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filename: s5pt3_benthicOrganismCommunityCluster_40sites_2004_2017.csv
date: 2026-07-06 02:10:44.273535
description: data from multivariate community clustering of sites based on benthic surveys of coral, algae, sponge, turf, and non-living components between 2007 and 2017. Includes TCRMP and VINPS sites that contained this level of detail.
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column names:
NMDS1 NMDS2 site year cluster depth clust_site coral algae sponge turf nonliving program

column: NMDS1
description: NMDS axis 1 coordinate
Data Type: numeric
Mean: -5.98795341172294e-18
Min: -0.45303055928829
Max: 0.542134622290235

column: NMDS2
description: NMDS axis 2 coordinate
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 1.15301534677345e-17
Min: -0.548007982714801
Max: 0.401520575571158

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

column: year
description: survey year
Data Type: factor
Unique Values:
   2004
   2005
   2006
   2007
   2008
   2009
   2010
   2011
   2013
   2014
   2015
   2016
   2017
   2012

column: cluster
description: cluster as determined by kmeans clustering of mean values for each site (each site only belongs to 1 cluster)
Data Type: integer
Mean: 2.98501070663812
Min: 1
Max: 4

column: depth
description: depth
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 16.5348676659529
Min: 4
Max: 63

column: clust_site
description: cluster/site named variable
Data Type: character
Unique Values:
   clust1-Botany_Bay
   clust1-Buck_Island_STX_Deep
   clust1-College_Shoal_East
   clust1-Ginsburg_Fringe
   clust1-Grammanik_Tiger_FSA
   clust1-Jacks_Bay
   clust1-Meri_Shoal
   clust2-BUIS-South_Fore_Reef
   clust2-Buck_Island_STX
   clust2-Cane_Bay_Deep
   clust2-Magens_Bay
   clust2-Salt_River_Deep
   clust2-VIIS-Haulover
   clust2-VIIS-Mennebeck
   clust2-VIIS-Newfound
   clust3-BUIS-Western_Spur_and_Groove
   clust3-Brewers_Bay
   clust3-Cane_Bay
   clust3-Coral_Bay
   clust3-Great_Pond
   clust3-Kings_Corner
   clust3-Salt_River_West
   clust4-Black_Point
   clust4-Buck_Island_STT
   clust4-Coculus_Rock
   clust4-Eagle_Ray
   clust4-Fish_Bay
   clust4-Flat_Cay
   clust4-Hind_Bank_East_FSA
   clust4-Lang_Bank_EEMP
   clust4-Lang_Bank_Red_Hind_FSA
   clust4-Mutton_Snapper_FSA
   clust4-Savana
   clust4-Seahorse_Cottage_Shoal
   clust4-South_Capella
   clust4-South_Water
   clust4-Sprat_Hole
   clust4-St_James
   clust4-VIIS-Tektite
   clust4-VIIS-Yawzi

column: coral
description: coral percent cover (averaged across replicates)
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 14.9543049576755
Min: 2.50833333333333
Max: 81.63

column: algae
description: algae percent cover (averaged across replicates)
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 35.3703425092526
Min: 0.621666666666667
Max: 131.121666666667

column: sponge
description: sponge percent cover (averaged across replicates)
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 4.19243981386739
Min: 0.0633333333333333
Max: 18.9866666666667

column: turf
description: turf percent cover (averaged across replicates)
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 34.1577547500946
Min: 0.171666666666667
Max: 170.501666666667

column: nonliving
description: nonliving percent cover (averaged across replicates)
Data Type: numeric
Mean: 11.0150728517955
Min: 0
Max: 49.7783333333333

column: program
description: monitoring program
Data Type: character
Unique Values:
   TCRMP
   VINPS