CARICOMP seagrass shoot density and leaf productivity at 52 sites within the Wider Caribbean from 1993 to 2012

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This dataset encompasses seagrass information from a long-term Caribbean-wide seagrass monitoring initiative: the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) program. Seagrass monitoring was conducted at 22 sites with 52 sampling stations from 1993 until 2012, although many concluded the monitoring program before 2007. There were one to six sampling stations per site. Leaf productivity monitoring included marking Thalassia testudinum leaves within quadrats (20 x 10 cm) in four to six replicates at each station. Seagrass leaves remained growing in the field and were sampled approximately one week later. Samples were processed in the laboratory to quantify old standing biomass and new growth since the date of marking. Foliar shoots were counted within quadrats and density estimated. Sampling replication, frequency, and dates varied among sites. The dataset includes 5900 entries.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.990029
Related Identifier References https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989872
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090600
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.990029
Provenance
Creator van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I ORCID logo; Cortés, Jorge; Collin, Rachel; Fonseca, Ana C.; Gayle, Peter M. H.; Guzmán, Hector M.; Jácome, Gabriel E.; Juman, Rahanna A; Koltes, Karen H.; Oxenford, Hazel A.; Alberto, Rodríguez-Ramirez; Samper-Villarreal, Jimena ORCID logo; Smith, Struan R; Tschirky, John; Weil, Ernesto
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 39193 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-90.250W, 9.350S, -59.583E, 32.400N); Bermuda, British Overseas Territory; Florida Keys; San Salvador, Bahamas; Cayo Coco, Cuba; Puerto Morelos, Mexico; Celestún, Mexico; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Discovery Bay, Jamaica; Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic; La Parguera, Puerto Rico; Turneffe Islands, Belize; Twin Cays, Belize; Isla de Providencia, Colombia; St. Lawrence, Barbados; Isla de San Andrés, Colombia; Spaanse Water, Curacao; Ensenada de Chengue, Colombia; Pigeon Point, Bon Accord, Tobago; Isla Margarita, Venezuela; Morrocoy, Venezuela; Cahuita, Costa Rica; Isla Colón, Panama
Temporal Coverage Begin 1993-01-29T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2012-11-30T00:00:00Z