Dataset: Acanthaster counts
Deployment: Fiji_2011

Acanthaster count data collected in protected and fished areas.

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/705869

Principal Investigator:

Mark Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

Contact:

Mark Hay (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA Tech)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

Killer Seaweeds: Allelopathy against Fijian Corals (Killer Seaweeds)

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Version:

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Description

Acanthaster count data collected in protected and fished areas.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Acanthaster density was quantified in paired MPAs and fished areas using 15×15 m quadrats (n = 15 reef-1 location-1) that were non-overlapping and distributed haphazardly within the reef flat of each area. Surveys entailed a single snorkeler carefully searching for Acanthaster within and under rock ledges and coral colonies within each quadrat for five minutes, especially near areas with obvious signs of Acanthaster feeding.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

These are the raw count data.

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:

- reformatted the column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
- replaced spaces with underscores
- replaced "N/A" with "nd"

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0929119	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
U01-TW007401	National Institutes of Health

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
village	The village site where the data were collected on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu Fiji	unitless	site
area	The reef area at each village site where the data were collected	unitless	site_descrip
quadrat	The individual quadrat at each villages reef area (MPA or fished area) where count data were collected	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
acanthaster_count	The number of Acanthaster sea stars counted within an individual quadrat	count	count

Database

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Dataset: Acanthaster counts
Deployment: Fiji_2011

Dataset acquisition description

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Dataset: Acanthaster counts
Deployment: Fiji_2011