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filename: s2pt7_benthicCoverAlgaeTaxa_49sites_1987_2023.csv
date: 2026-07-06 01:33:30.062315
description: aggregated algal taxa collected during VINPS and TCRMP surveys; percent cover of those taxa over time at the 35 sites. For `CSUN_benthicDat`, macroalgae were grouped into single category due to lack of taxonomic resolution in available data. Fleshy cyanobacteria are also included here as another prominent benthic primary producer. note: RAmicrusta and Peysonnelia are combined into Peyssonneliaceae (includes Peyssonellia spp., Ramicrusta spp.) for proper plotting at sites like savana, where identificiations were switched from PEysonnelia to Ramicrusta after the Ramicrusta proliferation began.
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column names:
year program date site period replicate replicatetype algaeTaxa perccover pres

column: year
description: survey year
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 2012.53368146214
Min: 1987
Max: 2023

column: program
description: monitoring program
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 3 entries)
   TCRMP
   VINPS
   CSUN

column: date
description: date of survey
Data Type: Date
Date Range: 1987-06-01 to 2023-12-07

column: site
description: survey site
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 49 entries)
   Cane Bay
   Eagle Ray
   Lang Bank Red Hind FSA
   Jacks Bay
   Buck Island STX
   Salt River West
   Coculus Rock
   Magens Bay
   Sprat Hole
   Fish Bay
   Brewers Bay
   Botany Bay
   Hind Bank East FSA
   Castle
   Grammanik Tiger FSA
   College Shoal East
   Mutton Snapper FSA
   Flat Cay
   Seahorse Cottage Shoal
   Great Pond
   Black Point
   Savana
   South Capella
   Buck Island STT
   South Water
   St James
   Meri Shoal
   Kings Corner
   Salt River Deep
   Lang Bank EEMP
   Cane Bay Deep
   Ginsburg Fringe
   Coral Bay
   Buck Island STX Deep
   VIIS-Newfound
   VIIS-Yawzi
   VIIS-Mennebeck
   VIIS-Haulover
   VIIS-Tektite
   BUIS-Western Spur and Groove
   BUIS-South Fore Reef
   Cabritte Horn
   East Tektite
   Europa Bay
   West Little Lameshur
   West Tektite
   White Point
   Yawzi
   Tektite

column: period
description: monitoring period
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 6 entries)
   Annual
   PeakBL
   WS
   SCTLD
   PostBL
   NA

column: replicate
description: replicate number/identifier
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 20 entries)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   6
   7
   8
   9
   10
   11
   12
   13
   14
   15
   16
   17
   18
   19
   20

column: replicatetype
description: type of replicate
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 2 entries)
   transect
   site

column: algaeTaxa
description: algae taxa
Data Type: character
Unique Values: (showing all 13 entries)
   Dictyota spp.
   Halimeda spp.
   Lobophora spp.
   Amphiroa spp.
   Filamentous cyanobacteria
   Lyngbia spp.
   Schizothrix spp.
   Liagora spp.
   Macroalgae
   Cladophora spp.
   Microdictyon spp.
   Peyssonneliaceae (includes Peyssonellia spp., Ramicrusta spp.)
   Sargassum spp.

column: perccover
description: percentage cover of that algae taxon
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 2.3732778870653
Min: 0
Max: 76.85

column: pres
description: presence/absence of that algae taxon
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 0.316639887527622
Min: 0
Max: 1