©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Data describe the height of Gorgonia ventalina recorded in August 2020 in 1 x 1 m quadrats in St. John, US Virgin Islands. These data support the publication Edmunds & Brown (2021) in the Bulletin of Marine Science doi.org/10.5343/bms.2020.0061.
Analyses were completed on snorkel during August 2020. A 40 m transect was haphazardly placed along the 2-2.5 m depth contour at each site, and quadrats (1 x 1m) were randomly placed along the transect. Colonies of Gorgonia ventalina were measured in each quadrat when their holdfasts were within the sampling area. Colonies were distinguished between the yellow and purple morph and their max height was measured with a flexible tape measure.
Location: St. John, US Virgin Islands 18.315°N, 64.716°W
White Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.316899N, -64.731651W
Yawzi Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.315582N, -64.725955W
Edmunds, P. J., Brown, D. J. (2022) Height of sea fans from surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-02-11 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869656.1 [access date]
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