Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018.
Rocky intertidal ecology has had a long history of attempting to identify ecosystem patterns, associations, and the underlying mechanisms of each. Biotic (competition, predation, and trophic cascades) and abiotic (slope, rugosity, aspect, wave exposure, etc.) factors have been shown to influence roc...
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dataone:urn:uuid:34403436-bcc6-497d-a59b-7d3936eed8af 2024-10-03T18:46:24+00:00 Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. Ashley Bolwerk Western Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands, Alaska, U.S. ENVELOPE(-134.08704,-132.59917,56.341194,55.02678) BEGINDATE: 2018-05-17T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:34403436-bcc6-497d-a59b-7d3936eed8af unknown Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity rocky intertidal Southeast Alaska Dataset 2020 dataone:urn:node:KNB 2024-10-03T18:16:21Z Rocky intertidal ecology has had a long history of attempting to identify ecosystem patterns, associations, and the underlying mechanisms of each. Biotic (competition, predation, and trophic cascades) and abiotic (slope, rugosity, aspect, wave exposure, etc.) factors have been shown to influence rocky intertidal ecosystems, but these characteristics are highly variable on the beaches of Prince of Wales and surrounding islands (POW). The shoreline is highly complex, resulting in drastic shifts in environmental parameters. Sea otters, a species shown to restructure kelp ecosystems through predation pressure, were reintroduced to POW fifty years ago and their subsequent expansion created a gradient of sea otter occupation time among rocky intertidal sites. Due to the complexity of environmental and biological forces occurring at rocky intertidal beaches on POW, this study was conducted to measure the vertical distribution of sessile organisms as a metric of rocky intertidal community composition. The frequency of occurrence of primary substrate occupants can be used to assess the interactions and relative importance of biotic and abiotic forces on the rocky intertidal ecosystems of POW. Site information can be found in the "Rocky intertidal site information, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. The elevation of major biobands at these sites can be found in the "Rocky intertidal bioband elevation, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. The mobile invertebrate data at these sites can be found in the "Rocky intertidal mobile invertebrate, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. Dataset Prince of Wales Island Alaska Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (via DataONE) Prince of Wales Island ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668) The Beaches ENVELOPE(-56.832,-56.832,49.583,49.583) ENVELOPE(-134.08704,-132.59917,56.341194,55.02678) |
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Rocky intertidal ecology has had a long history of attempting to identify ecosystem patterns, associations, and the underlying mechanisms of each. Biotic (competition, predation, and trophic cascades) and abiotic (slope, rugosity, aspect, wave exposure, etc.) factors have been shown to influence rocky intertidal ecosystems, but these characteristics are highly variable on the beaches of Prince of Wales and surrounding islands (POW). The shoreline is highly complex, resulting in drastic shifts in environmental parameters. Sea otters, a species shown to restructure kelp ecosystems through predation pressure, were reintroduced to POW fifty years ago and their subsequent expansion created a gradient of sea otter occupation time among rocky intertidal sites. Due to the complexity of environmental and biological forces occurring at rocky intertidal beaches on POW, this study was conducted to measure the vertical distribution of sessile organisms as a metric of rocky intertidal community composition. The frequency of occurrence of primary substrate occupants can be used to assess the interactions and relative importance of biotic and abiotic forces on the rocky intertidal ecosystems of POW. Site information can be found in the "Rocky intertidal site information, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. The elevation of major biobands at these sites can be found in the "Rocky intertidal bioband elevation, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. The mobile invertebrate data at these sites can be found in the "Rocky intertidal mobile invertebrate, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018" data package. |
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Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. |
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Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. |
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Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. |
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Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. |
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Rocky intertidal sessile organisms, Western Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S., Summer 2018. |
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Western Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands, Alaska, U.S. ENVELOPE(-134.08704,-132.59917,56.341194,55.02678) BEGINDATE: 2018-05-17T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2018-08-13T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668) ENVELOPE(-56.832,-56.832,49.583,49.583) ENVELOPE(-134.08704,-132.59917,56.341194,55.02678) |
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