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Title: Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100)
Abstract: The Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey is a fishery-independent survey that began in 1994 to examine the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico. The data describes coastal shark abundance and environmental data from St. Andrews Bay to Apalachicola Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Date received: 20170316
Start date: 19940422
End date: 20161027
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -85.89546
East boundary: -84.425
North boundary: 30.28205
South boundary: 28.68897
Observation types: biological, in situ, laboratory analyses, survey - biological
Instrument types: GPS, multi-parameter water quality sensor, net, Secchi disk
Datatypes: biological data, DEPTH - BOTTOM, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FISH SPECIES, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, turbidity, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Huddleston, David Riley
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Panama City, FL Laboratory
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: GULFSPAN was funded adhoc from 1994-2002.
In 2003 GULFSPAN started to receive specific funding

Submission Package ID: MCUK5H
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2017-03-17 14:45:03+00
Editdate: 2021-08-31 19:58:11+00