Dataset: Peyssonnelia abundance along the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands from surveys during 2015

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.750036.1Version 1 (2018-11-26)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Lorenzo Bramanti (Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6))

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


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


Abstract

Peyssonnelia abundance along the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands from surveys during 2015. The abundance of the peyssonnelid algal crust was measured using 50 m video transects (recorded with a GoPro Hero 3) at 3, 5, and 7 m depth at five sites, haphazardly selected between Cabritte Horn and White Point on the south shore of St. John.

The abundance of the peyssonnelid algal crust was measured using 50 m video transects (recorded with a GoPro Hero 3) at 3, 5, and 7 m depth at five sites, haphazardly selected between Cabritte Horn and White Point on the south shore of St. John. Still images (n = 20 transect-1, each ~ 250 cm2) were randomly extracted and analyzed for percentage cover of peyssonnelids using a grid of 25 squares that were scored for dominance by this alga (i.e., 4% resolution).


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Bramanti L, Lasker HR, Edmunds PJ (2017) An encrusting peyssonnelid preempts vacant space and overgrows corals in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Reef Encounter. 32:68–70