Dataset: Mean plot-level responses observed in an experiment conducted at Zeke's Island National Estuarine Research Reserve where abundance of the seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla was manipulated to assess impact on multiple ecosystem functions

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.716208.1Version 1 (2017-10-05)Dataset Type:Other Field ResultsDataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Brian Silliman (Duke University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Aaron Ramus (University of North Carolina - Wilmington)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease in Marine Plant Ecosystems (small grazers facilitating fungal disease)


Abstract

These data represent the time-averaged value of each variable measured monthly in each plot over the course of a 10 month experiment carried out on intertidal mud and sandflats located within the Zeke’s Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (33.95 N, 77.94 W), North Carolina, USA.

These data represent the time-averaged value of each variable measured monthly in each plot over the course of a 10 month experiment carried out on intertidal mud and sandflats located within the Zeke’s Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (33.95 N, 77.94 W), North Carolina, USA.

The data and experiments are further described in:
Ramus AP, Silliman BR, Thomsen MS, Long ZT (2017) An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem. PNAS 114(32):8580-8585. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700353114

Data are also available in GitHub: https://github.com/apramus/invFSxfunc


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Dataset: https://github.com/apramus/invFSxfunc
Data and Code from Ramus et al. (2017) PNAS https://github.com/apramus/invFSxfunc

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Results

Ramus, A. P., Silliman, B. R., Thomsen, M. S., & Long, Z. T. (2017). An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(32), 8580–8585. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700353114