Parameter: percent coverage

Short Description:

percent coverage

Short Name:

percent_cover

Official Name:

percent_cover

Units:

percent

Graphable:

Yes

No Data Value:

Maximum Value:

Minimum Value:

100

Description

Percent cover is a method of determining relative abundance of a plant or sessile animal based on the amount of space they occupy within a plot of substrate. In this method, rather than counting the number of individuals, each species is assigned a percent cover based on a visual estimate of how much of the sample plot they occupy.

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
accessory transects	Coral community structure at pooled random sites between Cabritte Horn and White Point in St. John before and after five hurricanes from 1988–2017	RUI-LTREB	Coral_1989, Coral_1995, Coral_1996, Coral_Jul_17, Coral_Nov_17
Algal cover Florida Keys	Algal cover from herbivore exclusion/nutrient enrichment experiment	HERBVRE	CCA, short_tuf, tall_turf, Total_Dictyota, Total_Sargassum, Total_macroalgae, Total_cyanobacteria, Total_upright_algal_cover
Algal species Florida Keys	Algal species ID from herbivore exclusion/nutrient enrichment experiment	HERBVRE	abund
Barnacle percent cover	Barnacle percent cover in rocky subtidal habitats	RAPDGALPGS	barnacle_percent_cover
Benthic community at Sitka Sound and Torch Bay		High latitude kelp dynamics	Encrusting_Coralline, Cymathaere, Codium, Desmarestia, Laminaria_cover, Fleshy_red, Suspension_feeder
Benthic cover	Benthic cover	Sponge Chem Ecology	coralline_algae, fire_coral, rock, gorgonian, hard_coral, macroalgae, other_benthos, rubble, sand, silt, sponge, zoanthid, turf
Benthic cover	The benthic cover of six study sites	Killer Seaweeds	coral, ma, eam, other
Benthic cover data	Percent coverage of coral, algae, and inverts.	DisturbImpactsCoral	bleachedCoral, columnar_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_meandrina, encrusting_Millepora, zooanthid, CCA, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi2, turfAlgae, trochus, simpleBranching_PocilloporaSpp, lettuce_foliose_UnID, encrusting_fleshyRedAlgae, cyanobacteria, simpleBranching_Heliopora2, macroalgae, urchin, simpleBranching_Heliopora, sheeting_UnID, fleshyBrownMacroalgae, cyanobacteria_covering, simpleBranching_Acropora2, complexBranching_UnID2, otherInverts, seaStar, simpleBranching_Millepora, solitary_Fungia, fleshyBrownMacroalgae_turbinaria, seagrass, complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa2, acroporaThicket, seaCucumber, complexBranching_UnID, solitary_other, fleshyBrownMacroalgae_stypopodium, sand, complexBranching_Acropora2, tableCoral, seaCucumber_Chlorostichopus_notatus, complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa, columnar_UnID, fleshyRedMacroalgae, bare, complexBranching_Millepora2, mounding1_simple_UnID, clam_Tridacna, complexBranching_AcroporaSpp, columnar_Isopora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae, encrusting_sponge, encrusting_UnID2, mounding1_Porites_lobata, tube_snail, complexBranching_Millepora, uncategorized_invasiveMontipora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae_microdictyon, upright_sponge, encrusting_Millepora2, mounding1_Astreopora, complexBranching_Stylaster_Distichopora, sheeting_invasiveMontipora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae_Dictyosphaera_cavernosa, encrusting_tunicate, lettuce_foliose_UnID2, mounding1_Leptastrea, encrusting_UnID, foliose_invasiveMontipora, filamentousGreenMacroalgae, upright_tunicate, sheeting_UnID2, mounding2_complex_UnID, encrusting_Pocillopora, columnar_invasiveMontipora, calcareousGreenMacroalgae_halimeda, anemone, solitary_UnID2, simpleBranching_UnID, encrusting_Porites_solida, dead_stoneyCoral, calcareousRedMacroalgae, acroporaThicket2, columnar_UnID2, simpleBranching_AcroporaSpp, encrusting_Leptastrea, diseased, rhodoliths_freeCoralline, tableCoral_acropora, uncategorized_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_rus, encrusting_nonInvasive_MontiporaSpp, softCoral_UnID, turfAlgae_solidSubstrate, mounding1_UnID2, liveCoral_noCabbage, sheeting_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_cylindrica, encrusting_Isopora, leatherCoral, turfAlgae_rubble, mounding2_UnID2, invasiveCoral, deadCoral, foliose_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi, encrusting_Astreopora, corallimorph, CCA_turf, simpleBranching_UnID2
Benthic cover data in and out of MPA	Benthic data collected inside/outside each MPA border.	Killer Seaweeds	coral_percent_cover, dead_coral_percent_cover, macroalgae_percent_cover, rock_percent_cover, rubble_sand_percent_cover, other_percent_cover
Benthic Cover Transects		Harvey Seagrass	Cover_0m_Bare, Cover_4m_Halophila, Cover_10m_Thalassia, Cover_0m_Halophila, Cover_6m_Halodule, Cover_10m_Syringodium, Cover_0m_Grassalaria, Cover_6m_Thalassia, Cover_10m_Ruppia, Cover_2m_Halodule, Cover_6m_Syringodium, Cover_10m_Wrack, Cover_2m_Thalassia, Cover_6m_Ruppia, Cover_10m_Bare, Cover_2m_Syringodium, Cover_6m_Wrack, Cover_10m_Halophila, Cover_2m_Ruppia, Cover_6m_Bare, Cover_2m_Wrack, Cover_6m_Halophila, Cover_2m_Bare, Cover_8m_Halodule, Cover_2m_Halophila, Cover_8m_Thalassia, Cover_4m_Halodule, Cover_8m_Syringodium, Cover_0m_Halodule, Cover_4m_Thalassia, Cover_8m_Ruppia, Cover_0m_Thalassia, Cover_4m_Syringodium, Cover_8m_Wrack, Cover_0m_Syringodium, Cover_4m_Ruppia, Cover_8m_Bare, Cover_0m_Ruppia, Cover_4m_Wrack, Cover_8m_Halophila, Cover_0m_Wrack, Cover_4m_Bare, Cover_10m_Halodule
bleaching transects 2019	bleaching transects 2019	Coral Climate ETP	Unconsolidated_rubble_with_CCA, Fleshy_algae, CCA, Healthy_P_damicornis, Sand, Pale_P_damicornis, Healthy_Porites_lobata, Bleached_P_damicornis, Total, Healthy_P_verricosa, Pale_P_verricose, Bleached_P_verricosa, Healthy_Psammocora_stellata, Pale_P_stellata, Bleached_P_stellata, COTS_damage, Standing_dead_coral_no_turf, Standing_dead_coral_with_turf, Unconsolidated_rubble_with_turf
Browsing data	Rates of grazing by parrotfishes and macroalgal browsing were assessed across the six study sites.	Killer Seaweeds	Turbinaria_loss, Padina_loss, S_poly_loss, Sarg_sp_loss, Hormo_loss, Turbinaria_loss_g, Turbinaria_before, Padina_loss_g, Padina_before, S_poly_loss_g, S_poly_before, Sarg_sp_loss_g, Sarg_sp_before, Hormo_loss_g, Hormo_before, Turbinaria_log, Turbinaria_after, Padina_log, Padina_after, S_poly_log, S_poly_after, Sarg_sp_log, Sarg_sp_after, Hormo_log, Hormo_after
