Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reef: Juvenile Coral

• Main Authors: California State University Northridge, Peter Edmunds
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2022
• Subjects: 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); larvae; communities; community dynamics; Ocean Acidification; Reef Resistance and Resilience; Population and Community Dynamics; White Point; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/295/5

Coral larvae are selective with regards to the surfaces upon which they settle, but little is known about the outcome of these choices. In this study, we explored the implications for juvenile scleractinians (less than 40-mm diameter) of growing on igneous versus carbonate rock on the shallow reefs...