Dataset: Coral photransect and settlement tile images from St. John, USVI 1987-2019

This dataset has not been validatedPreliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2023-06-30)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

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

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019 (St. John LTREB)

Project: RAPID: Hurricane Irma: Effects of repeated severe storms on shallow Caribbean reefs and their changing ecological resilience (Hurricane Irma and St. John Reefs)

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

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

Cite Dataset

The data present the original images recorded as photoquadrats from the reefs of St. John from 1987 - present. Image up until (and including) 2000 were recorded on color film and were digitized; all other images were collected digitally with resolutions that changed with upgraded camera technology. All images are provided as jpegs, which most end users will find useful to support new analyses. More recent images are also available as RAW files (Nikon format) that can be used for more manipulations of quality. Detailed field methodology is described in the papers published from this site, for example: Edmunds PJ (2013) Marine Ecology Progress Series 489: 107-123, Edmunds PJ and Smith TB (2022) Marine Biology 169: 60, Edmunds PJ (2019) Ecology e02587

Problems/issues: Some irregular number of quadrats were samples at some sites in some years.

Funding note: The most recent funding for this time series was provided by NSF award OCE-2019992 for project "RUI: Pattern and process in four decades of change on Caribbean reefs." The "Project" and "Funding Sources" sections of this page list also include past awards that directly funded this dataset.

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Edmunds, P. J., Perry, C. T. (2023) Coral calcification (G) from six sites on the south coast of St. John, USVI from 1992 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-14 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.897564.1
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Dataset: Coral cover from 1992-2019 in support of Edmunds and Perry (2023) MEPS
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Edmunds, P. J., Perry, C. T. (2023) Coral cover at six sites on the south coast of St. John, USVI from 1992 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-14 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.897544.1
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Relationship Description: This dataset includes supporting images for these coral density data.
Edmunds, P. J., Perry, C. T. (2023) Coral density from six sites on the south coast of St. John, USVI from 1992 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-14 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.897577.1
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Relationship Description: This dataset includes supporting images for these coral size data.
Edmunds, P. J., Perry, C. T. (2023) Coral sizes from six sites on the south coast of St. John, USVI from 1992 to 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-14 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.897571.1

Related Publications

Results
Edmunds, P., & Perry, C. (2023). Decadal-scale variation in coral calcification on coral-depleted Caribbean reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14345

Edmunds, P. J. (2023) Coral photransect and settlement tile images from St. John, USVI 1987-2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-06-30 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/897659 [access date]

Terms of Use

This dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.


If you wish to use this dataset, it is highly recommended that you contact the original principal investigators (PI). Should the relevant PI be unavailable, please contact BCO-DMO (info@bco-dmo.org) for additional guidance. For general guidance please see the BCO-DMO Terms of Use document.

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