Dataset: Trait data: native, cryptogenic, introduced species

Name: Trait data captured from literature sources, field observations and measurements of sessile marine invertebrates from coastal sites across a geographic gradient spanning the sub-arctic to the tropics from 2015 to 2017.
Published: 2021-04-23
Keywords: sessile invertebrates, traits, Pacific, introduced, latitudinal gradient, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.850202.1

Spatial Extent: N:55.47257 E:-79.52183 S:8.91758 W:-131.79698

Temporal Extent: 2015-12 - 2017-06

Project:

Community Effects of Competition and Predation across Latitude and Implications for Species Invasions (Competition and Predation across Latitude)

Principal Investigator:

Amy L. Freestone (Temple University, Temple)

Student:

Diana Paola López (Temple University, Temple)

Contact:

Diana Paola López (Temple University, Temple)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2021-04-23

Restricted:

Release Date:

2021-08-30

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Trait data captured from literature sources, field observations and measurements of sessile marine invertebrates from coastal sites across a geographic gradient spanning the sub-arctic to the tropics from 2015 to 2017.

Abstract:

Trait data captured from literature sources, field observations (2015 to 2017) and measurements of sessile marine invertebrates from coastal sites across a geographic gradient spanning the sub-arctic to the tropics.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2021-04-23	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.850202.1	2021-08-30

Description

These data were used for the publication Lopez and Freestone (2020).

Methods & Sampling

Location: Ketchikan, AK, San Francisco, CA, La Paz, Mexico, and Panama City, Panama

Methodology: Traits were collected from field measurements, observations, or literature sources. For field measurements, an average of five individuals per taxa were photographed for color, structural defense, and growth form determination. All other traits except water content and organic content were collected from the literature. A brief description of the sampling procedure for determining water content and organic content is in the following section below.

For more information about the field data see dataset "Community composition separated by native and cryptogenic, and introduced species of each community" https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/850190.

Sampling and analytical procedures: For field measurements of organic and water content, an average of five individuals per taxa were collected and used dry weights (DW) and ash free dry weights (AFDW) to calculate water content as [(1−(DW/WW)) x 100] and organic content as [(1−(AFDW/DW)) x 100]. We then calculated a single mean trait value per taxa to be included in the trait table.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* Imported file Trait_data.csv into the BCO-DMO data system
* removed underscores in taxonomic names in column MorphName.
* Taxonomic names matched to accepted taxonomic names using the World Register of Marine Species taxa match tool on 2021-04-26. Names were not changed in this dataset. Misspelled and unaccepted synonyms are present in the data. A species list including the matches accepted names, aphiaIDs, and LSIDs attached to this dataset as a supplemental file. For more information see https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=match

Data Files

File
trait_data.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 8.25 KB) MD5:689abc88dccf5d34b4a6d1efbf27e3c9 Primary data file for dataset ID 850202

Supplemental Files

File

Species list
filename: species_list.csv

(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 6.24 KB)
MD5:d1fa4f271c48a5e6eeb588f965a72230

Species list for BCO-DMO datasets:

Community composition separated by native and cryptogenic, and introduced species of each community

 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/850190

Trait data: native, cryptogenic, introduced species

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/850202

This file contains the exact taxonomic names used in these datasets along with the results of the Taxa Match tool at the World Register of marine species (match performed 2021-04-26).   For more information about match, results see http://www.marinespecies.org/tutorial_taxonmatch.php. 

Parameter (Column names and descriptions):

ScientificName_in_Dataset, The taxonomic name exactly as it appears is in the datasets.

AphiaID, The AphiaID matched with the ScientificName_in_Dataset.

Match type, The ScientificName_in_Dataset's match type to the AphiaID (exact or phonetic).

Taxon status, Whether ScientificName_in_Dataset is the accepted taxonomic name or an unaccepted synonym. 

LSID, Life Science Identifier for the ScientificName_in_Dataset.

AphiaID_accepted, The AphiaID for the accepted taxonomic name matched to the ScientificName_in_Dataset.

ScientificName_accepted, The accepted taxonomic name matched to the ScientificName_in_Dataset.

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1434528

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Region	Region where each taxon was collected (Alaska, Panama, Mexico, California)	unitless	site_descrip
MorphName	Lower taxonomic information (~genus/species, if available) based on best available information in the field	unitless	taxon
Status	Invasion status: native, cryptogenic, introduced	unitless	sample_descrip
Org_cont	Organic content: mean of at least five individuals, calculated as [(1 − (AFDW/DW)) × 100] (AFDW: Ashfree dry weight, DW: Dry weight)	unitless	sample_descrip
Wat_cont	Water Content: mean of at least five individuals, calculated as [(1 − (DW/WW)) × 100] (DW: Dry weight, WW: Wet weight)	unitless	sample_descrip
Sex_rep	Sexual reproduction categorized as hermaphroditic (herm), gonochoristic (gono), simultaneous (simul)	unitless	sample_descrip
Fert_type	Fertilization type categorized as oviparous (ovi), ovoviviparous (ovo), viviparous (vivi)	unitless	sample_descrip
Asex_rep	Asexual reproduction defined as capable of asexual reproduction yes (1) or no (0)	unitless	sample_descrip
Lar_life	Larval life duration: maximum hours of pelagic life before settling (Number of hours)	unitless	time_elapsed
Eggs	Number of eggs produced by an individual (Total number)	unitless	count
Egg_size	Egg size - diameter of egg size	micrometers (um)	sample_descrip
Lar_dev	Larval development type categorized as simultaneous (both), lecithotrophic (leci), or planktotrophic (plank)	unitless	sample_descrip
Feed_struc	Feeding structure: whether the morphospecies has (1) or doesn't have (0) feeding appendages such as ciri, tentacles, or other appendages	unitless	sample_descrip
Struc_defe	Structural defense: whether the morphospecies has a calcified structure (CalcStr), an uncalcified structure used for protection (NCalcStr), or no structure (NStr) at all	unitless	sample_descrip
Sociability	Sociability structure categorized as colonial or solitary	unitless	sample_descrip
Growth_form	Growth form categorized as encrusting, erect, arborescent, massive, runner, stolonate (values: encrus, erect, arbo, massi, run, stol)	unitless	sample_descrip
Color	Color categorized as bright, dull, dark, transparent, white	unitless	sample_descrip

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