Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Toth, Lauren T. Originator: Whitcher, Elizabeth M. Originator: Aronson, Richard B. Originator: Kuffner, Ilsa B. Publication_Date: 20220920 Title: Reef-census data from Buck Island Reef Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Toth, Lauren T. Originator: Whitcher, Elizabeth M. Originator: Aronson, Richard B. Originator: Kuffner, Ilsa B. Publication_Date: 20220920 Title: Reef-census Data from Buck Island Reef National Monument Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P97YB2YF Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P97YB2YF Description: Abstract: In July of 2016, Florida Institute of Technology researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), conducted reef-census surveys at 54 sites around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The sites are divided across two reef sectors (North and South) and three reef habitats (fore reef, reef crest, and back reef). The surveys provided data on the percent coverage of corals and other benthic taxa, and abundance of bioeroding parrotfishes and urchins. Purpose: These data were used to estimate coral-reef carbonate budgets (after Perry and others, 2012). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20160705 Ending_Date: 20160715 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.62820 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.60891 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.79495 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.78266 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:6cb4d7dc-e86d-45b8-96f5-bbfef78d3a32 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: underwater photography Theme_Keyword: animal and plant census Theme_Keyword: ecology Theme_Keyword: benthos Theme_Keyword: reef ecosystems Theme_Keyword: coelenterates Theme_Keyword: erosion Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common Geographic Areas (CGA) Place_Keyword: Caribbean Islands Place_Keyword: Saint Croix Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands of the United States Place_Keyword: Buck Island Reef National Monument Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Buck Island Place_Keyword: Saint Croix Island Place_Keyword: United States Virgin Islands Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: seafloor Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lauren T. Toth Contact_Organization: SOUTHEAST REGION: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC Contact_Position: Research Physical Scientist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 600 4Th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8029 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ltoth@usgs.gov Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Perry, Chris Originator: Murphy, Gary Originator: Edinger, Evan Originator: Kench, Paul Originator: Mumby, Peter Originator: Smithers, Scott Originator: Steneck, Bob Publication_Date: 2012 Title: ReefBudget: Methodology Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Online Publisher: University of Exeter Online_Linkage: https://geography.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/schoolofgeography/reefbudget/documents/ReefBudget_Methodology.pdf Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Completeness_Report: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: At each of the 54 sites, three types of ecological data were collected by SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) divers. First, researchers collected underwater photographs of the reef surface along one 10 meter (m) x 1 m benthic transect, which was used to quantify percent cover by corals and other benthic constituents. From each transect, 9 to 17 non-overlapping photographs were input into the web-based point-count program CoralNet (https://coralnet.ucsd.edu/), where researchers identified the benthos at 75 points placed randomly on each image. The researchers then calculated the percent cover of individual benthic constituents for each transect as the arithmetic mean of percent cover across the analyzed frames. Second, along the same 10 m x 1 m transect, researchers counted the number of bioeroding urchins from four species (Echinometra lucunter, Echinometra viridis, Diadema antillarium, and Eucidaris tribuloides) and five size classes based on test size (0–20 millimeter [mm], 21–40 mm, 41–60 mm, 61–80 mm, and 81–100 mm) (after Perry and others, 2012). Third, visual census data of seven species of parrotfish (Scarus vetula, Scarus taeniopterus, Scarus iserti, Sparisoma viride, Sparisoma aurofrenatum, Sparisoma rubripinne, and Sparisoma chrysopterum) were collected along two 30 m x 4 m transects, spaced at a minimum of 10 meters apart at each site. The parrotfish observations for each species were recorded for each of eight size class (based on fork length) and two life phase categories (Initial Phase: 5-14 centimeters [cm], 15-24 cm, 25-34 cm, and 35-44 cm; Terminal Phase: 15-24 cm, 25-34 cm, 35-44 cm, and >44 cm; after Perry and others, 2012). 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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: BR Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The site is in a back-reef (BR) habitat; inshore of the reef crest. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: Site Attribute_Definition: A unique identifier for each of the 54 sites surveyed around Buck Island Reef National Monument. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: A unique site identifier that combines the geographic location of the site around Buck Island National Monument (E=east, N=north, or S=south), a site number (1-6) for each geographic location, and the habitat type (RC=reef crest, FR=fore reef, or BR=back reef). Attribute: Attribute_Label: Taxon Attribute_Definition: A list of bioeroding urchin taxa that were counted along each transect at each of the 54 sites surveyed around Buck Island Reef National Monument. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Diadema antillarum Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The western Atlantic long-spined sea urchin. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Echinometra lucunter Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The western Atlantic rock boring urchin. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Echinometra viridis Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The western Atlantic reef urchin. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Eucidaris tribuloides Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The western Atlantic slate pencil urchin. 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