bcodmo_dataset_945218_v1

Name: [Parasite abundance in coral reef fishes] - Parasite abundance data collected from coral reef fishes across 19 islands in the central equatorial Pacific from 2009 to 2021 (Collaborative Research: Decomposing the effects of diversity on the abundance of marine parasites)
Creator: BCO-DMO
License: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

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	[Parasite abundance in coral reef fishes] - Parasite abundance data collected from coral reef fishes across 19 islands in the central equatorial Pacific from 2009 to 2021 (Collaborative Research: Decomposing the effects of diversity on the abundance of marine parasites)		F I M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_945218_v1

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
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_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.945218.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-145.2045
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	6.3833
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-17.6509
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-145.2045
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-162.4167
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/945218
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	6.3833
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-17.6509
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	The loss of biological diversity is considered one of the principal environmental challenges of the 21st century, and there are hints that this massive reorganization of food webs could affect how parasites are transmitted among hosts. Parasites are often hidden and can be easy to overlook, but they are ecologically important and ubiquitous - so it is important to understand whether we should expect more or fewer of them as biodiversity disappears. Does biodiversity loss increase the abundance of parasites by eroding natural "checks and balances" on transmission? Or does it decrease parasite abundance by removing the free-living biodiversity on which parasites depend? Answers to these questions are urgently needed if we are to mitigate or prevent an uptick in parasite transmission for ecosystems experiencing biodiversity loss. In a joint collaborative research project among the University of Washington, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and California State University Monterey Bay, we created a parasite dataset of unprecedented size and taxonomic resolution. We sampled parasites of coral reef fishes from 19 replicate islands in the central equatorial Pacific to study how biodiversity and parasite burden covary. In this dataset, we present all of the data we collected on parasite abundance in coral reef fishes. We sampled 17 species (Acanthurus nigricans, Cephalopholis argus, Cephalopholis urodeta, Chromis iomelas, Chromis margaritifer, Ctenochaetus marginatus, Ctenochaetus striatus, Paracirrhites arcatus, Plectroglyphidodon dickii, Pseudanthias bartlettorum, Pseudanthias dispar, Pseudanthias mooreanus, Pseudanthias olivaceus, Pseudanthias pascalus, Pseudanthias spp., Stegastes aureus, Stegastes fasciolatus) across three archipelagos and 19 islands (Jarvis, Kingman, Kiritimati, Palmyra, Tabuaeran, and Teraina in the Northern Line Islands; Flint, Malden, Millennium, Starbuck, and Vostok in the Southern Line Islands; Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Rangiroa, Tahiti, Takapoto, Tetiaroa, and Tikehau in French Polynesia), for a total of 5,251 fish. These 17 broadly distributed host species represent a large spectrum of body sizes, including multiple taxonomic and trophic groups. Included in the dataset are specimens collected from expeditions mounted in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Fish were collected with three-pronged spears and hand-nets, individually labeled and bagged, and frozen for transport before being thawed and evaluated for parasites. Parasitological dissections were designed to detect all multi-cellular (i.e., metazoan) parasites other than myxozoans, but would not have detected viral, bacterial, protozoal, or fungal parasites. Parasites were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level and grouped into their broad parasite taxonomic grouping (i.e., Acanthocephalan, Cestoda, Copepoda, Isopoda, Monogenea, Other Crustacea, Trematoda, Nematoda) and transmission strategy (i.e., complex life cycle versus direct transmission).
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[Parasite abundance in coral reef fishes] - Parasite abundance data collected from coral reef fishes across 19 islands in the central equatorial Pacific from 2009 to 2021 (Collaborative Research: Decomposing the effects of diversity on the abundance of marine parasites)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-162.4167
variable	fish_unique_code		String
attribute	fish_unique_code	long_name	String	Fish_unique_code
attribute	fish_unique_code	units	String	units
variable	count		int
attribute	count	actual_range	int	0, 2447
attribute	count	long_name	String	Count
attribute	count	units	String	unitless
variable	tract		String
attribute	tract	long_name	String	Tract
attribute	tract	units	String	unitless
variable	count_id		String
attribute	count_id	long_name	String	Count_id
attribute	count_id	units	String	unitless
variable	island		String
attribute	island	long_name	String	Island
attribute	island	units	String	unitless
variable	latitude		float
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	-17.6509, 6.3833
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Island_lat
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		float
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	-162.4167, -145.2045
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Island_lon
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	people		String
attribute	people	long_name	String	People
attribute	people	units	String	unitless
variable	fish_sp_code		String
attribute	fish_sp_code	long_name	String	Fish_sp_code
attribute	fish_sp_code	units	String	unitless
variable	psite_unique_code		String
attribute	psite_unique_code	long_name	String	Psite_unique_code
attribute	psite_unique_code	units	String	unitless
variable	total_length		float
attribute	total_length	actual_range	float	1.549, 498.0
attribute	total_length	long_name	String	Total_length
attribute	total_length	units	String	mm
variable	collection_date		String
attribute	collection_date	long_name	String	Collection_date
attribute	collection_date	units	String	unitless
variable	transmission		String
attribute	transmission	long_name	String	Transmission
attribute	transmission	units	String	unitless
variable	psite_group		String
attribute	psite_group	long_name	String	Psite_group
attribute	psite_group	units	String	unitless
variable	psite_ScientificName		String
attribute	psite_ScientificName	long_name	String	Psite_scientificname
attribute	psite_ScientificName	units	String	unitless
variable	fish_ScientificName		String
attribute	fish_ScientificName	long_name	String	Fish_scientificname
attribute	fish_ScientificName	units	String	unitless
variable	psite_LSID		String
attribute	psite_LSID	long_name	String	Psite_lsid
attribute	psite_LSID	units	String	unitless
variable	fish_LSID		String
attribute	fish_LSID	long_name	String	Fish_lsid
attribute	fish_LSID	units	String	unitless
variable	psite_AphiaID		String
attribute	psite_AphiaID	long_name	String	Psite_aphiaid
attribute	psite_AphiaID	units	String	unitless
variable	fish_AphiaID		String
attribute	fish_AphiaID	long_name	String	Fish_aphiaid
attribute	fish_AphiaID	units	String	unitless

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