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Exclusion Experiment Data on Seagrass Biomass at Three Sites in Coastal Alabama (2013-2015)

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Seagrass biomass (shoal grass, Halodule wrightii and widgeon grass, Ruppia maritima) collected over two years starting December 2013 and ending in September 2015. Also included are light attenuation values collected during the winter of 2014-2015. The study area was in the northern Gulf of Mexico expanding from Point aux Pins to Perdido, Alabama.

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Author Kenneth Heck
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2017-08-17
ISO.originator Mary Kennedy <mak.kennedy.24@gmail.com>
ISO.pointOfContact DISL Data Management
ISO.principalInvestigator Kenneth Heck <kheck@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator.1 Kenneth Heck <kheck@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Gulf of Mexico, Alabama, Point Aux Pins, Ono Island, Rabbit Island, City of Perdido
Temporal Begin 2013-11-19
Temporal End 2015-09-18
Theme Keywords seagrass, biomass, grazing, herbivory, exclusion experiments, light availability, shoal grass, Halodule wrightii, widgeon grass, Ruppia maritima
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) 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, 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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