Community composition separated by native and cryptogenic, and introduced species of each community		Comm Effects of Competition and Predation	Abundance
Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution	Scleractinian, octocoral, and macroalgae abundance and percent cover.	St. John LTREB, VI Octocorals	MacroalgaeCover_mean, GorgoniaCover_mean, MacroalgaeCover_SE, GorgoniaCover_SE, CTBcover_mean, PlexauraCover_mean, CTBcover_SE, PlexauraCover_SE, totalOctocoralCover_mean, totalOctocoralCover_SE, ScleractinianCover_mean, AntillogorgiaCover_mean, ScleractinianCover_SE, AntillogorgiaCover_SE
coral community structure fig 2 coral cover	Coral cover in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2007-2016	RUI-LTREB	Coral_Cover_Neptune, Coral_Cover_E_TKT, Coral_Cover_WLL, Coral_Cover_Europa, Coral_Cover_White, Coral_Cover_Mean, Coral_Cover_SE, Coral_Cover_Cabritte
coral community structure fig 3	Coral cover, density, and recruits in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2007-2016	RUI-LTREB	Coral_Cover_Porites, Coral_Cover_Agaricia, Coral_Cover_Favia, Coral_Cover_Siderastrea
coral community structure fig 4	Coral cover, density, and recruits in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2007-2016	RUI-LTREB	Cover_Porites, Cover_Agaricia, Cover_Favia, Cover_Siderastrea, Cover_Other
Coral consumer and nutrients	Data from Shaver et al. 2017 (Ecology) on the effects of nutrient enrichment and predation on coral health and microbiomes.	small grazers facilitating fungal disease	algae
coral cover and environmental	Long-term variation in growth of Orbicella in association with variation in Symbiodinium genotypes	RUI-LTREB	Overall_coral_cover_Mean, Overall_coral_cover_SE
Coral cover data	Coral cover data	St. John LTREB, RUI-LTREB	coral, algae, other
Coral cover Jarvis		Coral Bleaching Skeletal Records	pcnt_cover, pcnt_cover_bleached
Edmunds 2020 L&O: coral cover	coral cover	MCR LTER, RUI-LTREB, St. John LTREB	Stony_coral_cover
Edmunds 2021 Ecosphere 3A: cover	Ecosphere 2021: fig 3A cover	RUI-LTREB, Octocoral Community Dynamics	cover_all_coral_pcnt, cover_Porites_pcnt
Edmunds et al. 2019b: Sizes of organisms used to calculate growth and for community analysis		OA coral adaptation	AREA
Effects of vermetids on Pocillopora	Effects of vermetids on Pocillopora growth and survival	Vermetids_Corals	pcnt_alive, lobata, dead, steg, rus, mont, turb, poc, acropora
EOF and benthic community Oahu	EOF and benthic community Oahu	Moorea SGD	Asparagopsis_taxiformis, Turf_algae, Dictyota_sp, Avrainvillea_amadelpha, Ulva_lactuca, Galaxaura_spp, Boodlea_sp, Unknown_1, Chaetomorpha_sp, Bryopsis_sp, Zoanthids, Lyngbya_sp, Caulerpa_spp, Anthozoa, Coelothrix_irregularis, Centroceras_sp, Echinometra_mathaei, Spyridia_sp, Ceramium_sp, Isognomon_californicum, Dictyosphaeria_versluvsyii, Cladophora_sp, Sponge, CCA, rock, Codium_spp, Pocillopora_spp, Gelidium_spp, rocks_on_sand, Dictyota_spp, Nerita_picea, Simploca_sp, sand, Halimeda_discoidea, coral_rubble, Laurencia_spp, sand_and_rubble, Hypnea_musciformis, silt_mud, Unknown_2, rubble, Jania_spp, pebbles, Uknown_green_3, reef_flat, Liagora_spp, Gracilaria_salicornia, Pocillopora_spo, Acanthophora_spicifera, Lyngbya_majuscula, Hypnea_sp, Montipora_sp, Amansia_glomerata, Pterocladiella_spp, Gratalupia_sp, Zooanthids
