Parasite Infection and Harvesting Effects on Southern Bull Kelp Communities

Pedro Murúa's dataset investigates the ecological consequences of the gall disease *Maullinia braseltonii* on southern bull kelp (*Durvillaea incurvata*) at two Chilean localities. The 638.6 KB dataset includes CSV, DOCX, and R files and was last updated in April 2026. It focuses on disease prevalence dynamics, host population dynamics, and cascading effects on intertidal community structure.

Use Cases

• Model disease prevalence dynamics based on infection rates described in the study.
• Analyze host population dynamics of *Durvillaea incurvata* based on size and health metrics.
• Study cascading effects on intertidal community structure based on species composition data.
• Investigate the combined impact of parasite infection and size-selective harvesting on kelp forest restructuring.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Data files are provided in multiple formats (CSV, DOCX, R) for accessibility.
• Focus on a specific host-parasite system (*Durvillaea incurvata* and *Maullinia braseltonii*) provides ecological detail.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's 638.6 KB size indicates a limited scope, likely focused on a specific study.

Provenance

Source

Pedro Murúa via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains field-collected ecological data from a scientific study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:00:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Two localities in Chile.