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EM: Coral colony density and land development, St.Croix, Virgin Islands, USA (EM-194)
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EM Identity and Description
EM Identification
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EM ID
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EM-194 |
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EM Short Name
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Coral and land development, St.Croix, VI, USA |
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EM Full Name
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Coral colony density and land development, St.Croix, Virgin Islands, USA |
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EM Source or Collection
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US EPA |
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EM Source Document ID
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96 |
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Document Author
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Oliver, L. M., Lehrter, J. C. and Fisher, W. S. |
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Document Year
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2011 |
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Document Title
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Relating landscape development intensity to coral reef condition in the watersheds of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands |
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Document Status
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Peer reviewed and published |
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Comments on Status
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Published journal manuscript |
Software and Access
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Contact Name
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Leah Oliver |
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Contact Address
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National Health and Environmental Research Effects Laboratory |
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Contact Email
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leah.oliver@epa.gov |
EM Description
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Summary Description
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AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: "In this exploratory comparison, stony coral condition was related to watershed LULC and LDI values. We also compared the capacity of other potential human activity indicators to predict coral reef condition using multivariate analysis." (294) |
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Specific Policy or Decision Context Cited
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Not applicable |
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Biophysical Context
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nearshore; <1.5 km offshore; <12 m depth |
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EM Scenario Drivers
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Not applicable |
EM Relationship to Other EMs or Applications
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Method Only, Application of Method or Model Run
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Method + Application |
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New or Pre-existing EM?
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New or revised model |
Related EMs (for example, other versions or derivations of this EM) described in ESML
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Document ID for related EM
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None |
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EM ID for related EM
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None |
EM Modeling Approach
EM Relationship to Time
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EM Temporal Extent
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2006-2007 |
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EM Time Dependence
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time-stationary |
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EM Time Reference (Future/Past)
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Not applicable |
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EM Time Continuity
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Value
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Unit
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Not applicable |
EM Spatial Extent
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Bounding Type
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Physiographic or Ecological |
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Spatial Extent Name
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St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Spatial Extent Area (Magnitude)
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10-100 km^2 |
Spatial Distribution of Computations
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EM Spatial Distribution
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spatially lumped (in all cases) |
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Spatial Grain Type
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Not applicable |
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Spatial Grain Size
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Not applicable |
EM Structure and Computation Approach
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EM Computational Approach
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Analytic |
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EM Determinism
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deterministic |
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Statistical Estimation of EM
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Model Checking Procedures Used
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Model Calibration Reported?
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Yes |
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Model Goodness of Fit Reported?
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Yes |
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Goodness of Fit (metric| value | unit)
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Model Operational Validation Reported?
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No |
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Model Uncertainty Analysis Reported?
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Yes |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Reported?
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No |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Include Interactions?
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Not applicable |
EM Locations, Environments, Ecology
Location of EM Application
Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])
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Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)
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Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)
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Centroid Latitude
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17.75 |
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Centroid Longitude
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-64.75 |
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Centroid Datum
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NAD83 |
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Centroid Coordinates Status
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Estimated |
Environments and Scales Modeled
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EM Environmental Sub-Class
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Near Coastal Marine and Estuarine |
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Specific Environment Type
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stony coral reef |
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EM Ecological Scale
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Ecological scale is finer than that of the Environmental Sub-class |
Scale and taxa of organisms modeled
Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled
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EM Organismal Scale
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Guild or Assemblage |
Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified
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EnviroAtlas URL
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| None Available |
EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system
CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)
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(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)
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EM Variable Names (and Units)
Predictor
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Driving Variables (and Units)
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Constant or Factor Variables (and Units)
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Intermediate
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Intermediate (Computed) Variables (and Units)
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None |
Response
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Observed Response Variables (and Units)
view details (1 variable)
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Computed Response Variables (and Units)
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None |