LTR - Vermetid Counts

<p>Vermetid gastropods were counted were calculated on the 192 reefs in 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2014. Beginning in 2012, reefs 129-144 and 193-198 were manipulated for a project studying the effects of Vermetid removals; information pertaining to this manipulation can be found in the project “Spatial patterns of coral-vermetid interactions: short-term effects and long-term consequences”. All data collected on reefs 129-144 and 193-198 beginning in 2012 can also be found under that project. For each reef, the number of <em>Ceraesignum maximum </em>were counted. These data are meant to begin a census of the vermetids present in each site and on each reef to examine spatial and temporal variation in vermetid abundances.</p>

<p><strong>Location:</strong> Moorea, French Polynesia (17.48 degrees S, 149.82 degrees W)</p>