Dataset: Morphology and features of Millepora colonies at Cabritte Horn (St.John, US Virgin Islands) from 1992-2021

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875553.1Version 1 (2022-06-13)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: RUI: Pattern and process in four decades of change on Caribbean reefs (St John Coral Reefs)


Abstract

These data describe the results of surveys of coral reefs at 10 meters depth at Cabritte Horn to evaluate the abundance and features of the calcareous hydrozoan, Millepora. The data are used to explore how the sheet-tree morphology has changed over time in response to environmental conditions.

Features of Millepora species are examined along with environmental parameters to determine what affects morphology. 


Related Datasets

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Dataset: Percent cover of Millepora at Cabritte Horn
Edmunds, P. J. (2022) Abundance and percent cover of Millepora species at Cabritte Horn (St.John, US Virgin Islands) from 1992-2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-06-09 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875524.1
IsRelatedTo

Dataset: Percent cover of macroalgae at Cabritte Horn
Relationship Description: Data on percent cover of macroalgae was used in GAMs to determine effects on Millepora morphology
Edmunds, P. J. (2022) Abundance and percent cover of macroalgae at Cabritte Horn (St.John, US Virgin Islands) from 1992-2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-06-10 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875543.1
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Dataset: Seawater temperature at Yawzi Point (1991-2021)
Relationship Description: Seawater temperatures from USVI were used to evaluate environmental effects on Millepora morphology
Edmunds, P. J. (2022) Daily seawater temperature at Yawzi Point (St.John USVI) from 1991-2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-06-15 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875694.1
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Dataset: https://coralreefs.csun.edu/data/coral-image-viewer/
NSF Coral Reef Time Series, Virgin Islands. (2022). Raw Coral Image Downloads and Viewer. Retrieved March 25, 2022, from https://coralreefs.csun.edu/data/coral-image-viewer/

Related Publications

Results

Edmunds P. J. (2022). Persistence of a sessile benthic organism promoted by a morphological strategy combining sheets and trees. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 289(1978), 20220952. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0952
Methods

Burnham, K. P., & Anderson, D. R. (2004). Multimodel Inference. Sociological Methods & Research, 33(2), 261–304. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124104268644
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National Hurricane Center. NOAA and NWS (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service) National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/.