James E. Byers

Affiliation: University of Georgia (UGA)

Address: []

Orcid: 0000-0001-9240-0287

Project: The influence of predators on community structure and resultant ecosystem functioning at a biogeographic scale (5 datasets)

Dataset	Latest Version Date	Current State
Lengths of oysters in focal clusters from the oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Preliminary and in progress
Counts of live and dead adults, and number of spat in additional oyster focal clusters from the oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Preliminary and in progress
Shell lengths for additional focal clusters collected from the oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Preliminary and in progress
Bushel weight for live oysters used to construct the oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) from North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Preliminary and in progress
Number and weight of bivalve adults and spat in the initial bushels collected from oyster reefs along Southeastern Atlantic Bight (SAB) North Carolina to Florida in 2011 (Oyster Trophic Cascades project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Preliminary and in progress

Project: A mechanistic understanding of biogeographic patterns and life histories in benthic organisms in advective coastal environments (3 datasets)

Dataset	Latest Version Date	Current State
Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges from UNH lab_UNH-model in the Durham, NH from 1999-2011 (CoastBenthBiogeo project) Role: Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Final with updates expected
A series of coordinates and ranges from South and North America to which species occurrences are mapped according to a model (CoastBenthBiogeo project) Role: Principal Investigator	2015-04-01	Final with updates expected
Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges including locations along East Coast of North America (CoastBenthBiogeo project) Role: Principal Investigator	2015-04-06	Final with updates expected

Project: Cascading effects of an invasive seaweed on estuarine food webs of the southeastern US (9 datasets)

Dataset	Latest Version Date	Current State
Accession numbers and characteristics of 33 microsatellite loci developed for Gracilaria vermiculophylla Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-12-22	Final no updates expected
The genotypes from 9 microsatellites generated on individuals of the red invasive seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2015-12-18	Final no updates expected
Abundance of Gracilaria and Diopatra along a tidal mudflat in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Relative growth rate of Gracilaria in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Relative growth rate of Gracilaria with depth below the water surface in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Experimental results on the response of Diopatra size to Gracilaria-mediated resource items in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Results of stable isotope analysis (C, N) of the posteriorly regenerated muscle tissue of Diopatra from the Georgia and South Carolina coasts in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Response of Diopatra final size to Gracilaria abundance and the predator-exclusion cages in Fort Johnson, Charleston South Carolina from 2012 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected
Experimental results on the response of Diopatra final size to Gracilaria abundance after four weeks in 2013 (Gracilaria effects project) Role: Co-Principal Investigator	2016-04-07	Final no updates expected

Project: How does mangrove habitat structure influence parasite transmission and predation in tropical estuaries? (1 datasets)

Dataset	Latest Version Date	Current State
Predation of two snail species (Cerithideopis californica and Cerithideopsis montagnei) by a the whelk (Thais kiosquiformis) in Panamanian mangroves in 2014 (Estuarine Parasites project) Role: Principal Investigator	2016-05-05	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative Research: Habitat fragmentation effects on fish diversity at landscape scales: experimental tests of multiple mechanisms (1 datasets)

Dataset	Latest Version Date	Current State
Log response ratios to seagrass edge and fragmentation effects from peer-reviewed literature Role: Scientist	2021-12-01	Final no updates expected