Data Set Citation

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Lafferty K , National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis , and NCEAS 5600: Vazquez: Null models for specialization and asymmetry in plant-pollinator systems.
Symmetrical web of Carpinteria Salt Marsh
bowdish.122.11 (https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/bowdish.122.11/knb)

General Information
Title:Symmetrical web of Carpinteria Salt Marsh
Identifier:bowdish.122.11
Abstract:
The study was conducted in Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of parasites on food-web topology. The results are reported in detail in Lafferty et al (Lafferty, 2006) with other publications forthcoming which examine connectance, chain length, vulnerability, etc. This publication also details how taxa and links were selected for inclusion and provides additional information on the species lists. This data sets is part of the NCEAS hosted online Interaction Web Database at http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/interactionweb/index.html. Lafferty, K. D., R. F. Hechinger, J. C. Shaw, K. L. Whitney and A. M. Kuris, 2006, Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem. Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics (eds S. Collinge and C. Ray). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Keywords:
  • interaction matrix
  • predator-prey
  • parasite-host
  • predator-parasite
  • parasite-parasite
  • host
  • parasite
  • birds
  • Food-web Dynamics

Data Table, Image, and Other Data Details:
Metadata download Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
Data Table:Carpinteria food web excel file ( View Metadata | Download File download)
Data Table:Carpinteria Food Web txt version ( View Metadata | Download File download)

Involved Parties

Data Set Creators
Individual: Kevin D. Lafferty
Organization:USGS Channel Islands Field Station Marine Science Institute
Position:Research Ecologist
Address:
University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone:
(805) 893-8778 (voice)
Email Address:
klafferty@usgs.gov
Organization:National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Organization:NCEAS 5600: Vazquez: Null models for specialization and asymmetry in plant-pollinator systems

Data Set Contacts
Individual: Kevin D. Lafferty
Organization:USGS Channel Islands Field Station Marine Science Institute
Position:Research Ecologist
Address:
University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone:
(805) 893-8778 (voice)
Email Address:
klafferty@usgs.gov

Data Set Characteristics

Geographic Region:
Geographic Description:Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve UCNRS
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  -119.525  degrees
East:  -119.40547500000001  degrees
North:  34.4  degrees
South:  34.4  degrees

Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods

Step by Step Procedures
Step 1:  
Description:

4 subwebs

This symmetrical web of Carpinteria Salt Marsh is comprised of 4 subwebs denoted by solid lines (clockwise: predator-prey, parasite-host, predator-parasite, parasite-parasite). Consumers in columns, prey/hosts in rows. Numerical entries represent links. Different values represent different types of links.

N = a confirmed link

N.1 represents a proposed/presumed link

0 = no link

1 = first intermediate host

1.2 = first and second intermediate host

1.25 first and second intermediate host, excysts outside 2nd intermediat host.

2 = second intermediate host

2.5 = second intermediate host external (non-trophic) cyst

3 = final host

4 = predator-prey

4.11 = 4.1

4.2 = egg predator

5 = predation on free-living cercarial stage of a trematode

6 = micropredation (mosquito)

7 = predation on parasite in a host

8 = predation on parasite in a host, transmission to predator possible

9 = parasite - parasite (mostly intraguild predation)

Data Set Usage Rights

Access Control:
Auth System:knb
Order:denyFirst
Metadata download Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File