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©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Density of small (≤4 cm) brain coral (Diploria and Pseudodiploria) and Porites colonies from quadrats on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1994-2024. This dataset supports the results of the publication "Encroaching rarity of Caribbean reef corals" (Edmunds et al., 2026) and is part of the study described below. Study description: Declining coral cover is causing coral colonies to occur farther apart and at lower densities, thus challenging their persistence. Here we test for po...
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This dataset is one of several that support the results publication "Encroaching rarity of Caribbean reef corals" (Edmunds et al., 2026). See the Related Datasets section for the others.
Data from the same study published in results paper Edmunds et al. (2026).
Data from the same study published in results paper Edmunds et al. (2026).
Data from the same study published in results paper Edmunds et al. (2026).
Edmunds, P. J. (2026). Density of small corals from quadrats on shallow reefs of St. John, USVI, 1994-2024. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-10-28 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/1010997 [access date]
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