Data Package Metadata View Summary

MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-mcr.7.34

Title:

MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005

Alternate Identifier:

knb-lter-mcr.7

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

The data presented here are the abundances of the major invertebrate herbivores and corallivores on Moorea coral reefs. Abundances are estimated in 4 fixed quadrats along 5 permanent transects at each of 4 habitats at 2 sites on each of the 3 shores of Moorea each year. Counts are made in one-meter-squared quadrats.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE 22-24354 (and earlier awards) as well as a generous gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Research was completed under permits issued by the French Polynesian Government (Délégation à la Recherche) and the Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie Francaise (DTRT) (Protocole d'Accueil 2005-2023). This work represents a contribution of the Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER Site.

Short Name:

Annual Invert Survey

Publication Date:

2023-06-21

Language:

english

For more information:
Visit:	http://mcr.lternet.edu/data/
Visit:	https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/d1be9c183291549e43236c3f7872ec28
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2005-05-20

End:

2022-02-26

People and Organizations
Contact:	Information Manager (Moorea Coral Reef LTER) [ email ]
Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Creator:	Carpenter, Robert (Moorea Coral Reef LTER)
Associate:	Scafidi, Kathryn (Moorea Coral Reef LTER, Field Technician, Field Technician)
Associate:	Moriarty, Vincent (Moorea Coral Reef LTER, Former Field Technician, Field Technician)
Associate:	Ginther, Sam (Moorea Coral Reef LTER, Field Technician, Field Technician)
Associate:	Srednick, Griffin (Moorea Coral Reef LTER, Former Field Technician, Field Technician)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Annual invertebrate surveys.
Description:	Estimated number of Invertebrate Herbivores at individual quadrats.

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-mcr/7/34/668de777b44a8f656a19c3ca25b737c5

Name:

Annual invertebrate surveys.

Description:

Estimated number of Invertebrate Herbivores at individual quadrats.

Number of Records:

22681

Number of Columns:

Constraint:

Primary Key:

Name:	invert_pk
Key:	year
Key:	location
Key:	taxonomy

Table Structure

Object Name:

MCR_LTER_Annual_Survey_Herbiv_Invert_20230619.csv

Size:

2715728 byte

Authentication:

ca1bc24230313bccc3369886e5f5e788 Calculated By MD5

Character Encoding:

ASCII

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Number of Foot Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Year

Date

Location

Site

Habitat

Transect

Quadrat

Taxonomy

Count

Column Name:

Year

Date

Location

Site

Habitat

Transect

Quadrat

Taxonomy

Count

Definition:

Nominal year of observation. First year is 2005-2006 combined.

Day of Observation; Moorea local date.

Name of the unique location the object was observed at. Location combines site + habitat + transect + quadrat.

Name of the site.

Name of the habitat.

Transect number.

Quadrat number identifies the 1 m x 1 m square quadrat within which the mobile invertebrate herbivores are counted.

Taxonomic name of the observed invertebrate, ideally at the species level of the Linnaean taxonomic hierarchic classification.

Number of invertebrates counted at a quadrat. A quadrat area is 1 by 1 meter.

Storage Type:

string

integer

Measurement Type:

nominal

dateTime

nominal

ratio

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

Except for first survey, year is YYYY format.

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision	1 Day

Definition

Unique location name

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	LTER 1
Definition	LTER 1
Source

Code Definition

Code	LTER 2
Definition	LTER 2
Source

Code Definition

Code	LTER 3
Definition	LTER 3
Source

Code Definition

Code	LTER 4
Definition	LTER 4
Source

Code Definition

Code	LTER 5
Definition	LTER 5
Source

Code Definition

Code	LTER 6
Definition	LTER 6
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Fringing
Definition	Fringing Reef
Source

Code Definition

Code	Backreef
Definition	Backreef
Source

Code Definition

Code	Outer 10
Definition	Forereef at 10 m depth
Source

Code Definition

Code	Outer 17
Definition	Forereef at 17 m depth
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Transect 1
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Transect 2
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Transect 3
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Transect 4
Source

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Transect 5
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Quad 1
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Quad 2
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Quad 3
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Quad 4
Source

Definition

Taxonomic name of the observed invertebrate. Where none are found use No invertebrate observed

Unit	number
Precision	1
Type	whole

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

This data package is released under the Creative Commons license Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 , see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This license states that consumers ("Data Users" herein) may distribute, adapt, reuse, remix, and build upon this work, as long as they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If redistributed, a Data User may not apply additional restrictions or technological measures that prevent access.

