Dataset: Summary sponge abundance on the coral reefs of St. John USVI 1992-2017
Data Citation:
Edmunds, P. (2020) Summary sponge abundance on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-07-24 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.819397.1 [access date]
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DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.819397.1
Spatial Extent: N:18.315 E:-64.716 S:18.315 W:-64.716
Temporal Extent: 1992 - 2017
Project:
Principal Investigator:
Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge, CSU-Northridge)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Howard Lasker (State University of New York at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
1
Version Date:
2020-07-24
Restricted:
No
Validated:
Yes
Current State:
Final no updates expected
Summary sponge abundance on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017
Abstract:
Sponge abundances on the shallow coral reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands from 1992-2017. Data were extracted from legacy photoquadrats that are part of an ongoing time series, and sponge abundances were measured on two scales (1) number per quadrat (“Abundance”), and (2) estimated volume as cm3/0.25 cm2. Data are summed across taxa, and support Figure 3 in the paper published in Marine Biology (Edumunds et al., 2020).