Dataset: Percent cover of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI from July and August 2019

Quadrat:  Quadrats with a size of 0.25 square meters were laid along a transect along two different sites and depths in Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI to determine percent cover of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts (PAC).  Quadrat number (1 to 80) gives a unique identification to each individual quadrat.

Depth: Depth in meters (either 3 or 9 m) at the site where quadrats were used to determine percent cover of PAC, and whether it varied between depths (3 meters depth vs 9 meters depth)

Site:  The two sites within Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI where quadrats were used to determine percent cover of PAC, and whether it varied between sites (Cabritte Horn or Tektite).

Percent cover:  Percent cover of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts (PAC) calculated from the 0.25 m^2 quadrats

Related datasets for Williams and Edmunds (2021) Coral Reefs manuscript:
Figure 2b, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836097
Figure 3, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836164
Tables 1 and 2, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836304