Historical reconstruction of sea urchin grazing events in Aleutian Island ecosystem from grazing scars, 1965-2004

<p>Historical reconstruction of sea urchin grazing events in the ecosystem, achieved via enumerating the annual frequency of grazing scars that are archived in the calcified matrix of <em>Clathromorphum nereostratum</em>. Intact colonies of <em>C. nereostratum </em>were...

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Main Authors: Robert S. Steneck, James A. Estes, Douglas B. Rasher
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2019
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Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:47a51bf3f00c73b5a1378078e480af16d0896d5a3de15cfba350425676b44032
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Summary:<p>Historical reconstruction of sea urchin grazing events in the ecosystem, achieved via enumerating the annual frequency of grazing scars that are archived in the calcified matrix of <em>Clathromorphum nereostratum</em>. Intact colonies of <em>C. nereostratum </em>were collected via SCUBA. Reconstructions were performed on polished and imaged sample cross-sections.</p>