Dataset: Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedVersion 2015-07-17 (2015-07-17)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)

Student: Dr Elizabeth Lenz (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)

Cite Dataset

A collection of peer-reviewed and selected gray literature on soft coral abundance and distribution. The compiled data were used to test for changes over time in abundance of octocorals at a regional scale.

Data used in Lenz et al., 2015

Original submitted excel file in data file section.

Related Datasets

IsRelatedTo
Dataset: octocoral survey - photoquadrats vs. in situ
Relationship Description: Soft coral counts from photoquadrats and in situ observations collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012
Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L. (2015) Soft coral counts from photoquadrats and in situ observations collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-08-20) Version Date 2015-08-20 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/562595
IsRelatedTo
Dataset: octocoral survey - densities
Relationship Description: Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012
Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L. (2015) Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-08-20) Version Date 2015-08-20 http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/562570

Related Publications

Results
Lenz, E. A., Bramanti, L., Lasker, H. R., & Edmunds, P. J. (2015). Long-term variation of octocoral populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Coral Reefs, 34(4), 1099–1109. doi:10.1007/s00338-015-1315-x

Edmunds, P. J., Lasker, H., Bramanti, L. (2015) Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-07-17) Version Date 2015-07-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/562618 [access date]

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