Dataset: The frequency of distances to the nearest Milleopora for coral species found on long-term sampling sites in St. John, USVI.

Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2018-09-06)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

Contact: Chelsey Wegener (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)

Project: RUI-LTREB Renewal: Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 2014-2019 (RUI-LTREB)

Abstract

The frequency of distances to the nearest Milleopora for coral species found on long-term sampling sites in St. John, USVI.

Cite Dataset

Data published in Invertebrate Biology paper entitled “Overgrowth of Caribbean octocorals by milleporid hydrocorals”.

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Methods, Results
Wegener, C., Martin, B., Didden, C., & Edmunds, P. J. (2017). Overgrowth of Caribbean octocorals by milleporid hydrocorals. Invertebrate Biology, 137(1), 29–37. doi:10.1111/ivb.12201
Methods
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
Methods
Edmunds, P., & Lasker, H. (2016). Cryptic regime shift in benthic community structure on shallow reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 559, 1–12. doi:10.3354/meps11900
Methods
Rogers, C., & Miller, J. (2006). Permanent ‘phase shifts’ or reversible declines in coral cover? Lack of recovery of two coral reefs inSt. John, US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 306, 103–114. doi:10.3354/meps306103
Methods
WAHLE, C. M. (1980). Detection, Pursuit, and Overgrowth of Tropical Gorgonians by Milleporid Hydrocorals: Perseus and Medusa Revisited. Science, 209(4457), 689–691. doi:10.1126/science.209.4457.689

Edmunds, P. J. (2018) The frequency of distances to the nearest Milleopora for coral species found on long-term sampling sites in St. John, USVI.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2018-09-06 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/745605 [access date]

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