Data underlying publication: Battle for the mounds: niche competition between upside-down jellyfish and invasive seagrass

This dataset contains data collected from field experiments studying the use of bioturbation mound as a niche for invasive seagrass settlement and growth, as well as for competition between invasive seagrass and upside-down jellyfish in the Dutch Caribbean. The experimental data describes how many native, invasive and upside-down jellyfish individuals were counted within the in total 20 plots divided over three treatments (natural bioturbation mounds, artificial bioturbation mounds and control vegetated plots) and was collected on the island of Curacao in a 45 day experiment. The transect data describes how the number of invasive seagrass shoots and bioturbation mounds are distributed over a spatial invasion gradient, comparing transect points close to shore (shore) and in the direction towards the center of the bay (inward) and was collected on Bonaire.

本数据集涵盖野外实验采集的相关数据，用于研究生物扰动丘（bioturbation mound）作为入侵海草（invasive seagrass）定植与生长的适宜生境的应用效果，同时探究荷属加勒比海区域内入侵海草与倒置水母（upside-down jellyfish）的种间竞争关系。
本次实验共布设20个样地（plots），划分为3组处理组（treatments）：自然生物扰动丘组、人工生物扰动丘组以及植被对照样地组；实验数据统计了全部样地内的本地物种、入侵海草及倒置水母的个体数量，该野外实验于库拉索岛开展，实验周期为45天。
样带（transect）数据则记录了入侵海草株数与生物扰动丘数量沿空间入侵梯度（spatial invasion gradient）的分布格局，对比了近岸（shore）与朝向海湾中心方向（inward）的样带采样点的相关指标，该采样工作于博奈尔岛完成。