©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.The objective of this study was to describe how a rare, yet ecologically important invertebrate has changed in abundance over 16 years, and evaluate the extent to which the changes were associated with seawater temperature and storm intensity.
The study was conducted between Cabritte Horn and White Point in the protected Virgin Islands National Park (VINP). The abundance of Millepora spp. on shallow fringing reefs in St. John was quantified from 1992 to 2008 using photoquadrats. Average daily temperature and storm intensity is also reported.
These data were published in Brown and Edmunds 2013
Original submitted excel file in data file section.
Edmunds, P. J. (2014) Millepora coral colony size on shallow reefs in St. John, USVI, 1992-2008 (St. John LTREB project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-19) Version Date 2014-08-19 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/523648 [access date]
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