Publication Date:
2022-10-31
Description:
1. Dataset: Descriptions of hurricanes affecting St. John (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664760 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664267)
2. Dataset: Rainfall and temperature data (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664755 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664254)
3. Dataset: Octocoral abundance by genera (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664750 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664241)
4. Dataset: Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution (doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.664745 URL: http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/664223)
Description:
Photoquadrats recorded from 1987 – 2013 in Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI, were used to quantify octocoral and scleractinian and macroalgae abundance with generic resolution. Data are reported as percent cover for scleractinians and octocorals, and and individual counts for octocorals. Physical environmental data from 1989 – 2013 are were recorded using in situ data loggers, weather stations and data buoys, to provide seawater temperature data, hurricane severity index and rainfall.
Description:
NSF Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-1332915, NSF Environmental Biology (NSF DEB) DEB-1350146, DEB-0841441
Keywords:
Octocorals
;
Scleractinia
;
Hurricane
;
Rainfall
;
Temperature
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Dataset
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