This dataset includes biomass and diversity measurements of eelgrass communities from 16 sites across the Northern Hemisphere: Japan (2), USA (8), Canada (2), Norway (1), Sweden (1), Finland (1), Portugal (1). The purpose was to study the plant and animal responses to top-down and bottom-up manipulations in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat.
Methodology is available from: J. Emmett Duffy, et al. Biodiversity mediates top-down control in eelgrass ecosystems: A global comparative-experimental approach. Ecology Letters 18:7 (696–705). DOI: 10.1111/ele.12448.
Table S1. Codes and locations of sites
Code | Site | Latitude | Longitude | Principal Investigator |
AK | Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA | 59.648 | -151.436 | Iken |
BB | Bodega Bay, California, USA | 38.317 | -123.033 | Stachowicz |
BC | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 49.000 | -123.100 | O'Connor |
FI | Ängsö Island, Finland | 60.100 | 21.700 | Boström |
JN | Akkeshi-Ko Estuary, Hokkaido, Japan | 43.060 | 144.911 | Nakaoka |
JS | Akiwan Bay, Hiroshima, Japan | 34.178 | 132.550 | Hori |
MA | Nahant, Massachusetts, USA | 42.426 | -70.919 | Douglass |
NC | Beaufort, North Carolina, USA | 34.683 | -76.600 | Reynolds, Sotka |
NN | Misvaerfjord, Bodø, Norway | 67.233 | 15.200 | Olsen, Eriksson, Horeau |
PO | Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal | 36.997 | -7.829 | Engelen |
QU | Pointe-Lebel, Quebec, Canada | 49.113 | 68.179 | Cusson |
SD | San Diego Bay, CA, USA | 32.714 | -117.226 | Hovel |
SW | Gullmar Fjord, Sweden | 58.314 | 11.548 | Moksnes/Fredriksen |
VA | Goodwin Islands, Gloucester Point, Virginia | 37.217 | -76.383 | Duffy/Reynolds |
WA | Willapa Bay, Washington, USA | 46.500 | -124.000 | Ruesink |
Duffy, J. E., Reynolds, P. L. (2016) Biomass and diversity measurements in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat from 16 sites across the Northern Hemisphere, 2011 (ZEN project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2016-09-26 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/659737 [access date]
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