PANGAEA_989872
CARICOMP seagrass biomass from 1992 to 2012 at 51 sites within the Wider Caribbean
van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I; 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.; Rodríguez-Ramirez, Alberto; Samper-Villarreal, Jimena; Smith, Struan R; Tschirky, John; Weil, Ernesto
CARICOMP seagrass biomass from 1992 to 2012 at 51 sites within the Wider Caribbean
2026-02-19
PANGAEA
Dataset
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989872
Investigator
Brigitta I
van Tussenbroek
vantuss@cmarl.unam.mx
Earth Science
Event label
Sample code/label
Country
Site
Station label
Sample ID
DATE/TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
Thalassia testudinum, aboveground, biomass, dry mass
Thalassia testudinum, belowground, biomass, dry mass
Seagrass, biomass, aboveground, dry mass
Seagrass, biomass, belowground, dry mass
Macroalgae, calcareous, biomass, dry mass
Macroalgae, fleshy, biomass, dry mass
geoscientificInformation
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Caribbean
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st1
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st10
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st11
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st12
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st13
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st15
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st16
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st17
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st18
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st19
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st2
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st20
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st21
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st22
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st23
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st24
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st25
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st26
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st27
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st28
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st29
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st3
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st30
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st31
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st32
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st33
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st34
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st37
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st38
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st39
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st41
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st42
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st43
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st44
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st45
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st46
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st47
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st48
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st49
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st50
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st51
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st52
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st6
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st7
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st8
CARICOMP-SGBMS_st9
Cayman Islands
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominican Republic
field sampling
Jamaica
Mexico
Monitoring
Panama
Puerto Rico
seagrass biomass
Seagrass meadows
Tobago
Venezuela
Biomass corer
1992-10-05
2012-12-07
Complete
9.35
32.4
-88.1
-59.583333333333336
unrestricted
CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
English
PANGAEA
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
https://www.pangaea.de/
Data Center Contact
Michael
Diepenbroek
info@pangaea.de
Leobener Str.
Bremen
Bremen
28359
Germany
online
24921 data points
text/tab-separated-values
van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I; 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.; Rodríguez-Ramirez, Alberto; Samper-Villarreal, Jimena; Smith, Struan R; Tschirky, John; Weil, Ernesto (2026): CARICOMP seagrass shoot density and leaf productivity at 52 sites within the Wider Caribbean from 1993 to 2012 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.990029
van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I; 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.; Rodríguez-Ramirez, Alberto; Samper-Villarreal, Jimena; Smith, Struan R; Tschirky, John J; Weil, Ernesto (2014): Caribbean-Wide, Long-Term Study of Seagrass Beds Reveals Local Variations, Shifts in Community Structure and Occasional Collapse. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e90600, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090600
This dataset encompasses seagrass biomass from a long-term Caribbean-wide seagrass monitoring initiative: the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) program. Seagrass monitoring was conducted at 22 sites with 51 sampling stations from 1992 until 2012, although many concluded the monitoring program before 2007. There were one to six sampling stations per site. Monitoring included seagrass sampling using corers (diameters ranged from 10.7 cm to 20.0 cm) in four to six replicates at each station and sample processing. Sampling frequencies and periods varied among sites. The dataset includes a total of 1917 entries of Thalassia testudinum and "OtherSeagrass" (in most instances Syringodium filiforme) above and below ground biomass (gDW/m2). The dataset also includes calcareous and fleshy algae biomass (gDW/m2). Unintentional errors from potential variability in decalcification success using a weak acid (HCl 10%) should be taken into consideration in regards to calcareous algae biomass. Sampling replication, frequency, and dates varied among sites. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989872"!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709
LATITUDE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709
LONGITUDE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
DATE/TIME
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090600
Caribbean-Wide, Long-Term Study of Seagrass Beds Reveals Local Variations, Shifts in Community Structure and Occasional Collapse
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.990029
CARICOMP seagrass shoot density and leaf productivity at 52 sites within the Wider Caribbean from 1993 to 2012
DIF
9.4
2026-02-19
2026-04-30