Octocorals, scleractinia, macroalgae surveys describing species abundance and distribution, as well as rainfall, temperature and hurricane data on St. John, USVI in 1987–2013 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project).
Octocorals, scleractinia, macroalgae surveys describing species abundance and distribution, as well as rainfall, temperature and hurricane data on St. John, USVI in 1987–2013 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project).
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2016-11-09
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Edmunds, Peter J.
Tsounis, Georgios
Tsounis, Georgios
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10.1575/1912/8504
10.1575/1912/8504
10.1575/1912/8504
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Octocorals
Scleractinia
Hurricane
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Temperature
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Abstract
Photoquadrats recorded from 1987 – 2013 in Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI, were used to quantify octocoral and scleractinian and macroalgae abundance with generic resolution. Data are reported as percent cover for scleractinians and octocorals, and and individual counts for octocorals. Physical environmental data from 1989 – 2013 are were recorded using in situ data loggers, weather stations and data buoys, to provide seawater temperature data, hurricane severity index and rainfall.
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1. Dataset: Descriptions of hurricanes affecting St. John (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664760 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664267)
2. Dataset: Rainfall and temperature data (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664755 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664254)
3. Dataset: Octocoral abundance by genera (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664750 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664241)
4. Dataset: Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664745 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664223)
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Edmunds, P., & Tsounis, G. (2016). Octocorals, scleractinia, macroalgae surveys describing species abundance and distribution, as well as rainfall, temperature and hurricane data on St. John, USVI in 1987- 2013 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/8504
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