Dataset title: Fish community data obtained from Antillean-Z fish trap deployment in the Eastern Gulf of Shark Bay, Australia from June 2013 to August 2013 Dataset ID: ST_TDCS_Heithaus_001 Research type: Short-term Dataset Creator Name: Dr Michael Heithaus Position: coPI Organization: Florida International University, BBC, MSB 250A Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-5234 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: heithaus@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~heithaus/ Name: Mr Robert Nowicki Position: Graduate Student Organization: Florida Internatiional University, BBC, MSB 250J Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-4153 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: rnowi001@fiu.edu Metadata Provider Organization: Florida International University Address: 3000 NE 151st Street North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-5234 Email: Heithaus@fiu.edu URL: www.SBERP.org Dataset Abstract This dataset consists of capture data of teleost communities caught in Antillean-Z fish traps deployed in 2013. Also included are anciliary environmental data as well as trap deployment information. This dataset will be used to determine changes in teleost community structure and abundance in response to an extreme temperature event and associated decline in seagrass cover in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description Eastern Gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia, North of Monkey Mia Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Eastern Gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Study site is approximately 130 km2 in area and begins immediately north of Monkey Mia, in Shark Bay. West bounding coordinate: 113.662 East bounding coordinate: 113.796 North bounding coordinate: -25.721 South bounding coordinate: -25.808 FCE LTER Sites: Shark Bay Marine Park All Sites Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and channels immediately north of Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and channels immediately north of Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and channels immediately north of Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and channels immediately north of Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2013-06-28 End Date: 2013-08-12 Data Table Entity Name: ST_TDCS_Heithaus_001 Entity Description: Fish community data obtained from Antillean-Z fish trap deployment in the Eastern Gulf of Shark Bay, Australia Object Name: ST_TDCS_Heithaus_001 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Master ID Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Unique ID of each trap Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: Unique ID of each trap Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: Date Attribute Definition: Date of trap deploy Storage Type: Datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Trap# Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Trap number for that day Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: Trap number for that day Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Set of day Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Set number for the day Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: Set number for the day Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Time in Attribute Label: Time Attribute Definition: Time trap deployed Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Time out Attribute Label: Time Attribute Definition: Time trap retrieved Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Total time Attribute Label: Time Attribute Definition: Soak time for trap Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Microhabitat Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Type of microhabitat Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Deep= Deep channel habitat shallow= shallow seagrass bank habitat Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Deploy_Depth Attribute Label: depth Attribute Definition: Depth at trap deploy Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: foot Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Deploy_Depth_Notes Attribute Label: Notes Attribute Definition: Notations about the Deploy Depth Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notations about the Deploy Depth Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Retrieve_Depth Attribute Label: depth Attribute Definition: Depth at trap retrieval Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: foot Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Retrieve_Depth_Notes Attribute Label: Notes Attribute Definition: Notations about the Retrieve Depth Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notations about the Retrieve Depth Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Substrate Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Substrate at deploy site Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: sand= sand SG= seagrass cover sand / SG= mix of seagrass and sand cover Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: SG sp Attribute Label: Identifier Attribute Definition: Seagrass present, if applicable Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Pos= Posidonia spp. Amp= Amphibolis antarctica Pos/Amp= Mix of both Posidonia spp. And Amphibolis antarctica Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: GPS_25_raw Attribute Label: latitude Attribute Definition: GPS latitude inside of 25 degees S Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Units: degree Precision: 0.00001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: GPS_113_raw Attribute Label: longitude Attribute Definition: GPS longitude inside of 113 west Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Units: degree Precision: 0.00001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Latitude_DD Attribute Label: Latitude_DD Attribute Definition: latitude of shark