Environmental studies of Buck Island Reef National Monument III St Croix, USVI
Gladfelter EH and Gladfelter WB. 1980. Environmental studies of Buck Island Reef National Monument III St Croix, USVI. National Park Service. St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
This report presents the results of studies expanded from the previous two years of research on the marine resources at Buck Island Reef National Monument: plankton abundance, fish abundances and distributions, Diadema population dynamics, seasonal growth patterns in Acropora cervicornis, the influence of storms on the profile of Buck Island beach as well as a compilation of information on a previously unstudied taxonomic group: the algae. The individual chapters are described in separate records in this database.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gladfelter, Elizabeth; Gladfelter, William
- Date of Issue
- 1980
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BUIS
- Keywords
- Algae, Beaches, Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix US Virgin Islands, Distribution, Fish, Growth, long-spined urchin (Diadema antillarum), Marine, Plankton, Population, Research & Studies, staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), Storms