Oyster survival differences in high-quality reefs from Skidaway Island, GA from July to October 2019
Oyster survival differences in high-quality reefs from Skidaway Island, GA from July to October 2019
Date
2023-03-30
Authors
Belgrad, Benjamin A.
Smee, Delbert Lee
Weissburg, Marc
Smee, Delbert Lee
Weissburg, Marc
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Date Created
2023-03-23
Location
Wassaw Sound, GA, US and Dauphin Island, AL
westlimit: -81.01434; southlimit: 31.962855; eastlimit: -81.012706; northlimit: 31.967152
westlimit: -81.01434; southlimit: 31.962855; eastlimit: -81.012706; northlimit: 31.967152
DOI
10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.892464.1
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Oyster
Survivorship
induced defenses
nonconsumptive effect
habitat quality
Survivorship
induced defenses
nonconsumptive effect
habitat quality
Abstract
This dataset contains the survivorship of oysters planted in high-quality reefs to determine how induced defenses and habitat structural complexity influence basal prey survival. Oysters (a basal prey) induced to grow stronger shells were planted with control oysters along transects spanning the center of the reefs to outside the reefs. Oysters were left in the field for two days before individual oyster survival was assessed.
Predators often produce nonconsumptive effects (NCEs) in their prey in the form of behavioral or morphological changes. Such changes often have larger or equal consequences for population dynamics as the predator directly consumes individual prey. However, it is not well understood how predators feeding across multiple trophic levels cause cascading NCEs that interact across prey trophic levels or how the prey survival benefits from these interactions change across contexts. These data help demonstrate how NCEs can influence population dynamics across space and quantify the strength of these context-dependent interactions.
Data were collected by Drs. Benjamin Belgrad, Lee Smee, and Marc Weissburg from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Georgia Institute of Technology.
For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/892464
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Dataset: Oyster survival differences in high quality reef
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Belgrad, B. A., Smee, D. L., & Weissburg, M. (2023). Oyster survival differences in high-quality reefs from Skidaway Island, GA from July to October 2019 (Version 1) [Data Set]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.892464.1