Dataset: Seawater temperature in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (MCR LTER project, St. John LTREB project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2014-08-19 (2014-08-19)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge)

Student: Darren J Brown (California State University Northridge)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Long Term Ecological Research network (LTER)

Project: Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research site (MCR LTER)

Project: LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019 (St. John LTREB)

The objective of this study was to describe how a rare, yet ecologically important invertebrate has changed in abundance over 16 years, and evaluate the extent to which the changes were associated with seawater temperature and storm intensity.

The study was conducted between Cabritte Horn and White Point in the protected Virgin Islands National Park (VINP). The abundance of Millepora spp. on shallow fringing reefs in St. John was quantified from 1992 to 2008 using photoquadrats. Average daily temperature and storm intensity is also reported.

These data were published in Brown and Edmunds 2013

Original submitted excel file in data file section.


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Dataset: Millepora colony size 1992-2008
Relationship Description: Millepora coral colony size on shallow reefs in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008
Edmunds, P. J. (2014) Millepora coral colony size on shallow reefs in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (St. John LTREB project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-19) Version Date 2014-08-19 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/523648
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Relationship Description: Millepora coral cover on shallow reefs in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008
Edmunds, P. J. (2014) Millepora coral cover on shallow reefs in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (St. John LTREB project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-19) Version Date 2014-08-19 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/523637
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Relationship Description: Millepora coral cover, seawater temperature and storm intensity in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008
Edmunds, P. J. (2014) Millepora coral cover, seawater temperature and storm intensity in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (St. John LTREB project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-19) Version Date 2014-08-19 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/523691
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Edmunds, P. J. (2014) Storm record from St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (St. John LTREB project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-19) Version Date 2014-08-19 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/523661

Related Publications

Results

Brown, D., & Edmunds, P. J. (2013). Long-term changes in the population dynamics of the Caribbean hydrocoral Millepora spp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 441, 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.01.013