Dataset: Interactions of scleractinian corals with Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI as recorded in August 2019 and January 2020

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.836304.1Version 1 (2021-01-13)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge)

Co-Principal Investigator: Megan K. Williams (California State University Northridge)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: RUI-LTREB Renewal: Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 2014-2019 (RUI-LTREB)

Project: Collaborative Research: Pattern and process in the abundance and recruitment of Caribbean octocorals (Octocoral Community Dynamics)

Abstract

Interactions of scleractinian corals with Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts were recorded at two sites and depth in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI. Since PAC in St. John is more abundant in shallow (3–5 m) versus deep (5–9 m) water, surveys were designed to contrast PAC between depths (3 and 9 meters). The first categorization of coral-PAC interactions at the Cabritte Horn and Tektite sites was August 2019, and the re-categorization was January 2020.

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Replicate: Replicate number (1 to 80) is the unique identification for each individual interaction between a scleractinian and PAC that was categorized in August 2019 and re-categorized in January 2020 in order determine if the interaction type changed over time.

Site:  The two sites within Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI where coral-PAC interactions were categorized in August 2019 and again in January 2020 (Cabritte Horn or Tektite).

Depth:  Depth in meters (either 3 or 9 m) at the site where coral-PAC interactions were categorized in August 2019 and again in January 2020.

August_Categorization:  The initial categorization of the coral-PAC interaction as observed in August 2019. Categories are "PAC overgrowing coral", "neutral", and "coral overgrowing PAC". 

January_Categorization:  The re-categorization of the coral-PAC interaction as observed in January 2020. Categories are "PAC overgrowing coral", "neutral", and "coral overgrowing PAC". 

Related datasets for Edmunds and Williams (2021) Coral Reefs publication:
Figure 2a, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836071
Figure 2b, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836097
Figure 3, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/836164

 

Related Datasets

IsRelatedTo
Dataset: Linear growth and competitive ability of PAC, Figure 2b
Relationship Description: Part of the same Coral Reefs publication, Edmunds and Williams (2021)
Williams, M. K., Edmunds, P. J. (2021) Growth rate of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI as recorded in August 2019 and January 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-01-12 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.836097.1
IsRelatedTo
Dataset: Linear growth and competitive ability of PAC, Figure 3
Williams, M. K., Edmunds, P. J. (2021) Growth rate of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts on terracotta settlement tiles at five sites across Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI from 2009 onward. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-01-13 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.836164.1
IsRelatedTo
Dataset: Linear growth and competitive ability of PAC, Figure 2a
Relationship Description: Part of the same Coral Reefs publication, Edmunds and Williams (2021)
Williams, M. K., Edmunds, P. J. (2021) Percent cover of Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI from July and August 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-01-12 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.836071.1

Related Publications

Results
Williams, M. K., & Edmunds, P. J. (2021). Reconciling slow linear growth and equivocal competitive ability with rapid spread of peyssonnelid algae in the Caribbean. Coral Reefs, 40(2), 473–483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02052-7
Software
R Core Team (2019). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R v3.5.1. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL https://www.R-project.org/

Williams, M. K., Edmunds, P. J. (2021) Interactions of scleractinian corals with Peyssonnelid Algal Crusts at two sites and depths in Great Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI as recorded in August 2019 and January 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-01-13 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.836304.1 [access date]

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