Dataset 477
Epifaunal invertebrate survey from Goodwin Islands York River Estuary Chesapeake Bay
Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 37.222000
Central longitude: -76.392000
Duration: 15 years, from 1998 to 2012
Lefcheck, J. S. (2015) The use of functional traits to elucidate the causes and consequences of biological diversity. The College of William & Mary, PhD thesis. Available at: http://gradworks.umi.com/36/62/3662989.html, accessed 2016.
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 37.222000
Central longitude: -76.392000
Duration: 15 years, from 1998 to 2012
5914 records
41 distinct species
Across the time series Caprella penantis is the most frequently occurring speciesMethods
Epifaunal invertebrate survey from Goodwin Islands York River Estuary Chesapeake Bay USA. Samples were collected using a grab sampler. Species with fewer than 100 observations in total over the course of the survey were excluded species that were not adequately sampled by the gear type (i.e. infauna mesopredators) were likewise excluded. Biomass (in grams ash-free dry mass) was estimated from size structured abundances using the R script here (with literature reference): https://gist.github.com/jslefche/c480eeb2ad67ca7c9a46 Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = WeightCitation(s)
Douglass, J.G., France, K.E., Richardson, J.P. & Duffy, J.E. (2010) Seasonal and interannual change in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass community: Insights into biotic and abiotic control of community structure. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 1499–1520.Lefcheck, J. S. (2015) The use of functional traits to elucidate the causes and consequences of biological diversity. The College of William & Mary, PhD thesis. Available at: http://gradworks.umi.com/36/62/3662989.html, accessed 2016.