Epibenthic community percent cover	Epibenthic community bottom percent cover in Aleutian Island kelp forests, 2016-2017	Kelp Forest Ecosystem Engineer Loss	Clathromorphum_cover, BareRock_cover, Codium_cover, Other_cover, Holdfast_cover, Suspension_Feeders_cover, Encrusting_Corralline_cover
Grazing assays	Grazing preferences by herbivorous fish.	BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish	algae_pcntCoverChange
Habitat characteristics 2014-2016	Barnacle habitat characteristics 2014-2016	Nearshore larval transport	AVERAGE_pct_Live_Barnacles, SE_pct_Live_Barnacles, AVERAGE_pct_Dead_Barnacles, SE_pct_Dead_Barnacles, AVERAGE_pct_Free_space, SE_pct_Free_space, AVERAGE_Algae, SE_Algae, AVERAGE_Sand, SE_Sand, AVERAGE_other, SE_other
Island benthic survey vegetation - 2014	island benthic survey of benthic vegetation -2014	OA Kelp Forest Function	filamentous_red_algae_cover_score, suspension_feeder_cover_score, Desmarestia_spp_cover_score, Codium_spp_cover_score, crustose_coralline_algae_cover_score
Linear growth and competitive ability of PAC, Figure 2a	Linear growth and competitive ability of PAC at St.John, USVI	RUI-LTREB, Octocoral Community Dynamics	Percent_Cover
Long term Seagrass Cover Monitoring		Harvey Seagrass	PCovHalodule, PCovThalassia, PCovSyringodium, PCovHalophila, PCovRuppia, PCovAllGrass, PCovBare
Long-term population dynamics of scleractinian corals	Percent cover of coral in photoquadrats	St. John LTREB	percent_Coral, percent_Macroalgae, percent_CTD
Long-term random site coral coverage from USVI	Temperature and rainfall data for St. John USVI.	St. John LTREB	Dendrogyra, Solenastrea, Dichocoenia, Diploria, Eusmilia, Favia, Madracis, Meandrina, Mussa, allCorals_percentCover, Porites, percent_Macroalgae, Stephanocoenia, percent_CTB, Siderastrea, Montastrea, Manicina, Orbicella, Mycetopohyllia, Montastrea_cav, Acropora, Agaricia, Isophyllastrea, Colpophyllia, Scolymia
MBRS coral survey 2014	MBRS coral survey	Thermal History and Coral Growth	percent_of_cover
Mean Plot-Level Responses	Mean plot-level responses observed in an experiment where abundance of the seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla was manipulated to assess impact on multiple ecosystem functions	small grazers facilitating fungal disease	Gcvr
MEPS Edmunds Lasker Community Structure	Coral reef community structure on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1992-2014	RUI-LTREB	Scleract_Branching_Porites, Scleract_O_annularis_pcnt, Scleract_pcnt_S_intercepts, Scleract_pcnt_A_Agaricia, Scleract_pcnt_S_radians, Scleract_pcnt_C_natans, Scleract_pcnt_S_siderea, Scleract_pcnt_D_cylindrus, Scleract_pcnt_M_mirabilis, Scleract_pcnt_D_stokesi, Scleract_All_Mycetophylla, Scleract_pcnt_D_labrynthiformes, Scleract_pcnt_A_cervicornis, Scleract_pcnt_D_strigosa, Scleract_pcnt_A_palmata, Scleract_pcnt_E_fastigiata, Scleract_pcnt_I_sinuosa, Scleract_pcnt_F_fragum, Scleract_pcnt_S_cubensis, Scleract_pcnt_M_decactis, Scleract_pcnt_M_cavernosa, Community_pcnt_Coral, Scleract_pcnt_M_faveolata, Community_pcnt_Macroalgae, Scleract_pcnt_M_franksi, Community_pcnt_CTB, Scleract_pcnt_M_meandrites, Scleract_pcnt_M_angulosa, Scleract_pcnt_P_aestroides
