Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals
This study provides a landscape-scale context to a decadal-scale analysis of community structure on shallow reefs along 4 km of the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands. By focusing on 12-14 sites along ~100 km of the shores of St. John and St. Thomas, surveys conducted in 2011 were used to co...
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dataone:https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/1091/1 2024-06-03T18:47:06+00:00 Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals California State University Northridge Peter Edmunds St. John, US Virgin Islands Cocoloba (Lanscape-scale Site) Booby Rock (Lanscape-scale Site) Haulover Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Waterlemon Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Whistling Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Magen's Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Inner Brass Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Botony Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Fortuna Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Flat Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Cow and Calves (Landscape-scale Site) ENVELOPE(-64.73,-64.72,18.317,18.307) BEGINDATE: 1987-12-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/1091/1 unknown Environmental Data Initiative USVI VINP LTREB CSUN US Virgin Islands National Park St. John Island Caribbean California State University Northridge NSF Scleractinia Scleractinian Coral Community Demographics Corals Populations Carbonate rocks Coral Reefs Fringing Reefs Shallow water Marine environments Polyps (organisms) Ocean Acidification Reef Resistance and Resilience Population and Community Dynamics Dataset 2022 dataone:urn:node:EDI 2024-06-03T18:18:05Z This study provides a landscape-scale context to a decadal-scale analysis of community structure on shallow reefs along 4 km of the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands. By focusing on 12-14 sites along ~100 km of the shores of St. John and St. Thomas, surveys conducted in 2011 were used to contrast: (1) a local-scale with a landscape-scale analysis on two islands, (2) reefs around St. John and St. Thomas, and (3) reefs on north and south shores. Reefs were censused using photoquadrats that were analyzed for percentage cover first by functional groups (coral, macraolagae and CTB), and then by coral genus. In general, among-site variation for the coarse-resolution analysis eclipsed shore and island effects, but the fine-resolution analysis revealed strong site-specific differences for multiple coral genera that could be the product of priority effects in community succession. Over the next decade these differences probably will create unique community trajectories at each site. Dataset Ocean acidification Environmental Data Initiative (via DataONE) Fortuna ENVELOPE(-58.467,-58.467,-62.150,-62.150) Fortuna Bay ENVELOPE(-36.806,-36.806,-54.125,-54.125) ENVELOPE(-64.73,-64.72,18.317,18.307) |
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USVI VINP LTREB CSUN US Virgin Islands National Park St. John Island Caribbean California State University Northridge NSF Scleractinia Scleractinian Coral Community Demographics Corals Populations Carbonate rocks Coral Reefs Fringing Reefs Shallow water Marine environments Polyps (organisms) Ocean Acidification Reef Resistance and Resilience Population and Community Dynamics |
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USVI VINP LTREB CSUN US Virgin Islands National Park St. John Island Caribbean California State University Northridge NSF Scleractinia Scleractinian Coral Community Demographics Corals Populations Carbonate rocks Coral Reefs Fringing Reefs Shallow water Marine environments Polyps (organisms) Ocean Acidification Reef Resistance and Resilience Population and Community Dynamics California State University Northridge Peter Edmunds Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
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USVI VINP LTREB CSUN US Virgin Islands National Park St. John Island Caribbean California State University Northridge NSF Scleractinia Scleractinian Coral Community Demographics Corals Populations Carbonate rocks Coral Reefs Fringing Reefs Shallow water Marine environments Polyps (organisms) Ocean Acidification Reef Resistance and Resilience Population and Community Dynamics |
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This study provides a landscape-scale context to a decadal-scale analysis of community structure on shallow reefs along 4 km of the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands. By focusing on 12-14 sites along ~100 km of the shores of St. John and St. Thomas, surveys conducted in 2011 were used to contrast: (1) a local-scale with a landscape-scale analysis on two islands, (2) reefs around St. John and St. Thomas, and (3) reefs on north and south shores. Reefs were censused using photoquadrats that were analyzed for percentage cover first by functional groups (coral, macraolagae and CTB), and then by coral genus. In general, among-site variation for the coarse-resolution analysis eclipsed shore and island effects, but the fine-resolution analysis revealed strong site-specific differences for multiple coral genera that could be the product of priority effects in community succession. Over the next decade these differences probably will create unique community trajectories at each site. |
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California State University Northridge Peter Edmunds |
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California State University Northridge Peter Edmunds |
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California State University Northridge |
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Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
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Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
title_full |
Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
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Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
title_full_unstemmed |
Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Landscape-scale Variation in Scleractinian Corals |
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virgin islands national park: coral reef: population dynamics: landscape-scale variation in scleractinian corals |
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Environmental Data Initiative |
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2022 |
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https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/1091/1 |
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St. John, US Virgin Islands Cocoloba (Lanscape-scale Site) Booby Rock (Lanscape-scale Site) Haulover Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Waterlemon Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Whistling Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Magen's Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Inner Brass Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Botony Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Fortuna Bay (Landscape-scale Site) Flat Cay (Landscape-scale Site) Cow and Calves (Landscape-scale Site) ENVELOPE(-64.73,-64.72,18.317,18.307) BEGINDATE: 1987-12-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-58.467,-58.467,-62.150,-62.150) ENVELOPE(-36.806,-36.806,-54.125,-54.125) ENVELOPE(-64.73,-64.72,18.317,18.307) |
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Fortuna Fortuna Bay |
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Fortuna Fortuna Bay |
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Ocean acidification |
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Ocean acidification |
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