Dataset: Field surveys that compare the relationship between dead coral and the number of Ceraesignum (Dendropoma) maximum in Moorea, French Polynesia from (Vermetids_Corals project)

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: Adrian Stier (University of California-Santa Barbara)

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 the growth and survival of three species of coral in  Moorea, French Polynesia as well as the relationship between the proportion of dead coral and the number of vermetids.

Related Datasets:


Related Datasets

No Related Datasets

Related Publications

General

Shima, J. S., Osenberg, C. W., & Stier, A. C. (2010). The vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum reduces coral growth and survival. Biology Letters, 6(6), 815–818. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0291