pilot: Epibionts on Caribbean mangrove roots: pilot data

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Description

Data corresponds to a pilot study abput epibenthic organisms in mangrove roots from Laguna de La Restinga National Park, Venezuela (Guerra-Castro et al. 2011).

Usage

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data("pilot")

Format

A data frame with 180 observations on the following 118 variables.

Sector

a factor with levels E I M

Site

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sp1

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sp2

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Details

Data consists of the coverage (by point-intercept) of 116 taxa identified in 180 mangrove roots, sampled under a hierarchically nested spatial design that included six 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 10 roots were described within each site, producing a total of 60 roots in each sector. The analysis of these pilot data defined the sampling design used by Guerra-Castro et al. (2016).

Source

https://www.interciencia.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/923-GUERRA-8.pdf

References

Guerra-Castro, E., J. J. Cruz-Motta, and J. E. Conde. 2011. CuantificaciĆ³n de la diversidad de especies incrustantes asociadas a las raĆ­ces de Rhizophora mangle L. en el Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga. Interciencia 36:923-930.

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.

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