epibionts {SSP}R Documentation

Epibionts on Caribbean mangrove roots

Description

Data corresponds to epibenthic organisms in mangrove roots from Laguna de La Restinga National Park, Venezuela (Guerra-Castro et al. 2016).

Usage

data("epibionts")

Format

A data frame with 96 observations on the following 152 variables.

sector

a factor with levels E I M

site

a numeric vector

Aaptos.sp

a numeric vector

Acanthophora.spicifera

a numeric vector

Acetabularia.crenulata

a numeric vector

Aglaothamnion.sp

a numeric vector

Amathia.sp

a numeric vector

Amorphinopsis.atlantica

a numeric vector

Amphimedon.erina

a numeric vector

Anemonia.sargassensis

a numeric vector

Aplidium.accarense

a numeric vector

Aplysilla.glacialis

a numeric vector

Ascidia.curvata

a numeric vector

Ascidia.sp

a numeric vector

Ascidia.sydneiensis

a numeric vector

Balanus.sp

a numeric vector

Bartholomea.annulata

a numeric vector

Biemna.caribea

a numeric vector

Bostrychia.tenella

a numeric vector

Botrylloides.nigrum

a numeric vector

Botrylloides.sp.1

a numeric vector

Botrylloides.sp.2

a numeric vector

Brachidontes.exustus

a numeric vector

Branchiomma.conspersum

a numeric vector

Branchiomma.nigromaculatum

a numeric vector

Bryopsis.sp

a numeric vector

Bugula.neritina

a numeric vector

Bugula.sp

a numeric vector

Calliactis.tricolor

a numeric vector

Callyspongia..Callyspongia..pallida

a numeric vector

Carijoa.riisei

a numeric vector

Caulerpa.racemosa

a numeric vector

Caulerpa.racemosa.var.peltata

a numeric vector

Caulerpa.sertularioides

a numeric vector

Caulerpa.verticillata

a numeric vector

Caulibugula.sp

a numeric vector

Celleporaria.sp

a numeric vector

Ceramium.diaphanum

a numeric vector

Chaetomorpha.sp.1

a numeric vector

Chaetomorpha.sp.2

a numeric vector

Chalinula.molitba

a numeric vector

Chelonaplysilla.erecta

a numeric vector

Chondrilla.nucula

a numeric vector

Chthamalus.sp

a numeric vector

Clathria..Clathria..microchela

a numeric vector

Clathria.sp

a numeric vector

Clavelina.oblonga

a numeric vector

Clavelina.picta

a numeric vector

Complejo.Cliona.celata

a numeric vector

Crassostrea.rhizophorae

a numeric vector

Dictyota.sp

a numeric vector

Didemnum.cineraceum

a numeric vector

Didemnum.perlucidum

a numeric vector

Didemnum.sp

a numeric vector

Diplosoma.listerianum

a numeric vector

Distaplia.bermudensis

a numeric vector

Distaplia.stylifera

a numeric vector

Dynamena.sp

a numeric vector

Dysidea.etheria

a numeric vector

Dysidea.sp

a numeric vector

Ecteinascidia.sp

a numeric vector

Ecteinascidia.styeloides

a numeric vector

Ecteinascidia.turbinata

a numeric vector

Eudistoma.olivaceum

a numeric vector

Eusynstyela.tincta

a numeric vector

Exaiptasia.pallida

a numeric vector

Ficopomatus.sp

a numeric vector

Geodia.papyracea

a numeric vector

Halichondria..Halichondria..magniconulosa

a numeric vector

Halichondria..Halichondria..melanadocia

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Halichoclona..magnifica

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Reniera..implexiformis

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Reniera..manglaris

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Reniera..ruetzleri

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Reniera..tubifera

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Rhizoniera..curacaoensis

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Soestella..caerulea

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Soestella..smithae

a numeric vector

Haliclona..Soestella..twincayensis

a numeric vector

Halimeda.sp

a numeric vector

Halisarca.sp

a numeric vector

Halopteris.sp

a numeric vector

Herdmania.pallida

