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Biological Baseline Studies of Mobile Bay: Benthic Fauna (1980-1981)

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Sediment samples were collected monthly by Peterson grab from eight stations within Mobile Bay from April 1980 to April 1981 (14 sampling trips), and a one-time ninth station on January 24, 1981. Benthic fauna were enumerated and identified to the lowest taxon possible, and mainly included crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes, and echinoderms. In addition to marine and brackish infaunal species targeted by the study, insect larvae and pupa were also identified and enumerated when present.

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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	1981-04-30
Theme Keywords	benthic infauna, epifaunal invertebrates, macroinfauna, benthic macroinvertebrates, polychaetes, molluscs, crustaceans, benthic assemblages, insect larvae, insect pupa, soft-bottom, Peterson grab, bottom grab samples, benchmark survey, baseline 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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