3) How do multiple stressors impact the strength of grazer facilitation of fungal disease in marine plants? The work represents a transformative step forward in our understanding of plant-grazer interactions in marine ecosystems as it fills a > 100-year intellectual gap in our understanding of top-down control in marine plant ecosystems: Do small grazers commonly facilitate fungal disease in marine plants and does this interaction suppress plant growth?\nEvidence for this cryptic, yet powerful mechanism of grazer regulation of marine plants will compel marine ecologists to reevaluate our understanding of top-down control and lead to widespread integration of disease dynamics in marine food web ecology.\nThe consequences of marine plant ecosystem health are far-reaching for humans, since these communities provide many essential services. Results from this study will allow managers to better predict effects of disease and global change on marine plant systems and formulate effective strategies for conservation. To help integrate plant disease dynamics into marine ecology and conservation, the investigator will: (1) produce an edited volume on Food Webs and Disease in Marine Ecosystems and (2) work closely with The Nature Conservancy to incorporate findings into their global marine learning exchanges. In addition, an integrated educational plan will increase student: (1) understanding of disease and food web dynamics in marine ecosystems and (2) consideration of marine science careers.
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_end_date String 2017-03
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_geolocation String Coastal Plant Ecosystems in North and South America.
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_name String Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease in Marine Plant Ecosystems
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_project_nid String 649745
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_start_date String 2014-01
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 The effect of consumer diversity on the ecosystem functioning of salt marshes on Sapelo Island, Georgia.
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Marsh consumer diversity effects on multifunctionality from experiments conducted by manipulating the presence of crabs, snails, and fungus in Spartina plots on Sapelo Island, Georgia
attribute NC_GLOBAL version String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL xml_source String osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable treat String
attribute treat bcodmo_name String sample_descrip
attribute treat description String consumers present/absent
attribute treat long_name String Treat
attribute treat units String S = snails present,C = crabs present,F = fungus present, NS = no snails,etc
variable rep byte
attribute rep _FillValue byte 127
attribute rep actual_range byte 1, 8
attribute rep bcodmo_name String number
attribute rep description String repetition number
attribute rep long_name String Rep
attribute rep units String 1-8, number of repetition
variable live float
attribute live _FillValue float NaN
attribute live actual_range float 0.0, 539.48
attribute live bcodmo_name String abundance
attribute live description String live biomass at exp end
attribute live long_name String Live
attribute live nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P03/current/B070/ (external link)
attribute live units String g of Spartina/ sq meter
variable dead float
attribute dead _FillValue float NaN
attribute dead actual_range float 59.68, 499.0
attribute dead bcodmo_name String abundance
attribute dead description String dead biomass at exp end
attribute dead long_name String Dead
attribute dead nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P03/current/B070/ (external link)
attribute dead units String g of Spartina/ sq meter
variable g_lost float
attribute g_lost _FillValue float NaN
attribute g_lost actual_range float 1.76, 5.31
attribute g_lost bcodmo_name String abundance
attribute g_lost description String grams decomposed per month
attribute g_lost long_name String G Lost
attribute g_lost nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P03/current/B070/ (external link)
attribute g_lost units String g of Spartina decomposed over 1 month
variable perco float
attribute perco _FillValue float NaN
attribute perco actual_range float 1.08, 12.26
attribute perco bcodmo_name String unknown
attribute perco description String percolation rate in each plot
attribute perco long_name String Perco
attribute perco units String Liters of water absorbed per hour
variable multi float
attribute multi _FillValue float NaN
attribute multi actual_range float 0.22, 0.94
attribute multi bcodmo_name String unknown
attribute multi description String average multifunctionality (%)
attribute multi long_name String Multi
attribute multi units String mean % functioning of all ecosystem functions per plot
variable no_cons byte
attribute no_cons _FillValue byte 127
attribute no_cons actual_range byte 0, 3
attribute no_cons bcodmo_name String sample_descrip
attribute no_cons description String number of consumers per treatment
attribute no_cons long_name String No Cons
attribute no_cons units String no between 1 and 3

 
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