Reattachment of octocoral polyps following a stress event and polyp bailout in sea tables in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2019

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2021-07-16
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St. John, US Virgin Islands
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10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.855852.1
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Environmental stress
Escape response
Gorgonian
Life history traits
Octocorallia
Abstract
Reattachment of octocoral polyps following a stress event and polyp bailout in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Corals were collected in Round Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands on 14–15 July, 2019. The date range in this dataset is August 18-26, 2019 during the polyp stress event and reattachment in sea tables. The results publication for this dataset is Wells & Tonra (2021). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/855852
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Dataset: Polyp Bailout
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Wells, C., & Tonra, K. (2021). Reattachment of octocoral polyps following a stress event and polyp bailout in sea tables in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2019 (Version 1) [Data set]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/BCO-DMO.855852.1
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