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

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664745Version Final (2016-11-08)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Georgios Tsounis (California State University Northridge)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Hannah Ake (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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 Scleractinian, octocoral, and macroalgae abundance and percent cover.

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Edmunds, P. (2013). Decadal-scale changes in the community structure of coral reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 489, 107–123. doi:10.3354/meps10424
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Edmunds, P. J. (2015). A quarter-century demographic analysis of the Caribbean coral,Orbicella annularis, and projections of population size over the next century. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(3), 840–855. doi:10.1002/lno.10075

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 (BCO-DMO). (Version working) Version Date 2016-11-08 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664745 [access date]

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