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Title: Biogeographic characterization of fish and benthic communities, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands 2012-06-12 to 2012-06-22 (NCEI Accession 0125418, superseded by NCEI Accession 0206670)
Abstract: This accession has been superseded by NCEI Accession 0206670.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: 20140908
Start date: 20120612
End date: 20120622
Seanames: Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -64.8763
East boundary: -64.8188
North boundary: 18.3235
South boundary: 18.2973
Observation types: benthic, biological, survey, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - swimmer/diver, visual observation
Instrument types: swimmer/diver, visual observation
Datatypes: CORAL, CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, FISH BIOMASS, FISH CENSUS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, HABITAT, HABITAT - BENTHIC, MACROALGAE, MACROFAUNA, REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER, species abundance, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, VERTEBRATES
Submitter: Hile, Sarah D.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Contributing projects: CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS, CRCP
Platforms:
Number of observations:
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This work is being conducted in collaboration with the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy and the University of the Virgin Islands.
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