Composition of marine invertebrate communities across latitude with exposure to predation (Competition and Predation across Latitude) ...

• Main Authors: Freestone, Amy L., Torchin, Mark E., Bonfim, Mariana, Jurgens, Laura J., López, Diana P., Repetto, Michele F., Schlöder, Carmen, Ruiz, Gregory E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2023
• Subjects: marine invertebrate; predation; latitude; Marine invasion; fish; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.862068.1; https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29790

Composition of sessile marine invertebrates from coastal sites across a latitudinal gradient spanning the subarctic to the tropics. Invertebrate communities developed under low predation for three or 12 months within cages and then underwent exposure to predation or were re-caged as controls. This experiment provided an assessment of predation impact on mature communities to complement predator exclusion experiments that measured impact of predators on prey community assembly. ...