Coral reef abundance on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1992-2014

Dataset: MEPS Edmunds Lasker Fig 2Coral reef abundance on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1992-2014. Benthic coral reef communities were monitored on the south shore of St. John. In 1992, six sites were selected using random coordinates constrained to hard bottom on fringing reefs (< 9-m depth) between Cabritte Horn and White Point, and were permanently marked. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/750513NSF Division of Environmental Biology (NSF DEB) DEB-0841441, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-1332915, NSF Division of Environmental Biology (NSF DEB) DEB-135014