Size, growth, and density data for shallow-water sea urchins from Mexico to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1956-2016

Thomas A Ebert; Louis M Barr; James L Bodkin; Dirk Burcham; Dominique Bureau; Henry S Carson; Nancy L Caruso; Jennifer E Caselle; Jeremy T Claisse; Sabrina Clemente; Kathryn Davis; Paul M Detwiler; John D Dixon; David O Duggins; John M Engle; James A Estes; Scott D Groth; Benjamin M Grupe; Peter Halmay; Kyle P Hebert; José C Hernández; Laura J Jurgens; Peter E Kalvass; Michael C Kenner; Brenda Konar; David J Kushner; Lynn C Lee; David L Leighton; Gabriela Montaño-Moctezuma; J Eric Munk; Irma Olguin; Julio S Palleiro; David O Parker; John S Pearse; Daniel J Pondella; Laura Rogers-Bennett; Stephen C Schroeter; Andrew Olaf Shelton; Jorge Sonnenholzner; Ian K Taniguchi; Glenn R VanBlaricom; Jane C Watson; Benjamin P Weitzman; Jonathan P Williams; Jennifer Yakimishyn; Zane Zhang

doi:10.1002/ecy.2123

Size, growth, and density data for shallow-water sea urchins from Mexico to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1956-2016

Ecology. 2018 Mar;99(3):761. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2123. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

Authors

Thomas A Ebert¹, Louis M Barr², James L Bodkin³, Dirk Burcham⁴, Dominique Bureau⁵, Henry S Carson⁶, Nancy L Caruso⁷, Jennifer E Caselle^{8

9}, Jeremy T Claisse¹⁰, Sabrina Clemente¹¹, Kathryn Davis⁸, Paul M Detwiler¹², John D Dixon⁸, David O Duggins¹³, John M Engle¹⁴, James A Estes¹⁵, Scott D Groth¹⁶, Benjamin M Grupe¹⁷, Peter Halmay¹⁸, Kyle P Hebert¹⁹, José C Hernández¹¹, Laura J Jurgens²⁰, Peter E Kalvass²¹, Michael C Kenner¹⁵, Brenda Konar²², David J Kushner²³, Lynn C Lee²⁴, David L Leighton²⁵, Gabriela Montaño-Moctezuma²⁶, J Eric Munk²⁷, Irma Olguin²⁸, Julio S Palleiro²⁹, David O Parker³⁰, John S Pearse¹⁵, Daniel J Pondella³¹, Laura Rogers-Bennett³², Stephen C Schroeter³³, Andrew Olaf Shelton³⁴, Jorge Sonnenholzner³⁵, Ian K Taniguchi³⁶, Glenn R VanBlaricom³⁷, Jane C Watson³⁸, Benjamin P Weitzman³⁹, Jonathan P Williams³¹, Jennifer Yakimishyn⁴⁰, Zane Zhang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA.
² Box 210361, Auke Bay, Alaska, 99821, USA.
³ 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503, USA.
⁴ Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, California, 90802, USA.
⁵ Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9T 6N7, Canada.
⁶ Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Natural Resources Building, Olympia, Washington, 98501, USA.
⁷ Get Inspired, Inc., 6192 Santa Rita Avenue, Garden Grove, California, 92845, USA.
⁸ Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
⁹ Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
¹⁰ Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California, 91768, USA.
¹¹ Departamento de Biología Animal, Edafología y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Sección Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, islas Canarias, Spain.
¹² Department of Biology, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, California, 92111, USA.
¹³ Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, Washington, 98250, USA.
¹⁴ Tatman Foundation, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
¹⁵ Long Marine Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, 115 McAllister Road, Santa Cruz, California, 95060, USA.
¹⁶ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 63538 Boat Basin Drive, Charleston, Oregon, 97420, USA.
¹⁷ Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9600 West Saanich Road, Sidney, British Columbia, V8L 4B2, Canada.
¹⁸ San Diego Watermen's Association, 11103 Highway 67, Lakeside, California, 92040, USA.
¹⁹ Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Region I, Juneau, Alaska, 99811, USA.
²⁰ Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, USA.
²¹ California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 32330 North Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg, California, 95437, USA.
²² School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775, USA.
²³ Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, California, 93001, USA.
²⁴ Parks Canada Agency, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, Skidegate, British Columbia, V0T 1S0, Canada.
²⁵ 947 South Gilbert Street #3, Hemet, California, 92543, USA.
²⁶ Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México.
²⁷ POB 2940, Kodiak, Alaska, 99615, USA.
²⁸ El Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, México.
²⁹ Centro Regional de Investigaciones Pesqueras de Ensenada, B. C. Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Ensenada, Baja California, México.
³⁰ 2961 Bostonian Drive, Rossmoor, California, 90720, USA.
³¹ Vantuna Research Group, Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 90041, USA.
³² Bodega Marine Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA.
³³ Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, 2270 Camino Vida Roble, Suite D, Carlsbad, California, 92011, USA.
³⁴ NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington, 98112, USA.
³⁵ Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México.
³⁶ California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 4665 Lampson Avenue, Suite C, Los Alamitos, California, 90720, USA.
³⁷ Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195-5020, USA.
³⁸ Biology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5S5, Canada.
³⁹ U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, USA.
⁴⁰ Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, P.O. Box 280, C. P. 2, Ucluelet, Ucluelet, British Columbia, V0R 3A0, Canada.

PMID: 29281144
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2123

Abstract

Size, growth, and density have been studied for North American Pacific coast sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, S. droebachiensis, S. polyacanthus, Mesocentrotus (Strongylocentrotus) franciscanus, Lytechinus pictus, Centrostephanus coronatus, and Arbacia stellata by various workers at diverse sites and for varying lengths of time from 1956 to present. Numerous peer-reviewed publications have used some of these data but some data have appeared only in graduate theses or the gray literature. There also are data that have never appeared outside original data sheets. Motivation for studies has included fisheries management and environmental monitoring of sewer and power plant outfalls as well as changes associated with disease epidemics. Studies also have focused on kelp restoration, community effects of sea otters, basic sea urchin biology, and monitoring. The data sets presented here are a historical record of size, density, and growth for a common group of marine invertebrates in intertidal and nearshore environments that can be used to test hypotheses concerning future changes associated with fisheries practices, shifts of predator distributions, climate and ecosystem changes, and ocean acidification along the Pacific Coast of North America and islands of the north Pacific. No copyright restrictions apply. Please credit this paper when using the data.

Keywords: Arbacia; Centrostephanus; Lytechinus; Mesocentrotus; Strongylocentrotus; North America; Pacific coast; density; growth; historical data; sea urchins; size structure.