Bite rates - The Reefs Tomorrow Initiative

Project Information
Title: Parrotfish Bite Composition Data
Geographic Description: Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, USA
Bounding Coordinates (please specify the coordinate system): GCS_WGS_1984
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South Bounding Coordinate:
5.872533, -162.001753
5.880634, -162.169548
5.899598, -162.068780
5.865379, -162.076748
Temporal Coverage
Begin Date: 6/1/2013
End Date: 9/1/2014
Abstract: (no character limit, extra space will be provided as needed)
This metadata record documents data for the bite rate for two species of parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos and
Chlorurus sordidus, recorded during the 2013 summer at Palmyra atoll.
People and Organizations
Primary Contact / Dataset Curator
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Dr. Jennifer Caselle
University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute
Research Biologist
UCSB, Marine Science Institute
Marine Science Institute
93106-6150
USA
Jenn.Caselle@ucsb.edu
http://msi.ucsb.edu/people/research-scientists/jenn-caselle
Dataset Creator & Owner
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Katie Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Masters Student
UCSB, Marine Science Institute
Marine Science Institute
93106-6150
USA
kdavis@ucsb.edu
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Peter Carlson
University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Masters Student
UCSB, Marine Science Institute
Marine Science Institute
93106-6150
USA
pcarlson@ucsb.edu
Methods and Sampling:
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Data were collected for C. microrhinos at 3 backreef sites and for C. sordidus at 2 forereef sites and 4 backreef sites.
Observations were conducted using snorkel in the shallow backreef sites and SCUBA on the deeper forereef sites.
Fish were followed by trained observers for 5min, staying 2-4 meters away. Each forereef site has approximately
15 trials for C. sordidus and each backreef site has approximately 20 trials for both C. sordidus and C. microrhinos.
Bite rate calculations are given as bites per min and reported as a single value for the site, species, phase level means
Keywords
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Oceans
Coral Reefs
Marine Biology
Coral
Keyword Thesaurus: (Palmyra Categories, e.g. self defined)
Bite Rate
Parrotfish
Chlorurus microrhinos
Chlorurus sordidus
Herbivory
Focal Follow
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