Emeritus Research Biologist
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Email:
caroline_rogers@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
340-693-8950
ORCID:
0000-0001-9056-6961
Location
WARC - GVL - Main R and D Building
7920 NW 71st Street
Gainesville
, FL
32653
US
Supervisor:
Deborah M Epperson
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Abstract Human activities have led to widespread ecological decline; however, the severity of degradation is spatially heterogeneous due to some locations resisting, escaping, or rebounding from disturbances. We developed a framework for identifying oases within coral reef regions using long‐term monitoring data. We calculated standardised estimates of coral cover (z‐scores) to distinguish sites that deviated positively from regional means. We also used the coefficient of variation (CV) of coral cover to quantify how oases varied temporally, and to distinguish among types of oases. We estimated “coral calcification capacity” (CCC), a measure of the coral community's ability to produce calcium carbonate structures...
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These data support efforts to assess mangrove forest structural response to Hurricane Irma. Data were collected from within Virgin Islands National Park in St John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Datasets include measurements of forest inventory and vitality status, woody debris, regeneration assessment, and organic soil carbon.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Ecology,
Environmental Health,
Hurricane Irma,
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
Virgin Islands National Park,
forest monitoring,
hurricanes,
recovery,
tidal mangrove forest, Fewer tags
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Coral reefs are massive, wave resistant structures found throughout the tropics, where they have long attracted attention for their beauty, ecological importance, and rich biological diversity. However, in recent years attention to these systems has focused on their downturn in health and the potential that they effectively could disappear within a century. Yet while many coral reefs have deteriorated, a small number have flourished and now represent “oases” with the potential to drive repopulation of the denuded areas that surround them. This working group focuses on the geographic, biological, ecological, and physical features that characterize oases in coral reef communities, and evaluates the potential of...
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This data set includes still images and videos from three bays within Hurricane Hole, Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, documenting the remarkable biodiversity of the coral/mangrove ecosystem within these bays, and the effects of the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria on this unique ecosystem. Near shore marine communities and fringing red mangroves were severely damaged.
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