The Data User has an ethical obligation to cite the data source appropriately in any publication or product that results from its use, and notify the data contact or creator. Communication, collaboration, or co-authorship (as appropriate) with the creators of this data package is encouraged to prevent duplicate research or publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplication or inappropriate use. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation may occur if data are used outside of the context of the original study. The Data User should be aware that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data.

While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. This data package (with its components) is made available "as is" and with no warranty of accuracy or fitness for use. The creators of this data package and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for any damages resulting from misinterpretation, use or misuse of the data package or its components.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	Long-term Time Series, LTER, MCR, Moorea Coral Reef
Institute, Organization, or Funding Agency	California State University Northridge, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NSF, Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Santa Barbara
(No thesaurus)	French Polynesia, Moorea
(No thesaurus)	Acanthaster, Culcita, Diadema, Echinometra, Echinostrephus, Echinothrix, Tectus, Tripneustes, Trochus
KNB	Community, Marine
NBII Biocomplexity Thesaurus	Abundance (organisms), Biodiversity, Coral Reef, Herbivores, Invertebrates, Species Richness
LTER Core Research Area	Populations
MCR Core Activity	Time Series Program
MCR Research Theme	Reef Resistance and Resilience
MCR-LTER Working Group	Population and Community Dynamics

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

Sampling

The sampling strategy was designed to facilitate tests of the effect of time and shore on mobile invertebrates to species level of Echinoids, Gastropods, Asteroids (Acanthaster and Culcita only) of the fringing, backreef, and fore reef habitats of Moorea. For the purpose of this analysis, fringing communities were defined as reefs adjacent to the shore and within ca. 50 m of the land. The backreef is located within the lagoon and may be synonymous with lagoon habitats in other studies. Fore reef habitats were censused at 10 and 17-m depth in order to sample habitats that are representative of the fore reefs of Moorea, and within the depth range tractable to diving research.

The project was designed with twenty 1-m² quadrats along a 50-m transect at each site/depth combination. To facilitate field sampling, the 50-m transect was repeated in 5 contiguous sectors that are not independent (one begins where the previous ends) and are not intended to be a factor in the statistical design. Quadrats were initially set-up randomly, but were then fixed in time. Data are collected for 4 quadrats per sector and 5 sectors per habitat.

Beginning in 2009, Acanthaster are noted when one meter away, by including the note '(1 m away)' in the species field. Beginning in 2013, Culcita are similarly noted when one meter away. And beginning in 2018, Linckia are so noted.

In 2005-2006, where none of this set of invertebrates were observed within a quadrat, the words 'No invertebrate observed' appear in the taxonomy field with a count of zero. In 2007 and later, where none of this set of invertebrates were observed within a quadrat, all species observed elsewhere on the transect are listed with a count of zero.

The “year one” survey spread between 2005-2006 to cover all locations. Each subsequent year contains a complete survey.

*In 2021 fore reef 10 m and 17 m surveys were not conducted due to Covid border closures in French Polynesia.

Statistical Analysis

The original design was established to support a nested, factorial ANOVA experimental approach, but the sampling strategy is amenable to many other designs to meet the users needs. In the factorial construct, shore (north, southeast, or southwest) is treated as a fixed factor, site (LTER 1-6) as a random factor nested within shore, and time as a repeated measures factor based on individual quadrats that are relocated. In the case of the fore reef, depth (10 or 17 m) also was used as a fixed factor to contrast the effects of time and shore between depths. All census methods were designed to quantify mobile invertebrates to species level.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Address:

Marine Science Institute,

University of California,

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150 USA

Individual:

Robert Carpenter

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Address:

Department of Biology,

California State University,

18111 Nordhoff Street,

Northridge, CA 91330-8303 USA

Phone:

818.677.3256 (voice)

Email Address:

robert.carpenter@csun.edu

Web Address:

https://www.csun.edu/science-mathematics/biology/robert-c-carpenter

Id:

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-1868

Contacts:

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Position:

Information Manager

Address:

Marine Science Institute,

University of California,

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150 USA

Phone:

805.893.2071 (voice)

Email Address:

mcrlter@msi.ucsb.edu

Web Address:

http://mcr.lternet.edu/about/contact

Associated Parties:

Individual:	Kathryn Scafidi
Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Position:	Field Technician
Id:	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7550-0163
Role:	Field Technician

Individual:	Vincent Moriarty
Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Position:	Former Field Technician
Id:	http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-156X
Role:	Field Technician

Individual:	Sam Ginther
Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Position:	Field Technician
Id:	http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-8546
Role:	Field Technician

Individual:	Griffin Srednick
Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Position:	Former Field Technician
Id:	http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0776-6514
Role:	Field Technician

Metadata Providers:

Organization:	Moorea Coral Reef LTER
Position:	Information Manager

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2005-05-20

End:

