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| Dataset Title: | [Benthic cover data in and out of MPA] - Benthic data collected in and out of MPA borders in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012 (Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals) 
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| Institution: | BCO-DMO (Dataset ID: bcodmo_dataset_706063) |
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Attributes {
s {
village {
String bcodmo_name "site";
String description "The village site where the data were collected on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu, Fiji";
String long_name "Village";
String units "unitless";
}
border {
String bcodmo_name "site_descrip";
String description "The MPA border where surveys benthic cover survey was conducted";
String long_name "Border";
String units "unitless";
}
area {
String bcodmo_name "site_descrip";
String description "The reef area at each village site where the data were collected";
String long_name "Area";
String units "unitless";
}
transect {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 1, 40;
String bcodmo_name "transect";
String description "The individual transect on each village's MPA border where benthic cover data were collected";
String long_name "Transect";
String units "unitless";
}
coral_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 0, 17;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Coral cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Coral Count";
String units "count";
}
dead_coral_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 0, 8;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Dead coral cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Dead Coral Count";
String units "count";
}
macroalgae_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 0, 32;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Macrolagae cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Macroalgae Count";
String units "count";
}
rock_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 0, 23;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Rock cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Rock Count";
String units "count";
}
rubble_sand_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 3, 38;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Rubble/sand cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Rubble Sand Count";
String units "count";
}
other_count {
Byte _FillValue 127;
String _Unsigned "false";
Byte actual_range 0, 8;
String bcodmo_name "count";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Other cover data (counts) from each point-intercept-transect (40 points per transect)";
String long_name "Other Count";
String units "count";
}
coral_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 0.0, 42.5;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Coral cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Coral Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
dead_coral_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 0.0, 20.0;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Dead coral cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Dead Coral Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
macroalgae_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 0.0, 80.0;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Macrolagae cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Macroalgae Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
rock_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 0.0, 57.5;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Rock cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Rock Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
rubble_sand_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 7.5, 95.0;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Rubble/sand cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Rubble Sand Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
other_percent_cover {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
Float32 actual_range 0.0, 20.0;
String bcodmo_name "cover_pcent";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String description "Other cover data (percent) from each point-intercept-transect";
String long_name "Other Percent Cover";
String units "percent";
}
}
NC_GLOBAL {
String access_formats ".htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv";
String acquisition_description
"Surveys of benthic community composition were conducted to assess habitat
differences inside and outside of each MPA border and the relationship between
coral cover and\\u00a0Acanthaster\\u00a0displacement at each border. Surveys
used 40 m point intercept transects (n\\u00a0= 20 transects
border-1\\u00a0MPA-1, points at 0.5 m intervals, 1,600 points border\\u00a0-1)
that were non-overlapping (mean distance between transects = ~12 m) and
oriented parallel to the coastline, with the midpoint (20 m) of each transect
positioned on the MPA border (20 m within the MPA and 20 m within the fished
area).\\u00a0";
String awards_0_award_nid "480718";
String awards_0_award_number "OCE-0929119";
String awards_0_data_url "http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0929119";
String awards_0_funder_name "NSF Division of Ocean Sciences";
String awards_0_funding_acronym "NSF OCE";
String awards_0_funding_source_nid "355";
String awards_0_program_manager "David L. Garrison";
String awards_0_program_manager_nid "50534";
String awards_1_award_nid "674109";
String awards_1_award_number "U01-TW007401";
String awards_1_data_url "https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?icde=0&aid=7741942";
String awards_1_funder_name "National Institutes of Health";
String awards_1_funding_acronym "NIH";
String awards_1_funding_source_nid "636502";
String awards_1_program_manager "Flora Katz";
String awards_1_program_manager_nid "674108";
String cdm_data_type "Other";
String comment
"Benthic Cover Data
M. Hay and C. Clements, PIs
Version 23 June 2016";
String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
String creator_email "info@bco-dmo.org";
String creator_name "BCO-DMO";
String creator_type "institution";
String creator_url "https://www.bco-dmo.org/";
String data_source "extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019";
String date_created "2017-06-26T16:12:34Z";
String date_modified "2020-01-27T16:48:45Z";
String defaultDataQuery "&time<now";
String doi "10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.706063.1";
String history
"2024-12-21T14:07:54Z (local files)
2024-12-21T14:07:54Z https://erddap.bco-dmo.org/erddap/tabledap/bcodmo_dataset_706063.html";
String infoUrl "https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/706063";
String institution "BCO-DMO";
String keywords "area, bco, bco-dmo, biological, border, chemical, coral, coral_count, coral_percent_cover, count, cover, data, dataset, dead, dead_coral_count, dead_coral_percent_cover, dmo, erddap, macroalgae, macroalgae_count, macroalgae_percent_cover, management, oceanography, office, other_count, other_percent_cover, percent, preliminary, rock, rock_count, rock_percent_cover, rubble, rubble_sand_count, rubble_sand_percent_cover, sand, transect, village";
String license "https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/706063/license";
String metadata_source "https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/706063";
String param_mapping "{'706063': {}}";
String parameter_source "https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/706063/parameters";
String people_0_affiliation "Georgia Institute of Technology";
String people_0_affiliation_acronym "Georgia Tech";
String people_0_person_name "Mark Hay";
String people_0_person_nid "480720";
String people_0_role "Principal Investigator";
String people_0_role_type "originator";
String people_1_affiliation "Georgia Institute of Technology";
String people_1_affiliation_acronym "Georgia Tech";
String people_1_person_name "Cody Clements";
String people_1_person_nid "705877";
String people_1_role "Co-Principal Investigator";
String people_1_role_type "originator";
String people_2_affiliation "Georgia Institute of Technology";
String people_2_affiliation_acronym "Georgia Tech";
String people_2_person_name "Mark Hay";
String people_2_person_nid "480720";
String people_2_role "Contact";
String people_2_role_type "related";
String people_3_affiliation "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution";
String people_3_affiliation_acronym "WHOI BCO-DMO";
String people_3_person_name "Hannah Ake";
String people_3_person_nid "650173";
String people_3_role "BCO-DMO Data Manager";
String people_3_role_type "related";
String project "Killer Seaweeds";
String projects_0_acronym "Killer Seaweeds";
String projects_0_description
"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.";
String projects_0_end_date "2014-08";
String projects_0_geolocation "Viti Levu, Fiji (18º13.049’S, 177º42.968’E)";
String projects_0_name "Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals";
String projects_0_project_nid "480717";
String projects_0_start_date "2009-09";
String publisher_name "Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)";
String publisher_type "institution";
String sourceUrl "(local files)";
String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v55";
String summary "Benthic data collected in and out of MPA borders in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012";
String title "[Benthic cover data in and out of MPA] - Benthic data collected in and out of MPA borders in Viti Levu, Fiji from 2010-2012 (Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals)";
String version "1";
String xml_source "osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3";
}
}
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