Dataset: Density of adult and juvenile octocorals on shallow reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2010 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project)

To evaluate the possibility that density-associated effects modulate octocoral abundance on a Caribbean coral reef, we tested the hypothesis that the density of octocoral recruits (colonies <= 4 cm tall) and adult colonies are positively associated on shallow reefs (<=14 m depth) in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Both life stages were censused for density at 8-10 sites along 7 km of shore in 2013 and 2014, and a correlative approach was used to evaluate the extent to which the densities were associated using sites as replicates. (from Privitera-Johnson, K., et al., JEMBE, 2015)

Data used in Privitera-Johnson et al., 2015

Original submitted excel file in data file section.