Award: OCE-1756381

Award Title: Collaborative Research: Pattern and process in the abundance and recruitment of Caribbean octocorals
Funding Source: NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE)
Program Manager: David L. Garrison
DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands in June-August 2018.2019-09-23Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands during June-October 20192020-02-12Final no updates expected
Fish abundance and foraging rates by family from point surveys within and outside of canopies at Lameshur Bay, St John, USVI, Feb- Mar 20162020-10-07Final no updates expected
Scleractinian coral counts within and outside of canopies at Lameshur Bay, St John, USVI, Feb- Mar 20162020-10-07Final no updates expected
Fish bite rates of individual 'focal' herbivorous fishes within and outside of canopies at Lameshur Bay, St John, USVI, Feb- Mar 20162020-10-08Final no updates expected
Demersal fish feeding rates within and at edges of octocoral communities at Lameshur Bay, St John, USVI, Feb- Mar 20162020-10-08Final no updates expected
Growth rate of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI as recorded in August 2019 and January 20202021-01-12Final no updates expected
Octocoral recruitment surveys on transects at 5 sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 2014-2019.2021-08-31Final no updates expected
Counts of individuals and cell division for 100 Plexaura homomalla embryos from fertilization to 24 hours after fertilization from adult corals collected in Round Bay, St. John, USVI in July of 20192021-07-15Final no updates expected
Cell counts for 11 P. homomalla embryos taken every 5-10 minutes from fertilization to 13 hours after fertilization from adult corals collected in Round Bay, St. John, USVI in July of 20192021-07-15Final no updates expected
Reattachment of octocoral polyps following a stress event and polyp bailout in sea tables in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 20192021-07-16Final no updates expected
Polyp settlement and polyp counts on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019.2021-07-16Final no updates expected
Percent cover of living organisms on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 20192021-09-14Final no updates expected
Locations of mapped polyps on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 20192021-07-16Final no updates expected
Branching data from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 20002023-11-07Final no updates expected
Branch extension measurements from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 20002023-11-08Final no updates expected
Identity and heights of Octocoral species found on transects at 6 sites on the south shore of St John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 and 20222023-04-18Data not available
Octocoral Recruitment surveys on transects at 6 sites on the south shore of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 and 20222023-04-18Data not available
Number and size of eggs found in five different branches from a single Antillogorgia americana from a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 19912024-03-13Final no updates expected
Number and size of gonads found in monthly samples of Antillogorgia americana colonies at a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 19912024-03-13Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at six sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands during July and August of 20242025-03-21Data not available

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