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	other_benthos, rubble, sand, silt, sponge, zoanthid, turf, coralline_algae, fire_coral, rock, gorgonian, hard_coral, macroalgae
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	Total_Dictyota, Total_Sargassum, Total_macroalgae, Total_cyanobacteria, Total_upright_algal_cover, CCA, short_tuf, tall_turf
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	encrusting_sponge, complexBranching_Millepora2, mounding1_simple_UnID, clam_Tridacna, complexBranching_AcroporaSpp, columnar_Isopora, fleshyGreenMacroalgae, 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, upright_tunicate, lettuce_foliose_UnID2, mounding1_Leptastrea, encrusting_UnID, foliose_invasiveMontipora, filamentousGreenMacroalgae, anemone, sheeting_UnID2, mounding2_complex_UnID, encrusting_Pocillopora, columnar_invasiveMontipora, calcareousGreenMacroalgae_halimeda, acroporaThicket2, solitary_UnID2, simpleBranching_UnID, encrusting_Porites_solida, dead_stoneyCoral, calcareousRedMacroalgae, tableCoral_acropora, columnar_UnID2, simpleBranching_AcroporaSpp, encrusting_Leptastrea, diseased, rhodoliths_freeCoralline, mounding1_UnID2, liveCoral_noCabbage, uncategorized_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_rus, encrusting_nonInvasive_MontiporaSpp, softCoral_UnID, turfAlgae_solidSubstrate, mounding2_UnID2, invasiveCoral, sheeting_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Porites_cylindrica, encrusting_Isopora, leatherCoral, turfAlgae_rubble, simpleBranching_UnID2, deadCoral, foliose_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi, encrusting_Astreopora, corallimorph, CCA_turf, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_eydouxi2, bleachedCoral, columnar_invasiveMontipora2, simpleBranching_Pocillopora_meandrina, encrusting_Millepora, zooanthid, CCA, 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
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	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, Sarg_sp_log, S_poly_after, Hormo_log, Sarg_sp_after, Hormo_after, Turbinaria_loss, Padina_loss, S_poly_loss, Sarg_sp_loss, Hormo_loss, Turbinaria_loss_g
Coral and macroalgae abundance and distribution	Scleractinian, octocoral, and macroalgae abundance and percent cover.	St. John LTREB, VI Octocorals	PlexauraCover_SE, CTBcover_SE, totalOctocoralCover_mean, totalOctocoralCover_SE, ScleractinianCover_mean, AntillogorgiaCover_mean, ScleractinianCover_SE, AntillogorgiaCover_SE, MacroalgaeCover_mean, GorgoniaCover_mean, MacroalgaeCover_SE, GorgoniaCover_SE, CTBcover_mean, PlexauraCover_mean
coral community structure fig 2 coral cover	Coral cover in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2007-2016	RUI-LTREB	Coral_Cover_WLL, Coral_Cover_Europa, Coral_Cover_White, Coral_Cover_Mean, Coral_Cover_SE, Coral_Cover_Cabritte, Coral_Cover_Neptune, Coral_Cover_E_TKT
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
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
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
Habitat characteristics 2014-2016	Barnacle habitat characteristics 2014-2016	Nearshore larval transport	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, AVERAGE_pct_Live_Barnacles
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	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, Dendrogyra, Solenastrea, Dichocoenia
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_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, Community_pcnt_Coral, Scleract_pcnt_M_cavernosa, Community_pcnt_Macroalgae, Scleract_pcnt_M_faveolata, Community_pcnt_CTB, Scleract_pcnt_M_franksi, Scleract_pcnt_M_meandrites, Scleract_pcnt_M_angulosa, Scleract_pcnt_P_aestroides, Scleract_Branching_Porites, Scleract_O_annularis_pcnt, Scleract_pcnt_S_intercepts, Scleract_pcnt_A_Agaricia
Oyster density	Intertidal oyster density in Pamlico Sound, 2014-2015	EstuarineMetaDyn	Percent_Shell, Percent_Live_Shell, Actual_Percent_Live
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
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	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, Mussa, Porites_astreoides
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_SE, Percent_Cover
Suppl 2c: benthic community composition	Benthic community composition	HERBVRE	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, QuadratWrangelia_argus, DecileQuadratTotal_upright_algal_cover, QuadratAmphiroa_fragilisima, QuadratStephanocoeania, QuadratDasya, QuadratGrateloupia, QuadratNeomeris, QuadratWirebrush_alga, QuadratAgaricia, QuadratAmphiroa_tribulis, QuadratSand, QuadratDasya_2, QuadratGreen_scuz, QuadratPadina_spp, QuadratRed_macroalgae, QuadratAnemone, QuadratAvrainvillea, QuadratTunicate, QuadratDasycladus, QuadratHallymenia, QuadratPennicillus, 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, 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
Taxonomic data	Coral taxon data	RUI-LTREB, St. John LTREB	mont, orbi, pori, side, agar, dipl
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
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	Coral, Orbicella_complex, Montastraea, Agaricia, Colpophyllia, Diploria, Eusmilia, Madracis, Meandrina, Porites, Siderastrea, Mycetophyllia, Acropora, CTB, Macroalgae

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