a numeric vector

Hippopodina.feegeensis

a numeric vector

Hydroides.sp

a numeric vector

Hyrtios.proteus

a numeric vector

Iotrochota.birotulata

a numeric vector

Ircinia.felix

a numeric vector

Ircinia.sp

a numeric vector

Isognomon.alatus

a numeric vector

Kirchenpaueria.sp

a numeric vector

Lissoclinum.sp

a numeric vector

Lissodendoryx..Lissodendoryx..isodictyalis

a numeric vector

Lithophyllum.pustulatum

a numeric vector

Microcosmus.exasperatus

a numeric vector

Molgula.occidentalis

a numeric vector

Murrayella.periclados

a numeric vector

Mycale..Aegogropila..carmigropila

a numeric vector

Mycale..Aegogropila..citrina

a numeric vector

Mycale..Carmia..magnirhaphidifera

a numeric vector

Mycale..Carmia..microsigmatosa

a numeric vector

Mycale..Mycale..laevis

a numeric vector

Mycale..Zygomycale..angulosa

a numeric vector

Mycale.sp

a numeric vector

Nemalecium.sp

a numeric vector

Notaulax.nudicollis

a numeric vector

Obelia.sp

a numeric vector

Oceanapia.nodosa

a numeric vector

Padina.sp

a numeric vector

Perna.viridis

a numeric vector

Perophora.viridis

a numeric vector

Phaeophyceae

a numeric vector

Phallusia.nigra

a numeric vector

Phyllangia.americana

a numeric vector

Pinctada.imbricata

a numeric vector

Plakortis.angulospiculatus

a numeric vector

Polyclinum.constellatum

a numeric vector

Polysiphonia.sp.1

a numeric vector

Polysiphonia.sp.3

a numeric vector

Polysiphonia.subtilissima

a numeric vector

Pteria.colymbus

a numeric vector

Pyura.sp..1

a numeric vector

Pyura.sp..2

a numeric vector

Pyura.vittata

a numeric vector

Rhizoclonium.sp

a numeric vector

Rhodosoma.turcicum

a numeric vector

Sabella.sp

a numeric vector

Sabellastarte.magnifica

a numeric vector

Schizoporella.pungens

a numeric vector

Scopalina.ruetzleri

a numeric vector

Scopalina.sp

a numeric vector

Scrupocellaria.sp

a numeric vector

Sphacelaria.rigidula

a numeric vector

Spongia..Spongia..pertusa

a numeric vector

Spongia..Spongia..tubulifera

a numeric vector

Sporolithon.episporum

a numeric vector

Spyridia.hypnoides

a numeric vector

Styela.canopus

a numeric vector

Styela.sp.1

a numeric vector

Styela.sp.2

a numeric vector

Suberites.aurantiacus

a numeric vector

Symplegma.brakenhielmi

a numeric vector

Symplegma.rubra

a numeric vector

Synnotum.circinatum

a numeric vector

Tedania..Tedania..ignis

a numeric vector

Terpios.manglaris

a numeric vector

Tethya.actinia

a numeric vector

Tethya.sp

a numeric vector

Trididemnum.orbiculatum

a numeric vector

Ulva.sp

a numeric vector

Viatrix.globulifera

a numeric vector

Zoobotryon.verticillatum

a numeric vector

Details

Data consists of the coverage (by point-intercept) of 110 taxa identified in 240 mangrove roots, sampled under a hierarchically nested spatial design that included four random sites within each of three sectors of the lagoon system corresponding to a strong environmental gradient: external (E), intermediate (M), and internal (I). The abundance of epibenthic organisms of 8 roots were described within each site, producing a total of 32 roots in each sector. This spatial protocol was repeated five times over a period of 14 months. For demonstrative purpose, data from the 4th sampling period was randomly chosen as data for this package.

Source

https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11693

References

Guerra-Castro, E. J., J. E. Conde, and J. J. Cruz-Motta. (2016). Scales of spatial variation in tropical benthic assemblages and their ecological relevance: epibionts on Caribbean mangrove roots as a model system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 548:97-110.

Examples

data(epibionts)
str(epibionts)

[Package SSP version 1.0.1 Index]