Scleractinia, macroalgae and octocoral surveys describing species abundance and distribution, in St. John, USVI in 1987–2013 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project).

Edmunds, Peter J.; Tsounis, Georgios

Scleractinia, macroalgae and octocoral surveys describing species abundance and distribution, in St. John, USVI in 1987–2013 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project).

Date

2016-11-15

Authors

Edmunds, Peter J.
Tsounis, Georgios

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Edmunds, Peter J.

Person

Tsounis, Georgios

Date Created

2016-11-08

Location

St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; California State University Northridge
St. John, US Virgin Islands: 18.3185, 64.7242
westlimit: 64.668056; southlimit: -18.376667; eastlimit: 64.803611; northlimit: -18.298056

DOI

10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664745

Keywords

Scleractinia cover
Octocoral cover
Octocoral counts

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 individual counts for octocorals. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the supplemental document 'Field_names.pdf', and a full dataset description is included in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/664223

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Dataset: Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution

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Edmunds, P., & Tsounis, G. (2016). Scleractinia, macroalgae and octocoral surveys describing species abundance and distribution, in 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/bco-dmo.664745

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