Dataset: benthic invert codes
Deployment: Edmunds_VINP

Benthic invertebrate taxonomy, species and codes - St. John USVI survey 1988-2007
Principal Investigator: 
Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge, CSU-Northridge)
Student: 
Nicholas B. Colvard (California State University Northridge, CSU-Northridge)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
2014-08-20
Version Date: 
2014-08-20
Description

15 years of photoquadrats from St. John, USVI, were used to assess the abundance of benthic invertebrates on shallow reefs of St. John, USVI from 1988-2007.  This dataset includes the 30 species surveyed, their taxonomic hierarchy, and their assigned codes.

These data were used in Colvard NB, Edmunds PJ. (2011).

 

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