Dataset: Effects of vermetids on Pocillopora growth and survival

Preliminary and in progressVersion 2017-10-05 (2017-10-05)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Jeffrey Shima (Victoria University of Wellington)

Co-Principal Investigator: Craig Osenberg (University of Georgia)

Co-Principal Investigator: Nicole Phillips (Victoria University of Wellington)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Spatial patterns of coral-vermetid interactions: short-term effects and long-term consequences (Vermetids_Corals)

Researchers examined the effects of vermetids on Pocillopora growth and survival at different locations around Moorea, French Polynesia.

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Results

Shima, J. S., Phillips, N. E., & Osenberg, C. W. (2013). Consistent deleterious effects of vermetid gastropods on coral performance. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 439, 1–6. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2012.10.012
Methods

Davies, P.S. (1989). Short-term growth measurements of corals using an accurate buoyant weighing technique. Marine Biology, 101(3), 389–395. doi:10.1007/bf00428135