Fish assemblages in seagrass beds in Southeast Alaska

• Main Authors: Wendel Raymond, Tiffany Stephens, Ginny Eckert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity 2018
• Subjects: Fish; Seagrass; Eelgrass; Sea otter; Prince of Wales Island; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:279d1064-1505-4af3-a593-3cb9d41006ea

Fish populations within intertidal eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds were assessed during summertime 2017 (May-August) via beach seining methods. Data were collected on western Prince of Wales Alaska, at 21 sites. At each site, the coordinates, dates and times of the beach seines, fish species, and fish size were recorded. Fish were sampled once at each site. Invertebrates associated with the eelgrass bed were sometimes captured, as well, and are reported in this dataset. The purpose of these data was to characterize the fish assemblage within eelgrass communities so that analysis of trophic interactions could be assessed along a gradient of sea otter occupation for an NSF-funded project: Apex Predators, Ecosystems, and Community Sustainability (APECS, http://apecs-ak.org/). Other datasets to support this work are also archived with KNB.