Database of Grazing Metrics for Herbivorous Fishes of the Indo-Pacific Fish grazing metrics eng Dataset EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > HERBIVORY biota oceans Numeric Data Sets > Biology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Herbivory EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Behavior EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature FISH - CORAL REEF FISH SPECIES LATITUDE LONGITUDE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE WATER TEMPERATURE in situ satellite data survey - biological visual estimate CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Reef Conservation Program US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division ESD Ecosystem Sciences Division PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea Pacific Ocean The database described here consists of foraging metrics of herbivorous fishes (bite rate, bite area, bite volume, proportion of bites that leave grazing scars) extracted from relevant publications. All data were already publicly available either in the form of information reported in a publication or data were shared publicly via data repositories. Observations included in the database took place in tropical waters excluding locations in the Atlantic Ocean. Focal fish species were herbivores that are found in the nearshore waters of the United States Pacific Islands. The database also includes the body length of every fish, and information about sea surface temperate, time of day, and depth as available per measured bite rate. This referential tool compiles and standardizes grazing metrics across various studies of herbivorous fishes, as well as integrates sea surface temperature from satellite data for each study. The publication associated with this dataset can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4791 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65072 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65071 northlimit=29.6; eastlimit=-149.822307; southlimit=-23.4397222; westlimit=34.7333333; name=Range of datasets included in this resource; start=1985-09; end=2019; None