Miami University, Geology and Environmental Earth Science, 250 S. Patterson Av., Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA.
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800, USA.
Sci Data. 2018 Apr 17;5:180054. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.54.
Despite its importance for quantifying ecosystem responses to environmental and anthropogenic drivers, our understanding of spatial heterogeneity in marine communities remains inadequate. Studies in coastal marine benthic habitats are sparse, and predominantly target single higher taxonomic groups. Here we describe macrobenthic marine invertebrate community surveys from 52 localities in Onslow Bay (Beaufort, North Carolina, U.S.A.), over an extensive geographic area (~200 km). The data consist of 11,467 individuals, 175 species, and 7 phyla. The data include species abundance data for each sample at all localities, and corresponding species lists and locality information. The metadata describe the sampling protocols and localities. The data provided here will facilitate examination of assemblage heterogeneity with regards to spatial and temporal patterns, and depth gradient analyses.
尽管量化生态系统对环境和人为驱动因素的响应对于生态系统非常重要，但我们对海洋生物群落的空间异质性的理解仍然不够。沿海海洋底栖生境的研究很少，而且主要针对单一的高级分类群。在这里，我们描述了来自美国北卡罗来纳州博福特的奥恩斯洛湾（Onslow Bay）52 个地点的大型海洋无脊椎动物群落调查，该地区的地理范围很广（约 200 公里）。这些数据包括 11467 个个体，175 个物种和 7 个门。这些数据包括所有地点每个样本的物种丰度数据，以及相应的物种列表和地点信息。元数据描述了采样方案和地点。这里提供的数据将有助于研究空间和时间模式以及深度梯度分析方面的组合异质性。
