Species abundance and species richness from 2019-07-02 to 2019-10-29 at restored and natural oyster reefs located in Middle Marsh, Beaufort, N.C (NCEI Accession 0276507)

Data were collected for a project evaluating faunal succession states in both restored and natural oyster reefs located in the same comparative environment. Using space-for-time substitution, we sampled crustacean and fish host-parasite taxa from x3 replicate treatments of Natural reefs, as well as reefs restored in the years 1997, 2000, 2011, and 2016. We hypothesized that infra-communities of trophically transmitted parasites were more reliable indicators of succession trajectories and overall oyster reef trophic complexity. In contrast to the diversity of free-living taxa, which was highly variable, parasite diversity increased through time (2016 to 2011 to 2000 to 1997), and data from the older reefs (2000, 1997) was not different from that collected from Natural reefs.

本研究旨在评估位于同一比较环境中的恢复性及自然牡蛎礁的物种演替状态。通过空间换时间的替代方法，我们从自然礁的三个重复处理中采集了甲壳类和鱼类宿主-寄生虫的物种分类，以及1997年、2000年、2011年和2016年恢复的礁石。我们假设，营养传递的寄生虫次级群落的构成是评估物种演替轨迹和牡蛎礁整体营养复杂性更为可靠的指标。与自由生活的物种多样性高度可变不同，寄生虫的多样性随时间推移呈现增长趋势（从2016年到2011年、2000年再到1997年），且从较老礁石（2000年、1997年）收集的数据与自然礁收集的数据无显著差异。