2022-02-26

Geographic Region:

Description:

Moorea, French Polynesia

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.45	Southern:	-17.62
Western:	-150	Eastern:	-149.67

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 1 polygon including LTER 0 on north shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.47185366	Southern:	-17.48641792
Western:	-149.8455917	Eastern:	-149.829821

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 2 polygon on north shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.46576169	Southern:	-17.48131958
Western:	-149.8116849	Eastern:	-149.7961685

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 3 polygon on southeast shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.50382025	Southern:	-17.52087158
Western:	-149.7708619	Eastern:	-149.7519968

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 4 polygon on southeast shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.53305021	Southern:	-17.55064263
Western:	-149.7772857	Eastern:	-149.7566866

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 5 polygon on southwest shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.56818162	Southern:	-17.59182383
Western:	-149.8869755	Eastern:	-149.8561009

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Geographic Region:

Description:

LTER 6 polygon on southwest shore

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	-17.50735955	Southern:	-17.52839766
Western:	-149.934537	Eastern:	-149.9115336

G-Ploygon(Outer Ring):

(GRing) Latitude: , Longitude:

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Echinodermata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Asteroidea

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Valvatida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Acanthasteridae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Acanthaster

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Acanthaster planci
Common Name:	Crown of Thorns Sea Star

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Valvatida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Oreasteridae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Culcita

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Culcita novaeguineae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Echinoidea

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Diadematoida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Diadematidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Diadema

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Diadema savignyi

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Diadema setosum

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Echinothrix

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Echinothrix calamaris

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Echinothrix diadema

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Echinoida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Echinometridae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Echinometra

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Echinometra mathaei

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Echinometra oblongata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Echinostrephus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Echinostrephus aciculatus

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Mollusca

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Gastropoda

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Archaeogastropoda

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Trochidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Tectus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Tectus niloticus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Tripneustes

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Trochus

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER

Personnel:

Individual:

Russell Schmitt

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Position:

Lead Principal Investigator

Address:

Marine Science Institute,

University of California,

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150 USA

Email Address:

schmitt@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Web Address:

http://mcr.lternet.edu/people/russell-j-schmitt

Role:

Principal Investigator

Individual:

Sally Holbrook

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Position:

Principal Investigator

Address:

Marine Science Institute,

University of California,

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150 USA

Email Address:

holbrook@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Web Address:

http://mcr.lternet.edu/people/sally-holbrook

Role:

Principal Investigator

Individual:

Peter Edmunds

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Position:

Principal Investigator

Address:

Department of Biological Sciences, California State University,

18111 Nordhoff Street,

Northridge, CA 91330-8303 USA

Phone:

818.677.2502 (voice)

Email Address:

peter.edmunds@csun.edu

Web Address:

http://mcr.lternet.edu/people/peter-edmunds

Role:

Principal Investigator

Individual:

Robert Carpenter

Organization:

Moorea Coral Reef LTER

Position:

Principal Investigator

Address:

Department of Biological Sciences, California State University,

18111 Nordhoff Street,

Northridge, CA 91330-8303 USA

Phone:

818-677-3256 (voice)

Email Address:

robert.carpenter@csun.edu

Web Address:

http://mcr.lternet.edu/people/robert-carpenter

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

NSF (LTER) MCR I #OCE-0417412, MCR II #OCE-1026851, MCR IIb #OCE-1236905, and MCR III #OCE-1637396

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:

This is an ongoing dataset. Data are added every year.

In Version 7.17 data from earlier years was corrected.

In Version 7.20 location column split into site, habitat, transect, quadrat for user convenience, while retaining whole location column as part of primary key. Only a format change; data unchanged.

In Version 7.23 Trochus maculatus was changed to Tectus niloticus.

Frequency:

annually

History:


scope:	taxonomicCoverage
old value:	taxonomicClassification
change date:	2013-02-08
comment:	Taxonomy was updated or corrected using references from EOL. Coverage now shown to genus level.

scope:	methods
old value:	metadata
change date:	2018-02-09
comment:	Method text updated, along with timeseries update.

scope:	data
old value:	data
change date:	2019-05-10
comment:	Revision 31 is annual time series update and related metadata.

scope:	data
old value:	data
change date:	2020-12-16
comment:	Revision 32 is annual time series update and related metadata.

scope:	data
old value:	data
change date:	2022-03-15
comment:	Revision 33 is annual time series update and related metadata.

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005

Data Entities

Data Table

Data Package Usage Rights

Keywords

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Sampling

Statistical Analysis

People and Organizations

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Project

Parent Project Information:

Maintenance

Additional Metadata

Recently Added

Recently Updated

Data Package Metadata View Summary

MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005

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