Benthic fauna collected from four sites around Gaillard Island, Mobile Bay (1980-1982)

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Benthic samples were collected monthly by Peterson grab from four sites around Gaillard Island from March 1980 to August 1982. Benthic fauna were identified to lowest taxon possible and enumerated.

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Author Mimi Tzeng
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-02-02
ISO.author Dr. George F. Crozier
ISO.author.1 Dr. Thomas S. Hopkins
ISO.custodian Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.publisher.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.resourceProvider Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Gaillard Island, Pelican Island, Theodore ship channel, Mobile Bay, Alabama
Temporal Begin 1980-03-10
Temporal End 1982-08-25
Theme Keywords benthic fauna, infauna, epifauna, benthic macroinfauna, molluscs, polychaetes, crustacea, echinoderms, insects, coelenterates, Nemertea, benthic macroinvertebrates, sediment samples, Peterson grab, soft-bottom, bottom grab samples, environmental monitoring
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District, and Dr. Thomas S. Hopkins 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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