2009 USVI

Description

EPA conducted a small regional coral reef assessment at 13 stations selected to represent a range of human influence around Charlotte Amalie (CA) Port in St. Thomas. Sites were selected to represent an east-west gradient of human disturbance with CA at its center. In order to minimize habitat differences, all locations were selected in close proximity to land and at a similar depth (5-9 m). Multiple biological assemblages were measured, including stony corals, sponges and gorgonians, fish, and invertebrates. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Oliver, L., W. Fisher, L. Fore, A. Smith, and P. Bradley. Assessing Land Use, Sedimentation and Water Quality Stressors as Predictors of Coral Reef Condition in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 190: 213, (2018).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
53 Fish_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/Fish_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx
53 Inverts_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/Inverts_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx
53 Rugosity_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/Rugosity_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx
53 SpGorg_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/SpGorg_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx
53 Stonycoral_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/Stonycoral_USVI2009CA_FMay062016.xlsx
10 Metric%20Table_Surveys.docx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/Metric%20Table_Surveys.docx
53 StationInfo_USVI2009CA_FMar2018.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/StationInfo_USVI2009CA_FMar2018.xlsx
53 FORAM%20Data%20StThomas-USVI%202009.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1425905/FORAM%20Data%20StThomas-USVI%202009.xlsx

Tags

  • puerto-rico
  • usvi
  • reef-assessments
  • coral-reef-condition
  • probability-based-sampling
  • stony-coral
  • biocriteria

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