Parameter: percent coverage

Short Description:

percent coverage

Short Name:

cover_pcent

Official Name:

cover_pcent

Units:

percent

Units External Identifier:

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
4. Benthic cover	Benthic cover	Sponge Chem Ecology	rubble, sand, silt, sponge, zoanthid, turf, coralline_algae, fire_coral, rock, gorgonian, hard_coral, macroalgae, other_benthos
Algal cover Florida Keys	Algal cover from herbivore exclusion/nutrient enrichment experiment	HERBVRE	Total_macroalgae, Total_cyanobacteria, Total_upright_algal_cover, CCA, short_turf, tall_turf, Total_Dictyota, Total_Sargassum
Algal species Florida Keys	Algal species ID from herbivore exclusion/nutrient enrichment experiment	HERBVRE	cover_pcent
Barnacle percent cover	Barnacle percent cover in rocky subtidal habitats	RAPDGALPGS	barnacle_percent_cover
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	upright_sponge, encrusting_UnID2, mounding1_Porites_lobata, tube_snail, complexBranching_Millepora, uncategorized_invasiveMontipora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae_microdictyon, encrusting_tunicate, encrusting_Millepora2, mounding1_Astreopora, complexBranching_Stylaster_Distichopora, sheeting_invasiveMontipora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae_Dictyosphaera_cavernosa, filamentousGreenMacroalgae, upright_tunicate, lettuce_foliose_UnID2, mounding1_Leptastrea, encrusting_UnID, foliose_invasiveMontipora, calcareousGreenMacroalgae_halimeda, anemone, sheeting_UnID2, mounding2_complex_UnID, encrusting_Pocillopora, columnar_invasiveMontipora, calcareousRedMacroalgae, acroporaThicket2, solitary_UnID2, simpleBranching_UnID, encrusting_Porites_solida, dead_stoneyCoral, rhodoliths_freeCoralline, tableCoral_acropora, columnar_UnID2, simpleBranching_AcroporaSpp, encrusting_Leptastrea, diseased, turfAlgae_solidSubstrate, mounding1_UnID2, liveCoral_noCabbage, uncategorized_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_rus, encrusting_nonInvasive_MontiporaSpp, softCoral_UnID, turfAlgae_rubble, mounding2_UnID2, invasiveCoral, sheeting_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_cylindrica, encrusting_Isopora, leatherCoral, CCA_turf, simpleBranching_UnID2, deadCoral, foliose_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi , encrusting_Astreopora, corallimorph, CCA, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi2, bleachedCoral, columnar_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_meandrina, encrusting_Millepora, zooanthid, cyanobacteria, simpleBranching_Heliopora2, turfAlgae, trochus, simpleBranching_PocilloporaSpp, lettuce_foliose_UnID, encrusting_fleshyRedAlgae, cyanobacteria_covering, simpleBranching_Acropora2, macroalgae, urchin, simpleBranching_Heliopora, sheeting_UnID, fleshyBrownMacroalgae, seagrass, complexBranching_UnID2, otherInverts, seaStar, simpleBranching_Millepora, solitary_Fungia, fleshyBrownMacroalgae_turbinaria, sand, complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa2, acroporaThicket, seaCucumber, complexBranching_UnID, solitary_other, fleshyBrownMacroalgae_stypopodium, bare, complexBranching_Acropora2, tableCoral, seaCucumber_Chlorostichopus_notatus, complexBranching_Pocillopora_damicornis_varicosa, columnar_UnID, fleshyRedMacroalgae, encrusting_sponge, complexBranching_Millepora2, mounding1_simple_UnID, clam_Tridacna, complexBranching_AcroporaSpp, columnar_Isopora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae
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
Browsing data	Rates of grazing by parrotfishes and macroalgal browsing were assessed across the six study sites.	Killer Seaweeds	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, Turbinaria_loss, Padina_loss, S_poly_loss, Sarg_sp_loss, Hormo_loss, Turbinaria_loss_g, Turbinaria_before, Padina_loss_g, Padina_before
Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution	Scleractinian, octocoral, and macroalgae abundance and percent cover.	St. John LTREB, VI Octocorals	totalOctocoralCover_mean, totalOctocoralCover_SE, AntillogorgiaCover_mean, ScleractinianCover_mean, AntillogorgiaCover_SE, ScleractinianCover_SE, GorgoniaCover_mean, MacroalgaeCover_mean, GorgoniaCover_SE, MacroalgaeCover_SE, PlexauraCover_mean, CTBcover_mean, PlexauraCover_SE, CTBcover_SE
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
Effects of vermetids on Pocillopora	Effects of vermetids on Pocillopora growth and survival	Vermetids_Corals	percent_alive__day_155_lab, lobata, dead, steg, rus, mont, turb, poc, acropora
Epibenthic community percent cover	Epibenthic community bottom percent cover in Aleutian Island kelp forests, 2016-2017	Kelp Forest Ecosystem Engineer Loss	Other_cover, Holdfast_cover, Suspension_Feeders_cover, Encrusting_Corralline_cover, Clathromorphum_cover, BareRock_cover, Codium_cover
Grazing assays	Grazing preferences by herbivorous fish.	BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish	algae_pcntCoverChange
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
Oyster density	Intertidal oyster density in Pamlico Sound, 2014-2015	EstuarineMetaDyn	Percent_Shell, Percent_Live_Shell, Actual_Percent_Live
Percent cover of sessile invertebrates and algae	Percent cover of sessile invertebrates and algae.	Kelp_Forest_Resilience	pct_cov
Suppl 2c: benthic community composition	Benthic community composition	HERBVRE	QuadratSponge, QuadratCyano_Other, QuadratGracilaria_sp, QuadratLobophora, QuadratValonia, QuadratTotal_upright_algal_cover, QuadratAsparagopsis, QuadratStephanocoeania, QuadratDasya, QuadratGrateloupia, QuadratNeomeris, QuadratWrangelia_argus, DecileQuadratTotal_upright_algal_cover, QuadratAmphiroa_fragilisima, QuadratSand, QuadratDasya_2, QuadratGreen_scuz, QuadratPadina_spp, QuadratWirebrush_alga, QuadratAgaricia, QuadratAmphiroa_tribulis, QuadratTunicate, QuadratDasycladus, QuadratHallymenia, QuadratPennicillus, QuadratRed_macroalgae, QuadratAnemone, QuadratAvrainvillea, QuadratZooanthid, QuadratDictyota_menstrualis, QuadratHalimeda_opuntia, QuadratPessyonelia, QuadratBrown_macroalgae, QuadratDichocoenia, QuadratBrown_crust_Pseudolithoderma, QuadratExperimental, QuadratDictyota_pulchella, QuadratHalimeda_scabra, QuadratRed_Dictyota_like, QuadratGreen_macroalgae, QuadratDiploria, QuadratBotryocladia, QuadratTotal_coral_cover, QuadratDictyota_bart, QuadratHalimeda_goreauii, QuadratRhipocephalus, QuadratUpright_calcified, QuadratGorgonian, QuadratBryothamnion, QuadratTotal_invert_non_coral, QuadratDictyota_pfaf, QuadratHypnea_1, QuadratSargassum_polyceratium, QuadratTotal_articulated_corallines, QuadratMadracis, QuadratCCA, QuadratTotal_invert_cover, QuadratDictyota_cilliolata, QuadratHypnea_2_Wrightiella_blodgettii, QuadratSargassum_hystrix, DecileQuadratTotal_articulated_corallines, QuadratManicinia, QuadratCeramium_nitens, QuadratTotal_cover, QuadratDictyota_cervicornis, QuadratHypnea_3, QuadratSargassum_filipendula, QuadratTotal_Dictyota, QuadratMeandrina, QuadratCoelothrix, QuadratDictyopteris, QuadratHypnea_4, QuadratShort_tuf, QuadratTotal_Hypnea, QuadratMillepora, QuadratCryptonemia, QuadratCyano_Lyngbia, QuadratDigenia, QuadratJania_adherens, QuadratCodium_intertextum_Spongy_green, QuadratTotal_Sargassum, QuadratMontastrea_cav, QuadratCyano_Schythothirx, QuadratEctocarpus, QuadratLaurencia, QuadratStypopodium, QuadratTotal_macroalgae, QuadratOther_inverts, QuadratCyano_3, QuadratGalaxaura_obtusata, QuadratLaurencia_2, QuadratTall_turf, QuadratTotal_cyanobacteria, QuadratP_astreoides, QuadratCyano_4, QuadratGalaxura_marginata, QuadratLaurencia_3, QuadratTurbinaria, QuadratTotal_turf_algae, QuadratP_porites, QuadratSiderastrea, QuadratCyano_6, QuadratGelidiella, QuadratLiagora_sp, QuadratUdotea_spp, QuadratCrustose_and_turf
Visual monitoring of A. cervicornis	Bleaching, disease, and mortality on an individual basis 2014 and 2015.	EMUCoReS	A3_S_fitti, B2_S_psygmophilium, D1a_S_trenchii

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Parameter: percent coverage