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Title: NOAA/NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) /Center for Coastal Ocean Science (CCMA) benthic habitat and fish community assessment, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2011-2012 (NCEI Accession 0088018, superseded by NCEI Accession 0206670)
Abstract: This accession has been superseded by NCEI Accession 0206670. Please use and refer to NCEI Accession 0206670 instead of this accession. Users should only use this accession for special cases, such as reproducing previous studies that used this accession. Refer to the documentation for more information.
Date received: 20120411
Start date: 20101030
End date: 20120622
Seanames: Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -64.965
East boundary: -64.433
North boundary: 18.38
South boundary: 17.616
Observation types: benthic, biological, composition & location, survey, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - swimmer/diver, visual observation
Instrument types: swimmer/diver, visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP, ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL, BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, BENTHIC SPECIES, biological data, CORAL, CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, FISH CENSUS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, HABITAT, HABITAT - BENTHIC, MACROFAUNA, MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS, REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, VERTEBRATES
Submitter: Hile, Sarah D.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Contributing projects: COASTAL, CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS
Platforms:
Number of observations:
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Availability date: 20130415
Metadata version: 12
Keydate: 2012-04-11 22:23:18+00
Editdate: 2024-02-18 18:59:36+00