Mesophotic benthic organism counts		Hurricane impacts on deep reefs	Cover
Nutrient and sediment loading affect coral functionality	Nutrient and sediment loading affect coral functionality	Moorea SGD	CCA_cover, algal_cover, p_acuta_cover, coral_cover, substrate_cover
Oyster density	Intertidal oyster density in Pamlico Sound, 2014-2015	EstuarineMetaDyn	Average_Perc_Shell
Parrotfish diversity metrics		Hawaiian Fish Origins	CORAL
Parrotfish environmental data		Hawaiian Fish Origins	CORAL
percent cover CPCE	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the coral point count method	Coral Climate ETP	CC
Percent cover of sessile invertebrates and algae	Percent cover of sessile invertebrates and algae.	Kelp_Forest_Resilience	pct_cov
percent cover PI	Percent cover of coral in pacific Panama using the coral point count method	Coral Climate ETP	CC
Peyssonnelia abundance	Peyssonnelia abundance along the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands from surveys during 2015	RUI-LTREB	Cover
Plot Macroalgal Cover Month 4	Macroalgal cover at month 4 in experimental plots on a fringing reef in Fiji.	Killer Seaweeds	Cover
pooled random sites (PRS)	Coral community structure at pooled random sites between Cabritte Horn and White Point in St. John before and after five hurricanes from 1988–2017	RUI-LTREB	Mussa, Porites_astreoides, Branching_Porites, Orbicella_annularis, Stephanocoenia_intercepts, Agaricia, Siderastrea_radians, Dendrogyra, Siderastrea_siderea, Dichocoenia, All_Mycetophylla, Diploria_labrynthiformes, Acropora, D_strigosa, CTB, Eusmilia_fastigiata, Macroalgae, Favia_fragum, Coral, Madracis_decactis, Montastraea_cavernosa, Orbicella_faveolata, Orbicella_franksi, Meandrina_meandrites
Site data, hydrographic measurements and seagrass cover		Harvey Seagrass	Q1_Ruppia, Q1_Wrack, Q1_Bare, Q1_Other, Q2_Halodule, Q2_Thalassia, Q2_Syringodium, Q2_Ruppia, Q2_Wrack, Q2_Bare, Q2_Other, Q1_Halodule, Q1_Thalassia, Q1_Syringodium
SMURF faunal settlement		Habitat Fragmentation	Percent_cover_treatment
Sponge density and cover	Percent cover and density of sponges at multiple sites in Caribbean and Pacific from shallow to mesophotic depths	MCESponge	Percent_Cover, Percent_Cover_SE
Sponge density, morphology, benthos percent cover	Sponge density, morphology, percent cover, pre- and post-hurricane	Sponge resilience	Encrusting_pcent, Excavating_pcent, Massive_pcent, Upright_pcent, calcareous_algae, coral, cyanobacterial_mats, epilithic_algal_community, gorgonians, macroalgae, non_living, other_unknown_living, zoanthids
Squidpop Assay		Habitat Fragmentation	percent_sg_cov
Summary abundance of soft corals, stony corals, and algae on the reefs of St. John USVI 1992-2017		RUI-LTREB, Octocoral Community Dynamics	Percent_Cover
Suppl 2c: benthic community composition	Benthic community composition	HERBVRE	