Aggregation kin versus nonkin experiments in marine bryozoans from shallow seagrass habitats in St. Teresa, Florida, USA in June 2017

This dataset is part of an integrated series of experiments to study how dispersal affects the density and relatedness of neighbors, and how the density and relatedness of neighbors in turn affect fitness. Spatial aggregation at settlement in groups of marine bryozoan larvae (composed of kin and nonkin) was empirically estimated in shallow (less than 2 meters) seagrass habitats near the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (FSUCML) in St. Teresa, Florida, USA (29° 54' N, 84° 30' W). Larvae neither actively preferred nor avoided conspecifics or kin at settlement.

本数据集隶属于一套整合实验系列，旨在探究扩散如何影响邻近个体的种群密度与亲缘关系，以及邻近个体的种群密度和亲缘关系反过来又如何影响适合度（fitness）。研究人员对由亲缘个体与非亲缘个体组成的海洋苔藓虫幼虫群落在定居阶段的空间聚集程度进行了经验估算，实验地点为美国佛罗里达州圣特雷莎市佛罗里达州立大学海岸与海洋实验室（Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory，FSUCML）附近的浅海海草生境，该生境水深不足2米，坐标为29°54′N，84°30′W。定居阶段的幼虫既不会主动偏好同种个体或亲缘个体，也不会主动回避它们。