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ADCNR-MRD Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program (FAMP) Datasets (1981-present)

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Data about marine fauna captured in Alabama coastal waters by otter trawl, seine, and beam plankton trawl since 1981. Fauna include molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, elasmobranchs, actinopterygian fishes, and scyphozoans. Captured specimens are identified to species (or lowest taxon possible), enumerated, and measured for length and weight. The dataset also includes water temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen measured during sample collection.

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Author	Craig Newton
Maintainer	data@disl.org
Last Updated	July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created	July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date	2017-06-22
ISO.pointOfContact	Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator	Craig Newton <Craig.Newton@dcnr.alabama.gov>
ISO.resourceProvider	Craig Newton <Craig.Newton@dcnr.alabama.gov>
Place Keywords	Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division, ADCNR, Alabama, Baldwin County, Gulf of Mexico, Little Lagoon, Mississippi, Mobile Bay, Mobile County, Perdido
Temporal Begin	1981-02-03
Theme Keywords	adult, beam plankton trawls, crabs, distribution, diversity, fish, fisheries, fishery, fisheries independent, juvenile, larval, marine, net tows, otter trawls, oxygen, plankton, populations, seines, shrimp, survey, time series
Use Constraints	Acknowledgment of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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