Dataset: Soft coral counts from photoquadrats and in situ observations collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2015-08-20 (2015-08-20)Dataset Type:Unknown

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Howard Lasker (State University of New York at Buffalo)

Scientist: Dr Lorenzo Bramanti (California State University Northridge)

Student: Dr Elizabeth Lenz (California State University Northridge)

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


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

Project: Collaborative research: Ecology and functional biology of octocoral communities (VI Octocorals)

Photoquadrats from St. John, USVI, were used to assess the abundance of soft corals from 6 sites on shallow reefs of St. John, USVI from 1992-2012. This retrospective analysis was augmented with in situ surveys in July and August 2013 that were used to quantify the accuracy and precision of the octocoral population census conducted using photoquadrats.

Data used in Lenz et al., 2015

Original submitted excel file in data file section.


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Dataset: octocoral survey - densities
Relationship Description: Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012
Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L. (2015) Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-08-20) Version Date 2015-08-20 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/562570
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Dataset: octocoral survey - literature review
Relationship Description: Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012
Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L. (2015) Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-07-17) Version Date 2015-07-17 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/562618

Related Publications

Results

Lenz, E. A., Bramanti, L., Lasker, H. R., & Edmunds, P. J. (2015). Long-term variation of octocoral populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Coral Reefs, 34(4), 1099–1109. doi:10.1007/s00338-015-1315-x