Biodiversity: Benthic macrofaunal diversity data

In romunov/AED: Package Accompanying 'Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R'

Description

Influence of benthic macrofauna on nutrient release experiment dataset

Usage

data("Biodiversity")

Details

This dataset is comprised of published (Ieno et al. 2006) and unpublished data (Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen). It is a mesocosm replication experiment where density of a bristle worm (Hediste diversicolor, Polychaeta) was manipulated along with habitat heterogeneity (presence or absence of algae) and sediment nutrient release measured. Bioturbation is an important aspect of nutrient recycling in oceanic and to a degree in lotic and lentic (think rivers and lakes) sediments.

Variables contained within this dataset are:

• MU: Denoting replicates within each abundance variable

• mesocosm: Index of batches within nutrient variable

• abundance: Allegedly the number of bristle worms

• biomass: Macrofaunal biomass measured in grams

• treatment: Whether algae were added or not

• nutrient: Nutrient measured (NO3, NH4, PO3)

• concentration: Concentration of a particular nutrient listed above

References

Ieno EN, Solan M, Batty P, Pierce GJ. 2006. Distinguishing between the effects of infaunal species richness, identity an density in the marine benthos. Marine ecology progress series 311:263-271

Zuur et al. 2009. Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R. Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-87457-9.

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