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)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2015-08-31 (2015-08-31)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)

Scientist: Georgios Tsounis (California State University Northridge)

Student: Dr Elizabeth Lenz (California State University Northridge)

Student: Ms Kristin Privitera-Johnson (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)

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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.

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Privitera-Johnson, K., Lenz, E. A., & Edmunds, P. J. (2015). Density-associated recruitment in octocoral communities in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 473, 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.08.006

Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L., Tsounis, G. (2015) Density of adult and juvenile octocorals on shallow reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2010 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-08-31) Version Date 2015-08-31 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/565056 [access date]

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