DecileQuadratTotal_articulated_corallines, QuadratManicinia, QuadratCeramium_nitens, QuadratTotal_invert_cover, QuadratDictyota_cilliolata, QuadratHypnea_2_Wrightiella_blodgettii, QuadratSargassum_hystrix, QuadratTotal_Dictyota, QuadratMeandrina, QuadratCoelothrix, QuadratTotal_cover, QuadratDictyota_cervicornis, QuadratHypnea_3, QuadratSargassum_filipendula, QuadratTotal_Hypnea, QuadratMillepora, QuadratCryptonemia, QuadratDictyopteris, QuadratHypnea_4, QuadratShort_tuf, QuadratTotal_Sargassum, QuadratMontastrea_cav, QuadratCyano_Lyngbia, QuadratDigenia, QuadratJania_adherens, QuadratCodium_intertextum_Spongy_green, QuadratTotal_macroalgae, QuadratOther_inverts, QuadratCyano_Schythothirx, QuadratEctocarpus, QuadratLaurencia, QuadratStypopodium, QuadratTotal_cyanobacteria, QuadratP_astreoides, QuadratCyano_3, QuadratGalaxaura_obtusata, QuadratLaurencia_2, QuadratTall_turf, QuadratTotal_turf_algae, QuadratP_porites, QuadratCyano_4, QuadratGalaxura_marginata, QuadratLaurencia_3, QuadratTurbinaria, QuadratCrustose_and_turf, QuadratSiderastrea, QuadratCyano_6, QuadratGelidiella, QuadratLiagora_sp, QuadratUdotea_spp, QuadratTotal_upright_algal_cover, QuadratAsparagopsis, QuadratSponge, QuadratCyano_Other, QuadratGracilaria_sp, QuadratLobophora, QuadratValonia, DecileQuadratTotal_upright_algal_cover, QuadratAmphiroa_fragilisima, QuadratStephanocoeania, QuadratDasya, QuadratGrateloupia, QuadratNeomeris, QuadratWrangelia_argus, QuadratAgaricia, QuadratAmphiroa_tribulis, QuadratSand, QuadratDasya_2, QuadratGreen_scuz, QuadratPadina_spp, QuadratWirebrush_alga, QuadratAnemone, QuadratAvrainvillea, QuadratTunicate, QuadratDasycladus, QuadratHallymenia, QuadratPennicillus, QuadratRed_macroalgae, QuadratBrown_macroalgae, QuadratDichocoenia, QuadratBrown_crust_Pseudolithoderma, QuadratZooanthid, QuadratDictyota_menstrualis, QuadratHalimeda_opuntia, QuadratPessyonelia, QuadratGreen_macroalgae, QuadratDiploria, QuadratBotryocladia, QuadratExperimental, QuadratDictyota_pulchella, QuadratHalimeda_scabra, QuadratRed_Dictyota_like, QuadratUpright_calcified, QuadratGorgonian, QuadratBryothamnion, QuadratTotal_coral_cover, QuadratDictyota_bart, QuadratHalimeda_goreauii, QuadratRhipocephalus, QuadratTotal_articulated_corallines, QuadratMadracis, QuadratCCA, QuadratTotal_invert_non_coral, QuadratDictyota_pfaf, QuadratHypnea_1, QuadratSargassum_polyceratium
Target site benthic survey reef bioerosion - 2014	Target site benthic survey reef bioerosion - 2014	OA Kelp Forest Function	Clathromorphum_cover, grazed_cover_median
Target site benthic survey vegetation - 2014	Target site benthic survey vegetation - 2014	OA Kelp Forest Function	filamentous_red_algae_cover_score, suspension_feeder_cover_score, Desmarestia_spp_cover_score, Codium_spp_cover_score, crustose_coralline_algae_cover_score, erect_calcified_algae_cover_score, shell_cover_score, sand_cover_score, rock_cover_score
Taxonomic data	Coral taxon data	RUI-LTREB, St. John LTREB	dipl, mont, orbi, pori, side, agar
Turf Tile Cover		Octocoral Community Dynamics	cca, green_algae, ramicrusta, red_algae, sponge, bare_tile, turf_algae, worm_tubes, ascidians, bivalves, bryozoans
Visual monitoring of A. cervicornis	Bleaching, disease, and mortality on an individual basis 2014 and 2015.	EMUCoReS	B2_S_psygmophilium, D1a_S_trenchii, A3_S_fitti
yawzi point and tektite	Coral community structure at Yawazi Point and Tektite in St. John before and after five hurricanes from 1988–2017	RUI-LTREB	CTB, Macroalgae, Coral, Orbicella_complex, Montastraea, Agaricia, Colpophyllia, Diploria, Eusmilia, Madracis, Meandrina, Porites, Siderastrea, Mycetophyllia, Acropora

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