CRCP-Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation

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Corallivorous snail feeding scars are a common source of tissue loss for the threatened coral Acropora palmata, accounting for roughly one quarter of tissue loss in monitored study plots averaged over seven years. Meanwhile, corallivory is one of the few major sources of partial mortality (contrasting with threats such as bleaching, disease, or storm disturbances) that may be locally managed. Thus we conducted a field experiment to explore both the effectiveness and feasibility of snail removal. Long-term monitoring plots on six reefs in the upper Florida Keys were assigned to one of three snail removal treatments: 1) removal from A. palmata only 2) removal from all host coral species 3) No-removal controls. During the initial removal in June 2011, 639 snails were removed from twelve 150m2 plots. Snails were removed 2 additional times during a seven month removal phase, and then counted at five surveys over the next 19 months to track recolonization. At the conclusion, snails were collected, measured and sexed.

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0 tar file containing all files in the accession https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/161266
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0 tar file containing all files in the accession https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/161266
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26793
0 About SEFSC https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
0 Research Gate Personal Page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dana_Williams3
0 About SEFSC https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
0 NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation in the Florida Keys from 2011-2013 (NCEI Accession 0161266) http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0161266
0 Research Gate Personal Page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dana_Williams3
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33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26793.pdf
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26793.pdf
0 NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation in the Florida Keys from 2011-2013 (NCEI Accession 0161266) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0161266
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0 Research Gate Personal Page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dana_Williams3

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  • evaluation of esa listed acropora spp. status and recovery actions
  • florida reef tract
  • coastal waters of florida
  • united states of america
  • coral reef conservation program (crcp)
  • french reef (25n080w0022)
  • ecology
  • corals
  • biosphere
  • 201
  • esa listed species
  • monroe county
  • coralliophila abbreviata
  • oceans
  • coral predation
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • ecosystem science
  • snail
  • gastropods
  • nmfs
  • biological classification
  • biology
  • us doc
  • elbow reef (25n080w0020)
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • 2011-2013
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • acropora demographic monitoring
  • 161266
  • national marine fisheries service
  • 1091
  • acropora palmata
  • carysfort reef (25n080w0013)
  • upper florida keys
  • marine biology
  • mollusks
  • evaluation of esa listed acropora spp. status and actions for management and recovery
  • predation
  • fl laboratory
  • sand island (25n080w0036)
  • molasses reef (25n080w0003)
  • florida
  • elkhorn
  • ocean basin
  • visual analysis
  • 0161266
  • coral
  • miami
  • coral reef surveys
  • zoology
  • predator
  • north atlantic ocean
  • ecological dynamics
  • animals/invertebrates
  • country/territory
  • conservation biology
  • coral reef studies
  • key largo dry rocks (25n080w0039)

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