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Tunicate survey on eelgrass in 2017 northwest Atlantic coast New Jersey to Newfoundland

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2017-06-21
End Date
2017-10-12

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Carman, M.R., Colarusso, P.D., Neckles, H.A., Bologna, P., Caines, S., Davidson, J.D.P., Evans, N.T., Fox, S., Grunden, D.W., Hoffman, S., Ma, K.C.K., Matheson, K., McKenzie, C., Nelson, E.P., Plaisted, H., Reddington, E., Schott, S., and Wong, M.C., 2019, Tunicate survey on eelgrass in 2017 northwest Atlantic coast New Jersey to Newfoundland: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GDBDFQ.

Summary

This dataset consists of one data file (Carman_Et_al_Tunicate_2017_survey_on_eelgrass_quad_data_final) and one definitions file (Carman_Et_al_Tunicate_2017_survey_on_eelgrass_quad_data_final_definitions). The data file consists of species and abundance of tunicates found growing on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in a survey of 33 northwest Atlantic eelgrass meadows in summer 2017. Eelgrass meadows represented in the dataset range from New Jersey to Newfoundland. Within each meadow, data were collected within individual quadrats (ranging from 0.0625 to 0.25 square meter) along transects or as general site surveys. Data include geographic coordinates for the center of each site surveyed; date surveyed; tunicate species found on eelgrass; [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Mary Carman
Originator :
Colarusso, Philip D., Hilary A Neckles, Bologna, Paul, Caines, Scott, Davidson, John D. P., Evans, N. Tay, Fox, Sophia, Grunden, David W., Hoffman, Sarah, Ma, Kevin C. K., Matheson, Kyle, McKenzie, Cynthia, Nelson, Eric P., Plaisted, Holly, Reddington, Emily, Schott, Stephen, Wong, Melisa C.
Metadata Contact :
Mary R. Carman
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Eastern Ecological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Carman_et_al_Tunicate_survey_on_eelgrass_in_2017_northwest_Atlantic_coast_New_Jersey_to_Newfoundland.xml
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Carman_Et_al_Tunicate_2017_survey_on_eelgrass_quad_data_final.csv 32.6 KB text/csv
Carman_Et_al_Tunicate_2017_survey_on_eelgrass_quad_data_final_definitions.csv 953 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

Colonization of eelgrass by tunicates can lead to reduced plant growth and survival. Several of the tunicate species that are found on eelgrass in the northwest Atlantic are highly aggressive colonizers, and range expansions are predicted in association with climate-change induced increases in seawater temperature. This dataset provides a baseline for identifying future changes in tunicate distribution and abundance in northwest Atlantic eelgrass meadows.

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