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
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Published: 2026-02-19 • DOI registered: 2026-02-20
Abstract:
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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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 biomass from 1992 to 2012 at 51 sites within the Wider Caribbean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.989872
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
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 16.740744 * Median Longitude: -77.799172 * South-bound Latitude: 9.350000 * West-bound Longitude: -90.250000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -59.583333
Date/Time Start: 1993-01-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-11-30T00:00:00
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CARICOMP-SGBMS_st1 * Latitude: 32.400000 * Longitude: -64.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1993-04-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-06-30T00:00:00 * Location: Bermuda, British Overseas Territory
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
39193 data points
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