<div><p>Quantitative benthic surveys were made during 2013-2014 and 2018-2019 at two outer shelf, spur-and-groove reefs, Buoy (17° 53.380′ N; 66° 59.090′ W) and Weinberg (17° 53.429′ N; 66° 59.320′ W). The two sites are located near the insular slope, 7.2 km offshore. Diving operations involved a team of two divers using NITROX or air. Dives were made to target depths of 20 m at each site.</p>
<p>The modified CARICOMP protocol (Weil et al. 2002, 2009) was used to assess the spatial and temporal variability in the number, distribution along 10 × 2 m band permanent transects. Within each band transect, all coral, octocoral, zoanthid and sponge colonies were counted. Only scleractinian corals and a few octocoral species and other reef invertebrates were identified to species level.</p></div>
Benthic organism counts
Benthic organism counts - 20m
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Organism counts from photo-transects collected during quantitative benthic surveys in Southwest Puerto Rico at 20m during 2013-2014 and 2018-2019.
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Schizas, N. V., Sherman, C. E., Cruz-Motta, J., Schmidt, W. E., Weil, E. F. (2021) Organism counts from photo-transects collected during quantitative benthic surveys in Southwest Puerto Rico at 20m during 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-04-07 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.847866.1 [access date]
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