Octocoral colony density pooled by taxon and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017. These data were used in Edmunds and Lasker (2019) Figure 1.
Data published as figures in MEPS as “Regulation of population size of arborescent octocorals on shallow Caribbean reefs” doi.org/10.3354/meps12907
These sheets contain data published in Edmunds and Lasker 2019
FIGURE 1 (contains two tables)
Octocoral colony density and Height
Columns A-E
A = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
B = quadrat (1-41)
C = Life stage (adult or Juvenile)
D = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
E = colony density, number of colonies in 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
Columns G-J
A = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
J = colony height (cm)
FIGURE 2 (contains two tables)
Octocoral density and height
Columnes A-E
A = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Life stage (adult or Juvenile)
D = colony density, number of colonies in 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
Columns G-K
G = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
H = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
I = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
J = Life stage (adult or Juvenile)
K = colony height (cm)
FIGURES 3
A = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = Life stage - Adult or Juvenile
E = mean density (colonies per 0.5 x 0.5 m)
F = SE of density
FIGURE S1
A = Year (1-4)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = Quadrat number (1-40)
E = density (colonies per 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat)
FIGURES S2
A = Year (1-4)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = samples number of coloy
E = Height (cm)
FIGURES S3
A = Year (1-4)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = Quadrat number (1-40)
E = density (colonies per 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat)
FIGURES S4
A = Year (1-4)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = Height (cm)
FIGURE S5 (contains two tables)
Columns A - ELUMnS A-E
A = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
B = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
C = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
D = Life stage - Adult or Juvenile
E = density, colonies per 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
Columns G-K
G = Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
H = Taxon (All Taxa, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Antillogorgia)
I = Site (Cabritte Horn, Europa Bay, West Tektite, East Tektite, White Point, West Little Lameshur)
J = Life stage - Adult
K = Height (cm)
Octocoral colony density pooled by taxon and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017. These data were used in Edmunds and Lasker (2019) Figure 1.
Related Datasets: all were used in Edmunds and Lasker (2019):
Edmunds, P., & Lasker, H. (2019). Regulation of population size of arborescent octocorals on shallow Caribbean reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 615, 1–14. doi:10.3354/meps12907
Edmunds, P., Lasker, H. (2020) Octocoral colony density by pooled taxa, life stage, and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-02-04 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.789128.1 [access date]
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