Seagrass Posidonia escarpments support high diversity and biomass of rocky reef fishes [dataset]
Author Identifiers
Oscar Serrano
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-0046
Glenn A. Hyndes
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-1665
Caitlin Rae
Publication Date
2023
Document Type
Dataset
Publisher
DIGITAL.CSIC
School or Research Centre
School of Science / Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research
Description
This database contains metadata for the study sites in Serrano et al. 2023 (Ecosphere):
- Latitude and longitude data for the survey transects conducted in Posidonia australis escarpments and canopies, and reef in Big Lagoon, Faure Island and Peron Peninsula in Shark Bay (Western Australia)
Habitat characteristics, including abiotic factors (habitat height, cave volume, structural complexity) and biotic variables (total species, species richness, fish density, total biomass, biomass of apex predators, carnivores, hervibores, detritivores and planktivores).
DOI
10.20350/digitalCSIC/15298
Start of data collection time period
2017
End of data collection time period
2017
Language
Eng
File Format(s)
Excel
File Size
33kB
Access Rights
free_to_read
Citation
Serrano, O., Inostroza, K., Hyndes, G. A., Friedlander, A. M., Serrano, E., Rae, C., & Ballesteros, E. (2023). Seagrass Posidonia escarpments support high diversity and biomass of rocky reef fishes [dataset]. DIGITAL.CSIC. https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/15298