Data from: Disassembly of an epibenthic assemblage in a sustained severely hypoxic event in a northeast Pacific basin ...

• Main Authors: Gasbarro, Ryan, Chu, Jackson W.F., Tunnicliffe, Verena
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2019
• Subjects: Theragra chalcogramma; May - October 2016; Disassembly; Ecological time-series; Chorilia longipes; Pandalus jordani; Cribinopsis fernaldi; Scorpaenichthys marmoratus; Phoca vitulina; Microstomus pacificus; Squalus acanthias; Ptilosarcus gurneyi; Lepidopsetta bilieneata; Chionoectes bairdi; Tritonia sp.; Luidia foliolata; Hypoxia; Metridium farcinem; Evasterias troschelli; Thalassinidea; Metacarcinus magister; Solaster sp.; Merluccius productus; Sebastes sp.; Pandalus hypsinotus; Octopus rubescens; Spirontocaris sp.sica; Sebastes elongates; Lumpenus sagitta; Pisaster brevispinus; Pentamera pseudocalcigera; Xeneretmus latifrons; Porichthys notatus; Orthasterias koehleri; Loligo opalescens; Lycodopsis pacifica; Oxygen; Citharichthys sp.; Halipteris willemoesi; Armina californica; Species associations; Pycnopodia helianthoides; Saanich Inlet; ROV transect; Raja rhina; Zaniolepis latipinnis; Plectobranchus evides; Cymatogaster; Parophrys vetulus; Philadelphia; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.88dd3vk; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.88dd3vk

As global ocean deoxygenation proceeds and the frequency of extreme low-oxygen (hypoxic) events increases, seafloor ecosystems will inevitably be affected. Our study examines how benthic community responses scale with the severity and spatial extent of hypoxia. Saanich Inlet is a natural model syste...