Dataset: Herbivore exclusion experiment
Deployment: Layman_2014

Data are from an herbivore exclusion experiment in a mangrove die-off area.

Lead Principal Investigator:

Craig Layman (North Carolina State University, NCSU)

Student:

Ryann Rossi (North Carolina State University, NCSU)

Contact:

Ryann Rossi (North Carolina State University, NCSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

An interdisciplinary approach to elucidating the causes of widespread mangrove die-off (Mangrove Die-off)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

Final

Version Date:

2016-11-16

Data URL:

https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/664996/data

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Description

Data are from an herbivore exclusion experiment in a mangrove die-off area.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Count data was collected by the same person for each parameter during both sampling years. This study was conducted on Abaco Island in the Bahamas.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

This data has been analyzed using a split plot ANOVA design and simple linear regression in R.

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:
-Separated dates into year and month columns
-reformatted column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
-replaced spaces with underscores

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1541637	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
month	Month sampling took place; mm	unitless	month
year	Year sampling took place; YYYY	unitless	year
location	Area of within the die-off site. Boundary refers to mix of live and dead trees; live refers to all live trees	unitless	site_descrip
block	There were 16 blocks total in the sampling design	unitless	Site_ID
treatment	Three treatments were used throughout the experiment. 1=cage (fully enclosed); 2=cage control (cage with 1 side removed); 3=control (no cage at all)	unitless	treatment
sampling	Sampling rotation; 1-4	unitless	sample_descrip
leaves_num	Count of leaves present on each experimental unit (tree)	count	count
disease_leaves	Count of leaves with disease on each experimental unit	count	count
chewed_leaves	Count of grazed leaves on each experimental unit	count	count

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Dataset: Herbivore exclusion experiment
Deployment: Layman_2014

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Dataset: Herbivore exclusion experimentDeployment: Layman_2014

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Dataset: Herbivore exclusion experiment
Deployment: Layman_2014