# Octocoral species surveys: adults # Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands in June-August 2018. # H. Lasker (U. Buffalo) # version: 2019-09-23 # ========================= Site lat lon Census_Year ------------------------- Tektite 18.3129 -64.7299 2018 ========================= Transect_Position ------------------------- 20 ========================= Genus_Species Species_code Date Side_of_transect Meter_on_transect Genus Height_of_living_tissue_cm Total_height Basal_damage Damage Comments_1 Comments_2_sample_tag ------------------------- Gorgonia ventalina gv 2018-06-24 R 1 Gorgonia 24 nd nd nd only the central branch es (veins) of the colony remain nd Plexaura kukenthali pk 2018-06-24 R 1 Plexaura 18 nd nd nd nd nd Gorgonia ventalina gv 2018-06-24 R 1 Gorgonia 5 8 nd nd nd nd Eunicea flexuosa efl 2018-06-24 R 2 Eunicea 5 12 nd nd nd nd Plexaurella dichotoma pd 2018-06-24 R 2 Plexaurella 26 nd nd nd nd nd Plexaura kukenthali pk 2018-06-24 R 2 Plexaura 16 nd nd nd nd nd Eunicea flexuosa efl 2018-06-24 R 2 Eunicea 3 nd nd nd nd nd Plexaura kukenthali pk 2018-06-24 R 2 Plexaura 21 nd nd nd nd nd Antillogorgia americana aa 2018-06-24 R 2 Antillogorgia 50 50 15 nd C. gibbosum nd Gorgonia ventalina gv 2018-06-24 R 2 Gorgonia 46 nd nd nd nd nd Gorgonia ventalina gv 2018-06-24 R 2 Gorgonia 5 nd nd nd nd nd Pseudoplexaura wagenaari pw 2018-06-24 R 3 Pseudoplexaura 16 nd nd nd nd nd Pseudoplexaura wagenaari pw 2018-06-24 R 3 Pseudoplexaura 20 nd nd nd nd nd Antillogorgia americana aa 2018-06-24 R 3 Antillogorgia 6 nd nd nd nd nd Antillogorgia americana aa 2018-06-24 L 3 Antillogorgia 10 nd nd nd nd nd Pseudoplexaura wagenaari pw 2018-06-24 R 4 Pseudoplexaura 17 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2018-06-24 R 5 nd nd nd nd nd No colonies present nd Plexaurella grisea pg 2018-06-24 L 5 Plexaurella 50 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2018-06-24 L 7 nd nd nd nd nd No colonies present nd Eunicea sp esp 2018-06-24 L 8 Eunicea 7 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2018-06-24 R 9 nd nd nd nd nd No colonies present nd