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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
West boundary: -88.75416
East boundary: -87.96343
North boundary: 30.25214
South boundary: 30.2
Observation types: biological, in situ
Instrument types: visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS, species abundance
Submitter: Tzeng, Mimi
Submitting institution: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Collecting institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
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Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2016-04-29 12:50:04+00
Editdate: 2024-09-09 20:36:28+00