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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.
sectora factor with levels
EIMsitea numeric vector
Aaptos.spa numeric vector
Acanthophora.spiciferaa numeric vector
Acetabularia.crenulataa numeric vector
Aglaothamnion.spa numeric vector
Amathia.spa numeric vector
Amorphinopsis.atlanticaa numeric vector
Amphimedon.erinaa numeric vector
Anemonia.sargassensisa numeric vector
Aplidium.accarensea numeric vector
Aplysilla.glacialisa numeric vector
Ascidia.curvataa numeric vector
Ascidia.spa numeric vector
Ascidia.sydneiensisa numeric vector
Balanus.spa numeric vector
Bartholomea.annulataa numeric vector
Biemna.caribeaa numeric vector
Bostrychia.tenellaa numeric vector
Botrylloides.nigruma numeric vector
Botrylloides.sp.1a numeric vector
Botrylloides.sp.2a numeric vector
Brachidontes.exustusa numeric vector
Branchiomma.conspersuma numeric vector
Branchiomma.nigromaculatuma numeric vector
Bryopsis.spa numeric vector
Bugula.neritinaa numeric vector
Bugula.spa numeric vector
Calliactis.tricolora numeric vector
Callyspongia..Callyspongia..pallidaa numeric vector
Carijoa.riiseia numeric vector
Caulerpa.racemosaa numeric vector
Caulerpa.racemosa.var.peltataa numeric vector
Caulerpa.sertularioidesa numeric vector
Caulerpa.verticillataa numeric vector
Caulibugula.spa numeric vector
Celleporaria.spa numeric vector
Ceramium.diaphanuma numeric vector
Chaetomorpha.sp.1a numeric vector
Chaetomorpha.sp.2a numeric vector
Chalinula.molitbaa numeric vector
Chelonaplysilla.erectaa numeric vector
Chondrilla.nuculaa numeric vector
Chthamalus.spa numeric vector
Clathria..Clathria..microchelaa numeric vector
Clathria.spa numeric vector
Clavelina.oblongaa numeric vector
Clavelina.pictaa numeric vector
Complejo.Cliona.celataa numeric vector
Crassostrea.rhizophoraea numeric vector
Dictyota.spa numeric vector
Didemnum.cineraceuma numeric vector
Didemnum.perluciduma numeric vector
Didemnum.spa numeric vector
Diplosoma.listerianuma numeric vector
Distaplia.bermudensisa numeric vector
Distaplia.styliferaa numeric vector
Dynamena.spa numeric vector
Dysidea.etheriaa numeric vector
Dysidea.spa numeric vector
Ecteinascidia.spa numeric vector
Ecteinascidia.styeloidesa numeric vector
Ecteinascidia.turbinataa numeric vector
Eudistoma.olivaceuma numeric vector
Eusynstyela.tinctaa numeric vector
Exaiptasia.pallidaa numeric vector
Ficopomatus.spa numeric vector
Geodia.papyraceaa numeric vector
Halichondria..Halichondria..magniconulosaa numeric vector
Halichondria..Halichondria..melanadociaa numeric vector
Haliclona..Halichoclona..magnificaa numeric vector
Haliclona..Reniera..implexiformisa numeric vector
Haliclona..Reniera..manglarisa numeric vector
Haliclona..Reniera..ruetzleria numeric vector
Haliclona..Reniera..tubiferaa numeric vector
Haliclona..Rhizoniera..curacaoensisa numeric vector
Haliclona..Soestella..caeruleaa numeric vector
Haliclona..Soestella..smithaea numeric vector
Haliclona..Soestella..twincayensisa numeric vector
Halimeda.spa numeric vector
Halisarca.spa numeric vector
Halopteris.spa numeric vector
Herdmania.pallidaa numeric vector
Hippopodina.feegeensisa numeric vector
Hydroides.spa numeric vector
Hyrtios.proteusa numeric vector
Iotrochota.birotulataa numeric vector
Ircinia.felixa numeric vector
Ircinia.spa numeric vector
Isognomon.alatusa numeric vector
Kirchenpaueria.spa numeric vector
Lissoclinum.spa numeric vector
Lissodendoryx..Lissodendoryx..isodictyalisa numeric vector
Lithophyllum.pustulatuma numeric vector
Microcosmus.exasperatusa numeric vector
Molgula.occidentalisa numeric vector
Murrayella.pericladosa numeric vector
Mycale..Aegogropila..carmigropilaa numeric vector
Mycale..Aegogropila..citrinaa numeric vector
Mycale..Carmia..magnirhaphidiferaa numeric vector
Mycale..Carmia..microsigmatosaa numeric vector
Mycale..Mycale..laevisa numeric vector
Mycale..Zygomycale..angulosaa numeric vector
Mycale.spa numeric vector
Nemalecium.spa numeric vector
Notaulax.nudicollisa numeric vector
Obelia.spa numeric vector
Oceanapia.nodosaa numeric vector
Padina.spa numeric vector
Perna.viridisa numeric vector
Perophora.viridisa numeric vector
Phaeophyceaea numeric vector
Phallusia.nigraa numeric vector
Phyllangia.americanaa numeric vector
Pinctada.imbricataa numeric vector
Plakortis.angulospiculatusa numeric vector
Polyclinum.constellatuma numeric vector
Polysiphonia.sp.1a numeric vector
Polysiphonia.sp.3a numeric vector
Polysiphonia.subtilissimaa numeric vector
Pteria.colymbusa numeric vector
Pyura.sp..1a numeric vector
Pyura.sp..2a numeric vector
Pyura.vittataa numeric vector
Rhizoclonium.spa numeric vector
Rhodosoma.turcicuma numeric vector
Sabella.spa numeric vector
Sabellastarte.magnificaa numeric vector
Schizoporella.pungensa numeric vector
Scopalina.ruetzleria numeric vector
Scopalina.spa numeric vector
Scrupocellaria.spa numeric vector
Sphacelaria.rigidulaa numeric vector
Spongia..Spongia..pertusaa numeric vector
Spongia..Spongia..tubuliferaa numeric vector
Sporolithon.episporuma numeric vector
Spyridia.hypnoidesa numeric vector
Styela.canopusa numeric vector
Styela.sp.1a numeric vector
Styela.sp.2a numeric vector
Suberites.aurantiacusa numeric vector
Symplegma.brakenhielmia numeric vector
Symplegma.rubraa numeric vector
Synnotum.circinatuma numeric vector
Tedania..Tedania..ignisa numeric vector
Terpios.manglarisa numeric vector
Tethya.actiniaa numeric vector
Tethya.spa numeric vector
Trididemnum.orbiculatuma numeric vector
Ulva.spa numeric vector
Viatrix.globuliferaa numeric vector
Zoobotryon.verticillatuma 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)