©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Surveys of fish in the families Scaridae and Labridae were conducted on Long Term Vermetid Removal (LTVR) Reefs 129-144 and 193-198 beginning in 2012. Thalassoma surveys are meant to characterize size structure of Thalassoma and other fish species thought to affect Thalassoma dynamics. We ultimately hope to use the data on size structure and numbers of Thalassoma to infer settlement rates, growth rates and survival.
Long Term Vermetid Removal (LTVR) Reef sites in this project are manipulated reefs characterized in the Long Term Reef Physical Characteristics dataset.
Reefs numbered 129-144, are a subset of a larger number of Long Term Reefs (LTR) that were monitored as part of the project "Cryptic density dependence: the effects of spatial, ontogenetic, and individual variation in reef fish" beginning in 2003. This long term study continues to monitor those reefs in addition to reefs 193-198 starting in 2012. Data for these reefs between the years 2003 and 2009 can be found on the project site http://www.bco-dmo.org/project/540423.
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia (17.48 degrees S, 149.82 degrees W)
Other associated LTVR datasets:
LTVR - Fate of Reefs - Contains latitude and longitude of reefs used in this dataset
LTVR - Physical Characteristics - Contains characteristics of reefs used in this dataset.
LTVR - Fish Survey
LTVR - Percent Cover Point Contact
LTVR - Percent Visual Cover
LTVR - Pomacentrids
LTVR - Vermetid Counts
LTVR - Vermetid Removal
LTVR - Vermetid Sizes in Quadrat
Osenberg, C., Shima, J., Frazer, T. (2016) Thalassoma survey data from long-term vermetid removal reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia from 2012-2015. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 23 May 2016) Version Date 2016-05-23 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/645908 [access date]
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