http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/869656
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Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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2022-02-11
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Height of sea fans from surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2020
2022-02-11
publication
2022-02-11
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2022-02-14
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869656.1
Peter J. Edmunds
California State University Northridge
principalInvestigator
Darren J Brown
Pennsylvania State University
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Cite this dataset as: Edmunds, P. J., Brown, D. J. (2022) Height of sea fans from surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-02-11 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869656.1 [access date]
Methods and Sampling: <p>Analyses were completed on snorkel during August 2020. A 40 m transect was haphazardly placed along the 2-2.5 m depth contour at each site, and quadrats (1 x 1m) were randomly placed along the transect. Colonies of <em>Gorgonia ventalina</em> were measured in each quadrat when their holdfasts were within the sampling area. Colonies were distinguished between the yellow and purple morph and their max height was measured with a flexible tape measure.<br />
<br />
Location: St. John, US Virgin Islands 18.315°N, 64.716°W<br />
White Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.316899N, -64.731651W<br />
Yawzi Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.315582N, -64.725955W</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-2019992 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=2019992
completed
Peter J. Edmunds
California State University Northridge
818-677-2502
Department of Biology 18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge
CA
91330-8303
USA
peter.edmunds@csun.edu
pointOfContact
Darren J Brown
Pennsylvania State University
Dept. of Biology 18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge
CA
91330-8303
darrenjbrown1110@gmail.com
pointOfContact
asNeeded
Dataset Version: 1
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Site
Height
Color_Morph
Lat
Lon
theme
None, User defined
site
height
brief description
latitude
longitude
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
otherRestrictions
otherRestrictions
Access Constraints: none. Use Constraints: Please follow guidelines at: http://www.bco-dmo.org/terms-use Distribution liability: Under no circumstances shall BCO-DMO be liable for any direct, incidental, special, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this data submission. If you are dissatisfied with any materials in this data submission your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use.
RUI: Pattern and process in five decades of change on Caribbean reefs
http://coralreefs.csun.edu/
RUI: Pattern and process in five decades of change on Caribbean reefs
<p><strong>This project has been supported by continuing grants:</strong><br />
OCE-2019992 "RUI: Pattern and process in four decades of change on Caribbean reefs" (2020-2026)<br />
OCE-2546549 "RUI Pattern and process in five decades of change on Caribbean reefs" (2026-2029)</p>
<p><strong>NSF award OCE-2546549 project summary:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Overview</strong></p>
<p>This proposal focuses on American coral reefs in the United States Virgin Islands, most of which are trending towards persistent low coral colony abundances. This is a conspicuous aspect of the coral reef crisis, and while much is known of the disturbances causing corals to die, little is known about the ecological implications of low coral abundance. This project leverages four decades of research in St. John by using multiple sites to test five hypotheses addressing mechanisms preventing depleted coral populations from increasing in size, and they are developed in a hierarchical framework to advance basic ecology, and enhance understanding of coral reefs and the ecological processes structuring marine communities in the Anthropocene. The project is mensurative because it is conducted in an MPA, but its scope is broadened through: (a) analyses of algal symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) with co PI, Cunning (Shedd Aquarium), (b) by extending the coral reef time-series from 40 to 43 yrs, and (c) applying wavelet analyses to the time-series. Three years of funding will support 1 mo/y of fieldwork, 11 mo/y of analysis, QA/QC, graduate training, a one year postdoc, outreach, and manuscript preparation. This RUI proposal is targeting the OCE call NSF PD 23-1650.</p>
<p><strong>Intellectual merit</strong></p>
<p>The intellectual merits lie in the <em>hypotheses</em> focused on the mechanisms leading to persistent low abundance coral communities. This project is<strong> </strong>designed around a conceptual model that preserves the integrity of a 43 yr time series and tests 5 integrated hypotheses addressing four science needs: (1) advancing basic ecology, (2) leveraging of existing data to realize emergent properties, (3) serving data to end users, and (4) outreach benefitting American stake holders. Over three years, fieldwork and analyses will address: H<sub>1 </sub>Coral reef community structure is converging to a stable low coral abundance state; <strong>H<sub>2</sub></strong>. The impact of disturbances is mediated by the spatial structuring of community dynamics, and the expression of portfolio effects<strong>; H<sub>3</sub> </strong>Intensification of the coral recruitment ‘bottleneck’ and its gradual transition to settlement failure; <strong>H<sub>4</sub></strong> Declining populations sizes of echinoids limit the formation of grazing halos in which corals settle; <strong>H<sub>5</sub></strong> Persistence of low abundance coral communities is favored by changes in the symbiodiniacaea complement.</p>
<p><strong>Broader impacts</strong></p>
