Biological Baseline Studies of Mobile Bay: Water Column Biota (1980-1981)

Dataset extent

Zooplankton, phytoplankton, and pelagic fish were collected from eight stations within Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound between April 1980 and April 1981 (14 sampling trips). Pelagic fish were also collected from one station until August 1981 (4 additional trips). Organisms were enumerated and identified to the lowest taxon possible.

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Author Mimi Tzeng
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-02-27
ISO.author Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.author.1 Thomas S. Hopkins and Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
ISO.author.1.2 Thomas S. Hopkins and Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
ISO.custodian Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.publisher.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.publisher.1.2 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.resourceProvider Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Mobile Bay, Bon Secour, East Mississippi Sound, Alabama
Temporal Begin 1980-04-03
Temporal End 1981-08-26
Theme Keywords trawl survey, plankton net, tow samples, net tows, water column sample, pelagic, planktonic, fish, marine invertebrates, macroinvertebrates, zooplankton, phytoplankton, baseline survey, benchmark survey
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC) and the Alabama Coastal Area Board (contracts 80-05 and 81-03) 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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