Growth and age across range extension region of Centrostephanus rodgersii in eastern Tasmania and morphometric comparison of urchins inhabiting kelp versus barrens habitats

The barrens-forming sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii has undergone poleward range extension to eastern Tasmania. This data compares growth, morphology, reproductive investment and gonad indices between individuals inhabiting barrens ('barrens-maintaining' urchins') with those found on kelp beds ('barrens-forming' urchins) in north eastern Tasmania.

The data set is comprised of 3 files. The first (Centrostephanus_biometrics_kelp_vs_barrens_urch.xls) compares biometrics of urchins across 3 sites and 2 habitats in eastern Tasmania. The second (Copy_of_Centrostephanus_annual_jaw_growth_increments.xls) compares annual growth increments of urchins in kelp bed and barren habitat including an additional site in south eastern Tasmania (The Lanterns - Tasman Peninsula) to allow comparison of growth across the newly extended range. The third (Jaw_TD_allometery.xlsx) provides a conversion between the allometry of jaw length and test diameter.

Ultimately a generalised growth model for the sea urchin in kelp bed habitat was obtained for eastern Tasmania.

Identification info

Date (Creation): 2008-08-26T13:10:00

Principal investigator

School of Zoology, University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Ling, Scott (Postgraduate)

Private Bag 5

Hobart

Tasmania

7001

Australia

61 3 6226 2507

61 3 6226 2745 (facsimile)

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Purpose: To compare life history characteristics between urchins inhabiting urchin barrens to those found within seaweed beds. This includes data on age/growth, morphology, reproductive investment and gut index. To compare growth across the extended range and develop growth models such that age structure of the population can be estimated.

Credit: Ridgway, Ken

Credit: Hobday, Alastair, Dr

Credit: Haddon, Malcolm, Assoc/Prof

Credit: Funding: School of Zoology, TAFI (University of Tasmania) Core grant (i.e. from State Govt) and grant from Tas Abalone Council; some funding from FRDC 2001/044

Status: Completed

Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Ling, Scott, Dr

IMAS - Sandy Bay

Private Bag 129

Hobart

Tasmania

7001

Australia

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Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Johnson, Craig, Prof. (PhD supervisor)

IMAS - Sandy Bay

Private Bag 129

Hobart

Tasmania

7001

Australia

61 3 6226 2585

61 3 6226 2973 (facsimile)

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Spatial representation type: Text, table

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Biota

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Time period: 2004-01-26T00:00:00 2005-01-10T00:00:00

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Minimum value: 3

Maximum value: 20

Identifier: EPSG::5715

Name: MSL depth

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

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Title: Excel

Date

Edition: 2003

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota v2

25 211001
Centrostephanus rodgersii

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0

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Temperate Reef

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Keywords (Theme)

Test diameter
Test height
Body weight
gonad weight
gut weight
lantern weight
total weight
gonad index
gut index
Jaw length at T zero
Annual jaw growth increment
Jaw length

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Use limitation: The data described in this record are the intellectual property of S. Ling.

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Title: Climate Change and a range extending sea urchin

Date (Creation): 2011-09-14T00:00:00

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Environment description: Excel spreadsheets (.xls)

Supplemental Information: Scott D. Ling, C.R. Johnson, Ridgway, K., Hobday, A.J. and Haddon, M. (2009). Climate driven range extension of a sea urchin: inferring future trends by analysis of recent population dynamics. Global Change Biology. 15(3): 719-731. Ling, S.D., and Johnson, C.R. (2009) Population dynamics of an ecologically important range extender: barrens-forming versus barrens-maintaining sea urchins. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 374: 113-125. The above papers are chapters 3 and 5 respectively of Scott Ling's PhD Thesis (submitted 2008): CLIMATE CHANGE AND A RANGE-EXTENDING SEA URCHIN: CATASTROPHIC-SHIFTS AND RESILIENCE IN A TEMPERATE REEF ECOSYSTEM, University of Tasmania

Content Information

Content type: Physical measurement

Name: Test diameter

Name: td

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Name: Test height

Name: th

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Name: Body weight

Name: body

Name: grams

Name: gonad weight

Name: gonad

Name: grams

Name: gut weight

Name: gut

Name: grams

Name: lantern weight

Name: lant

Name: grams

Name: total weight

Name: total

Name: grams

Name: gonad index

Name: gi

Name: decimal

Name: gut index

Name: gut_i

Name: decimal

Name: Jaw length at T zero

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Name: Annual jaw growth increment

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Name: Jaw length

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

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Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Ling, Scott, Dr

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Title: Microsoft Excel (xls)

Date

Edition: 2003

OnLine resource: DATASET 1 - Annual jaw growth increments for Centrostephanus rodgersii [direct download]

OnLine resource: DATASET 2 (V1) - Biometrics of kelp and barrens Centrostephanus rodgersii [direct download, original format]

OnLine resource: DATASET 2 (V2) - Biometrics of kelp and barrens Centrostephanus rodgersii [direct download, database formatted]

OnLine resource: DATASET 3 - Allometery for conversion between jaw length and test diameter [direct download]

OnLine resource: imas:ZOO_SDLing_Growth_age_range_extension_region_sea_urchin_tasmania_GV
MAP - Locations of urchin sampling in eastern Tasmania

OnLine resource: imas:ZOO_SDLing_Growth_age_range_extension_region_sea_urchin_tasmania_GV
This OCG WFS service returns the data (biometrics of kelp vs barrens urchins) for download in subsettable CSV format.

OnLine resource: View and download this data through the interactive IMAS Data Portal.

Resource lineage

Statement: Study sites (eastern Tasmania): WGS84 St Helens (-41.242666, 148.33633): 2 sites (n = 341 and 383 urchins tagged) Tasman Peninsula (-43.1365, 148.0035): 1 site (n = 250 urchins tagged)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Resource lineage

Statement: Growth and age patterns C. rodgersii ranging 61-133mm test diameter (TD) in size were tagged using an injection of 2-4 ml fluorescent tetracycline through the peristomial membrane. Individuals were measured (TD) using vernier callipers, and then placed in a permanently marked plot (8 x 8m). Urchins were recaptured a minimum 12 months later (the recovery area also includes collecting animals from a 5m buffer zone around the plots). Each animal was measured (TD), and Aristotle's lantern removed and placed in 12.5% sodium hypochlorite for 48 hours to remove tissue. Jaws were then checked under UV light for the fluorescent tag mark. When found, the growth increment was measured to the nearest 0.05mm using callipers.

Hierarchy level: Dataset

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Metadata identifier: bd5f4650-7318-11dd-babd-00188b4c0af8

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager

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Resource scope: Dataset

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