Parameter: percent_cover

Short Description: percent coverage
Short Name: percent_cover
Official Name: percent_cover
Units: percent
No Data Value: nd

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.


DatasetPI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
3 Species macroalgal cover at month 3 in experimental plots on Fringing reef (Coral Biodiversity project)The percent macroalgal cover within the plot. Cover_Percentage
Summed coral cover along the four accessory transects in St. John from 1989 to 2017combined coral cover during 1989 Coral_1989
Summed coral cover along the four accessory transects in St. John from 1989 to 2017combined coral cover during 1995 Coral_1995
Summed coral cover along the four accessory transects in St. John from 1989 to 2017combined coral cover during 1996 Coral_1996
Summed coral cover along the four accessory transects in St. John from 1989 to 2017combined coral cover during Jul 2017 Coral_Jul_17
Summed coral cover along the four accessory transects in St. John from 1989 to 2017combined coral cover during Nov 2017 Coral_Nov_17
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012crustose coralline algae coverage CCA
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012coverage by short turf less than 0.5 cm short_tuf
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012coverage by tall turf greater than 0.5 cm tall_turf
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012total cyanobacteria coverage Total_cyanobacteria
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012total Dictyota coverage Total_Dictyota
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012total macroalgae coverage Total_macroalgae
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012total Sargassum coverage Total_Sargassum
Algal cover from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012total upright algal coverage Total_upright_algal_cover
Percent cover of algal habitat types on a by-transect and/or subsample basis recorded during emergent and rapid emergent surveys conducted in the subtidal zone of northern California, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, from 1999 to 2023The percentage of the particular habitat type over (covering) the transect or transect subsample PercentCover
Algal species ID from herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment experiments conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2009-2012 (HERBVRE project)percent cover by taxon abund
Fish densities sampled by Dual Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from June to October 2018Percent cover of ASUs in 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Fish measurements sampled by Dual Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from July to September 2018Percent cover of ASUs in 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Landscape fine-scale complexity of seagrass, fish and macroinvertebrate communities within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from July to September 2018Percent cover of ASUs in 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Landscape parameters of seagrass, fish and macroinvertebrate communities within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from July to September 2018True percent cover of landscape (may not exactly match the treatment level) Actual_cover
Landscape parameters of seagrass, fish and macroinvertebrate communities within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from July to September 2018The percentage of the landscape comprised by the largest patch largest.patch.index
Landscape parameters of seagrass, fish and macroinvertebrate communities within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from July to September 2018Percent cover treatment of ASUs in 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Settlement rates of fishes and crab megalopa within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from June to August 2018Percent cover of ASUs in a 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Squidpop consumption probability within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from October to November 2018Percent cover of ASUs in a 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Squidpop consumption probability within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from October to November 2018ASU landscape percent cover after Hurricane Florence - including ASUs that are buried under sediment PostFlo_Per_Cov
Epibenthic faunal densities sampled from within Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in Back Sound, NC from June to October 2018Percent cover of ASUs in a 234 square meter landscape footprint (10, 22.5, 35, 47.5, 60) Per_cov
Barnacle percent cover in rocky subtidal habitats of the Galapagos Islands observed in 2015 and 2016 (RAPDGALPGS project)Percent cover of quadrat by barnacles (100% upper bound) barnacle_percent_cover
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of Codium green algae species Codium
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of Cymathaere triplicata Cymathaere
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of Desmarestia brown algae species Desmarestia
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of encrusting coralline algae Encrusting_Coralline
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of fleshy red algae Fleshy_red
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of Laminaria species Laminaria_cover
Benthic community cover and counts in Sitka Sound and Torch Bay, Alaska from 1988 to 2019Percent cover of suspension feeding invertebrates Suspension_feeder
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Acroporidae- branching (ACR-BRA) ACR_BRA
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Acroporidae- plating/encrusting (ACR-PE) ACR_PE
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Acroporidae- tabular/corymbose/digitate ACR_TCD
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020recently dead hard coral (i.e., coral skeletons with epithetic algal community with turf height Bare_Rock
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020bleached coral Bleached_coral
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020articulate/crustose coralline algae (ACA/CCA) CCA_ACA
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020coral rubble Coral_Rubble
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Faviidae-Lobophyllidae (FAV-LOB) FAV_LOB
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020giant clam Giant_Clam
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020calcifying algae of the genus Halimeda Halimeda
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020fleshy macroalgae Macroalgae
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020other hard corals (including non-scleractinian corals) Other_hard
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020other invertebrates OTH_INV
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Pocilloporidae (POCI) POCI
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Poritidae-branching (POR-BRA) POR_BRA
Benthic community composition from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef determined from 2015 to 2020Poritidae-encrusting/plating varieties (POR-PE) POR_ENC