capture in decimal degrees Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Units: degree Precision: 0.00001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Longitude_DD Attribute Label: Longitude_DD Attribute Definition: longitude of shark capture in decimal degrees Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Units: degree Precision: 0.00001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Beaufort Attribute Label: weather conditions Attribute Definition: Beaufort weather scale conditions at deploy Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: 1= light air, 2 Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: UW_vis Attribute Label: visibility Attribute Definition: Underwater visibility at deploy Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: meter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: WaterTemp Attribute Label: water temperature Attribute Definition: Water temperature at deploy Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Cloud_Cover Attribute Label: % cover Attribute Definition: Cloud cover at deploy Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Cloud_Cover_Notes Attribute Label: Notes Attribute Definition: Notation about % cloud cover Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notation about % cloud cover Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Num_Fish_Caught Attribute Label: number fish caught (all species) Attribute Definition: # fish caught (all species) Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_peloct Attribute Label: # Pelates octolineatus caught Attribute Definition: # Pelates octolineatus caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_penvit Attribute Label: # Pentapoda vitta caught Attribute Definition: # Pentapoda vitta caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_monspp Attribute Label: # Monocanthus spp. Caught Attribute Definition: # Monocanthus spp. Caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_upetra Attribute Label: # Upeneus tragula caught Attribute Definition: # Upeneus tragula caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_letlat Attribute Label: # Lethrinus laticaudis caught Attribute Definition: # Lethrinus laticaudis caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_rhasar Attribute Label: # Rhabdosargus sarba caught Attribute Definition: # Rhabdosargus sarba caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Num_monchi Attribute Label: # Monocanthus chinensus caught Attribute Definition: # Monocanthus chinensus caught Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: number Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Notes Attribute Label: Notes Attribute Definition: General Notes about sampling event Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: General Notes about sampling event Missing Value Code: Methods Sampling Description Deployment of baited Antillean-Z fish traps to charactarize benthic teleost communities and quantify teleost abundances Method Step Description Deployment of baited Antillean-Z fish traps to charactarize benthic teleost communities and quantify teleost abundances Instrumentation Human observers on a 4.5 to 5.5 research vessel Method Step Description Water temperature collected at trap deployment Instrumentation Ship-based transducer Method Step Description Weather conditions collected at trap deployment Instrumentation Human observer using Beaufort scale Method Step Description Water visibility Instrumentation Human observer Quality Control Data are checked against field notes and datasheets after entry. Data are visually inspected by graduate students and the PI to determine if any values are obviously in error. Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_TDCS_Heithaus_001.txt Intellectual Rights These data are classified as 'Type II' whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE researchers to be released to restricted audiences according to terms specified by the owners of the data. Type II data are considered to be exceptional and should be rare in occurrence. The justification for exceptions must be well documented and approved by the lead PI and Site Data Manager. Some examples of Type II data restrictions may include: locations of rare or endangered species, data that are covered under prior licensing or copyright (e.g., SPOT satellite data), or covered by the Human Subjects Act, Student Dissertation data and those data related to the FCE LTER Program but not funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under LTER grants #DEB-9910514, and # DBI-0620409. Researchers that make use of Type II Data may be subject to additional restrictions to protect any applicable commercial or confidentiality interests. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DEB-1237517, #DBI-0620409, and #DEB-9910514. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Office, LTER Program Manager, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, OE 148, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199. For a complete description of the FCE LTER Data Access Policy and Data User Agreement, please go to FCE Data Management Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/DataMgmt.pdf and LTER Network Data Access Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html. Dataset Keywords Shark Bay Eastern Gulf World Heritage Site ecological research long-term monitoring Antillean-Z fish trap deployment fish fish community species water temperature cloud cover percentage beaufort weather scale microhabitat Data Submission Date: 2014-02-25 Maintenance This is a Short-term environmental dataset collected in the Eastern Gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: LTER Network Office Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA Phone: 505 277-2535 Fax: 505 277-2541 Email: tech-support@lternet.edu URL: http://www.lternet.edu Project permits Australian DEC permit SF009325 Dataset Submission Date 2014-02-25