Dataset: Epibenthic community abundance in Aleutian Island kelp forests, June 2016 and July 2017 (Kelp Forest Ecosystem Engineer Loss project)

Release Date:2019-02-28Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.727180.1Version 1 (2018-02-20)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Matthew Edwards (San Diego State University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Brenda Konar (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Contact: Jacob R. Metzger (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: Changes in ecosystem production and benthic biodiversity following the widespread loss of an ecosystem engineer (Kelp Forest Ecosystem Engineer Loss)


Abstract

Epibenthic community abundance in Aleutian Island kelp forests, June 2016 and July 2017.

This dataset includes community abundance measured as number per square meter. These data are presented in Metzger et al, 2019.


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Results

Metzger, J. R., Konar, B., & Edwards, M. S. (2019). Assessing a macroalgal foundation species: community variation with shifting algal assemblages. Marine Biology, 166(12). doi:10.1007/s00227-019-3606-1
Methods

Clarke, K. R., and Gorley, R. N. (2015). PRIMER v7: user manual/tutorial 3rd ed. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Primer-E Ltd.
Methods

Konar, B., Edwards, M. S., Bland, A., Metzger, J., Ravelo, A., Traiger, S., & Weitzman, B. (2017). A swath across the great divide: Kelp forests across the Samalga Pass biogeographic break. Continental Shelf Research, 143, 78–88. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2017.06.007