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Title: Octocoral species list used during surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014-2017 (St. John LTREB project, VI_Octocorals) (NCEI Accession 0277267)
Abstract: This dataset contains biological and survey - biological data collected at Virgin Islands during deployment Lasker_St_John_2012-2016 at St. John, US Virgin Islands on 2018-04-05. These data include species and taxon_code. These data were collected by Howard Lasker of State University of New York at Buffalo as part of the "Ecology and functional biology of octocoral communities (VI Octocorals)" and "LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019 (St. John LTREB)" projects. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2023-01-23.

The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:

Octocoral species list

Dataset Description:
This dataset contains octocoral field codes for species names from survey conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014 to 2017.

The related dataset: octocoral transects - adult colony height contains the field codes in this species list.
Date received: 20230123
Start date: 20180405
End date: 20180405
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Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2023-03-30 15:14:33+00
Editdate: 2023-03-30 15:14:52+00