Percent cover of living organisms on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019

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2021-09-14
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St. John, US Virgin Islands
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10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.855879.1
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Epilithic algal matrix
Gorgonian
Mesofaunal predators
Octocorallia
Herbivory
Abstract
Percent cover of living organisms on experimental tiles of three treatments (scrubbed, reef, protected) determined using digital images of each tile taken on days 0, 19, and 57 after field deployment. 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/855879
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Dataset: Turf Tile Cover
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Wells, C., Martinez-Quintana, A., Tonra, K., & Lasker, H. (2021). Percent cover of living organisms on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019 (Version 1) [Data set]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/BCO-DMO.855879.1
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