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OAS accession Detail for 0149391
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0149391 | archive
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| Title: |
American Horseshoe Crab Abundance in the Northern Central Gulf of Mexico from 2012-05-21 to 2013-08-20 (NCEI Accession 0149391) |
| Abstract: |
This dataset contains sightings of American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, during shoreline surveys conducted in late spring and summer in 2012 and 2013. The study area was in the northern Gulf of Mexico extending from Fort Morgan peninsula of the Alabama coast west to Horn Island off the Mississippi coast, which covers a total distance from east to west of about 60 km. Live crabs, dead crabs, and molts are included. |
| Date received: |
20160428 |
| Start date: |
20120521 |
| End date: |
20130820 |
| Seanames: |
Coastal Waters of Alabama, Coastal Waters of Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
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| West boundary: |
-88.75416 |
| East boundary: |
-87.96343 |
| North boundary: |
30.25214 |
| South boundary: |
30.2 |
| Observation types: |
biological, in situ
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| Instrument types: |
visual observation |
| Datatypes: |
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS, species abundance
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| Submitter: |
Tzeng, Mimi |
| Submitting institution: |
Dauphin Island Sea Lab |
| Collecting institutions: |
Dauphin Island Sea Lab |
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| Platforms: |
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| Number of observations: |
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| Supplementary information: |
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| Availability date: |
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| Metadata version: |
5 |
| Keydate: |
2016-04-29 12:50:04+00 |
| Editdate: |
2024-09-09 20:36:28+00 |