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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Survey design:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;All sites were located at 6 to 9 meters depth.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Censuses at East&amp;amp;nbsp;Cabritte, Europa and Tektite were based on 50x10m areas that were arbitrarily selected and permanently marked with stainless steel eyebolts at the corners of the sites. &amp;amp;nbsp;A total of six transect&amp;amp;nbsp;lines, also marked with eyebolts, were laid out at 10 m intervals. All octocorals present in 1 x 1 m quadrats along the 10-meter long transects were scored. In 2014 ten quadrats were surveyed along each line.&amp;amp;nbsp; In 2015 and 2016 ten quadrats were scored along each transect line at Europa and Tektite and five randomly chosen quadrats&amp;amp;nbsp;were surveyed at East&amp;amp;nbsp;Cabritte. &amp;amp;nbsp;The transect identifier &amp;quot;transect_pos&amp;quot; has values 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 which represent&amp;amp;nbsp;position&amp;amp;nbsp;in meters within the 50x10 survey area corresponding to each of the 6 transects (e.g. 20 = 20m). &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The census at&amp;amp;nbsp;Booby Rock was conducted in a single day in which 4 transects were randomly placed along a 50 m line that was arbitrarily placed on a constant depth contour.&amp;amp;nbsp; Only 4 1x1 m quadrats were surveyed along each transect. The transect identifier (transect_pos) for transects at Booby Rock have values between 1-4 and are not related to&amp;amp;nbsp;position.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Sampling methods&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Identifications were based on traits visible in the field, and samples of representative colonies were collected for further analysis in cases in which field identification was uncertain.&amp;amp;nbsp; Sclerites from those samples were examined for species identification.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Colony heights were measured as the maximum distance from the base of the octocoral colony until the farthest tips of the branch &amp;amp;nbsp;(i.e. not necessarily perpendicular to the substrate). &amp;amp;nbsp;All measures rounded to the nearest cm with the exception of 5 cm which only includes colonies &amp;amp;gt;= 5 cm. &amp;amp;nbsp;Starting in 2016, measures less than 5 cm reflect colonies with thick branches which could only have &amp;amp;lt;5 cm heights due to partial mortality.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</gco:CharacterString>
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In an era of growing human pressures on natural resources, there is a critical need to understand how major ecosystems will respond, the extent to which resource management can lessen the implications of these responses, and the likely state of these ecosystems in the future. Time-series analyses of community structure provide a vital tool in meeting these needs and promise a profound understanding of community change. This study focuses on coral reef ecosystems; an existing time-series analysis of the coral community structure on the reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, will be expanded to 27 years of continuous data in annual increments. Expansion of the core time-series data will be used to address five questions: (1) To what extent is the ecology at a small spatial scale (1-2 km) representative of regional scale events (10's of km)? (2) What are the effects of declining coral cover in modifying the genetic population structure of the coral host and its algal symbionts? (3) What are the roles of pre- versus post-settlement events in determining the population dynamics of small corals? (4) What role do physical forcing agents (other than temperature) play in driving the population dynamics of juvenile corals? and (5) How are populations of other, non-coral invertebrates responding to decadal-scale declines in coral cover? Ecological methods identical to those used over the last two decades will be supplemented by molecular genetic tools to understand the extent to which declining coral cover is affecting the genetic diversity of the corals remaining. An information management program will be implemented to create broad access by the scientific community to the entire data set.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This project was funded to provide and independent &quot;overlay&quot; to the ongoing LTREB award (DEB-1350146, co-funded by OCE, PI Edmunds) focused on the long-term dynamics of coral reefs in St. John.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note: This project is closely associated with the project &quot;RAPID: Resilience of Caribbean octocorals following Hurricanes Irma and Maria&quot;. See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/749653&quot;&gt;https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/749653&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The following publications and data resulted from this project:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2017 Tsounis, G., and P. J. Edmunds. Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: a contrast of scleractinians and octocorals. Ecosphere 8(1):e01646. DOI: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1646&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link to external resource: 10.1002/ecs2.1646&quot;&gt;10.1002/ecs2.1646&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/664254&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rainfall and temperature data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/664223&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/664267&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Descriptions of hurricanes affecting St. John&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2016 Gambrel, B. and Lasker, H.R. Marine Ecology Progress Series 546: 85–95, DOI: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v546/p85-95/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;10.3354/meps11670&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662664&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Colony to colony interactions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662377&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eunicea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662377&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662377&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;flexuosa interactions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://Gorgonia ventalina asymmetry&quot;&gt;Gorgonia &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662645&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ventalina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662645&quot;&gt; asymmetry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/662791&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nearest neighbor surveys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2015 Lenz EA, Bramanti L, Lasker HR, Edmunds PJ. Long-term variation of octocoral populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Coral Reefs DOI &lt;a href=&quot;http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1315-x&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;10.1007/s00338-015-1315-x&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/562570&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;octocoral survey - densities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/562595&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;octocoral counts - photoquadrats vs. insitu survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/562618&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;octocoral literature review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmoserv3.whoi.edu/data_docs/St_John_LTREB/octocorals/Lenzetal_CR_MetaDataSTJ2015_BCODMO_2015-07-15.xls&quot;&gt;Download complete data for this publication (Excel file)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2015 Privitera-Johnson, K., et al., Density-associated recruitment in octocoral communities in St. John, US Virgin Islands, J.Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. DOI: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.08.006&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;10.1016/j.jembe.2015.08.006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/565056&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;octocoral density dependence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmoserv3.whoi.edu/data_docs/St_John_LTREB/octocorals/MetaData_KPJetal_JEMBE2015_STJ_Octocorals.xlsx&quot;&gt;Download complete data for this publication (Excel file)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other datasets related to this project:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Survey design:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;All sites were located at 6 to 9 meters depth.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Censuses at East&amp;amp;nbsp;Cabritte, Europa and Tektite were based on 50x10m areas that were arbitrarily selected and permanently marked with stainless steel eyebolts at the corners of the sites. &amp;amp;nbsp;A total of six transect&amp;amp;nbsp;lines, also marked with eyebolts, were laid out at 10 m intervals. All octocorals present in 1 x 1 m quadrats along the 10-meter long transects were scored. In 2014 ten quadrats were surveyed along each line.&amp;amp;nbsp; In 2015 and 2016 ten quadrats were scored along each transect line at Europa and Tektite and five randomly chosen quadrats&amp;amp;nbsp;were surveyed at East&amp;amp;nbsp;Cabritte. &amp;amp;nbsp;The transect identifier &amp;quot;transect_pos&amp;quot; has values 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 which represent&amp;amp;nbsp;position&amp;amp;nbsp;in meters within the 50x10 survey area corresponding to each of the 6 transects (e.g. 20 = 20m). &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The census at&amp;amp;nbsp;Booby Rock was conducted in a single day in which 4 transects were randomly placed along a 50 m line that was arbitrarily placed on a constant depth contour.&amp;amp;nbsp; Only 4 1x1 m quadrats were surveyed along each transect. The transect identifier (transect_pos) for transects at Booby Rock have values between 1-4 and are not related to&amp;amp;nbsp;position.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Sampling methods&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;No processing was conducted beyond loading and proofreading entries from field data sheets.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;DATA NOTES &amp;amp;amp; EDITS from data contributor:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
29-Jul-14 2014- In the first transect at Booby Rock, some Plexaura spp. colonies (most likely Plexaura homomalla kukenthali)&amp;amp;nbsp; were incorrectly identified as P. kuna colonies.&amp;amp;nbsp; These have been changed changes to Plexaura sp&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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2014 - All quadrats on right side of line&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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2014 - E Cabritte, species notation em2 on Comments 1 refers to colonies that appeared to be E. mammosa but may be Eunicea succinea&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2014 - Comment 1: &amp;quot;Originally x&amp;quot;: Miss-identification Missidentification&amp;amp;nbsp; in the field of the species &amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, corrected after sclerites examination .&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2015-&amp;amp;nbsp; All quadrats we positioned randomly on the left (L) or right (R) side of the transect line.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2015 -Species notation aa2 on Comments 1 refers to colonies that appeared to be A. americana but had somewhat broader branchlets and were not as slimy as classic A. americana.&amp;amp;nbsp; All aa2 colonies that were examined under stereoscope had A. americana sclerites.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2015 30-Jul-15 Europa 30 R 6 efl 4&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2015- E Cabritte, Transect 20D - The transect line was incorrectly placed, running from the 20m eyebolt to the 30m eyebolt.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2015 - Comment 1: &amp;quot;Originally x&amp;quot;: Miss-identification Missidentification in the field of the species &amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, corrected after sclerites examination .&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
12-Sep-16 2016 - Colonies that on the basis of branch thickness are clearly not recruits but are &amp;amp;lt;5 cm height are included as adults.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2016 - Comments 1: &amp;quot;Colony picture&amp;quot;: Pictures were taken of some of the colonies for identification purposes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2016 - Europa, Transect 30D&amp;amp;nbsp; - The transect line was incorrectly placed, running from the 30m eyebolt to the 20m eyebolt.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2016 - Comments 1: &amp;quot;Originally x&amp;quot;: Missidentification in the field of the species &amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, corrected after sclerites examination .&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
2016 - Comments 1: &amp;quot;Thin form&amp;quot;: A thinner form of E. clavigera&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
12-Sep-16 2016 - Recommendations for statistical analysis: Morphological similarities among certain species make the identification of some colonies in the field extremely difficult.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The conservative approach will be to&amp;amp;nbsp; use the following groups:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Eunicea group 1: em/esu/elc&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Plexaurella group 1:&amp;amp;nbsp; pfu/pd&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Pseudoplexaura group 1:&amp;amp;nbsp; pw/pp/pf&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* blank values replaced with no data value 'nd'&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* added lat lon of sites&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* converted site locations from degrees decimal minutes to decimal degrees&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* added species names based on species codes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* fixed switched values for E_Cabritte &amp;amp;nbsp;on 2016-07-26. Transect meter changed from R to 6 and transect side from 6 to R.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* sorted data by site, species, date, transect_pos&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* the following code replacements and species name changes have been made to this dataset:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
eusp -&amp;amp;gt; esp and species &amp;quot;Eucinea sp&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
ef -&amp;amp;gt; efu and species &amp;quot;Eunicea fusca&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
unk -&amp;amp;gt; unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp;Eunicea&amp;amp;nbsp;lacinata -&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; Eunicea&amp;amp;nbsp;laciniata&amp;amp;nbsp;(accepted name)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Also, in comments&amp;amp;nbsp;andd -&amp;amp;gt; and&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Data verson&amp;amp;nbsp;2017-03-20 replaced by version 2018-01-09 which updates site coordinates.&amp;amp;nbsp; Spelling corrections also made to &amp;quot;DATA NOTES &amp;amp;amp; EDITS&amp;quot; section above.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Data version 2018-04-05 replaces version&amp;amp;nbsp;2018-01-09.&amp;amp;nbsp; Data updated to include the sampling year 2017.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
*&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;in comments andd -&amp;amp;gt; and&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* species names along with field codes used in this dataset can be found in &amp;quot;species list&amp;quot; dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/733063&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* column names changed to match previous versions and species list (e.g. Species_code -&amp;amp;gt; field_code)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
* leading and trailing spaces removed from field codes&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;changes made to original line numbers to match entries on species list.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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