<p>This project will advance discoverability of time-series data in the public domain, student mentoring and experiential fieldwork, research on the causes of changes affecting marine communities, and in-person outreach at schools in California an Illinois, the University of the Virgin Islands, and the Friends of the VI National Park. Open access to high resolution data quantifying coral reefs over five decades is a critical community need to which this project will respond by placing in > 14,000 photoquadrats in the public domain (1987-present). Up to five graduate (MS) students will be mentored in marine science through fieldwork and lab analysis, and one REU students will be supported in a graduate mentoring framework. At middle schools, an “aquarium library” program will place marine animals in classrooms for 2–3 weeks in collaboration with the non-profit organization, ‘Underwater Zoo’. At high schools, ‘marine biology clubs’ will address project themes, provide research opportunities, and entrain teachers in field trips. In the field, teachers will conduct research leading to publications and will lead outreach activities with children in the junior ranger program administered by the Friends of the VI National Park. The efficacy of outreach tasks will be assessed through pre/post surveys and questionnaires administered using Google forms by teachers at partner schools. The results of assessment will be used to tune project deliverable to better meet the needs of the outreach audience.</p>
<p>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.</p>
<p><strong>Related Projects:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Affiliated with MCR-LTER - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/2222">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/2222</a></li>
<li>Serves as a new project that builds on NSF DEB-1350146 - RUI-LTREB Renewal: Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 2014-2019 - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/734983">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/734983</a></li>
<li>Overlaps with OCE 17-56678 (which focuses on soft corals with H. Lasker) - Collaborative Research: Pattern and process in the abundance and recruitment of Caribbean octocorals - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/752508">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/752508</a></li>
<li>LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019 - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/2272">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/2272</a></li>
<li>RUI: Pattern and process in four decades of change on Caribbean reefs - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/835192">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/835192</a></li>
<li>RAPID: Hurricane Irma: Effects of repeated severe storms on shallow Caribbean reefs and their changing ecological resilience - <a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/722163">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/722163</a></li>
</ul>
St John Coral Reefs
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project
eng; USA
oceans
-64.731651
-64.725955
18.315582
18.316899
2020-08-01
2020-08-01
United States Virgin Islands, St. John: 18.318, -64.7253
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Height of sea fans from surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2020
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/869672.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Site name (Yawzi Point or White Point).</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/869673.rdf
Name: Height
Units: centimeters (cm)
Description: <p>Greatest height of each fan</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/869674.rdf
Name: Color_Morph
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Fan color (purple or yellow)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/869675.rdf
Name: Lat
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Site latitude</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/869676.rdf
Name: Lon
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Site longitude</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
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02543
USA
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https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/bitstream/1912/28000/1/dataset-869656_sizes-sea-fans__v1.tsv
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https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869656.1
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<p>Analyses were completed on snorkel during August 2020. A 40 m transect was haphazardly placed along the 2-2.5 m depth contour at each site, and quadrats (1 x 1m) were randomly placed along the transect. Colonies of <em>Gorgonia ventalina</em> were measured in each quadrat when their holdfasts were within the sampling area. Colonies were distinguished between the yellow and purple morph and their max height was measured with a flexible tape measure.<br />
<br />
Location: St. John, US Virgin Islands 18.315°N, 64.716°W<br />
White Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.316899N, -64.731651W<br />
Yawzi Point = site on the south shore of St. John 18.315582N, -64.725955W</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
<p>Systat 13.0 software&nbsp;</p>
<p>BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:<br />
* Parameters (column names) renamed to comply with BCO-DMO naming conventions. See https://www.bco-dmo.org/page/bco-dmo-data-processing-conventions<br />
* Lat and Lon columns added for sites from positions in the metadata.<br />
* Lat and Lon rounded to 5 decimal places<br />
* Checked species name "Gorgonia ventalina" in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) on 2022-02-11.&nbsp; It was an exact match to LSID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290045</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
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7.x-1.1
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
pointOfContact