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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Animal and plant census, Ecosystem monitoring, Biological productivity, Relative abundance analysis

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Nearshore ecology, Monocots, Estuarine ecosystems, Angiosperms (flowering plants), Seagrass, Eelgrass, Coastal ecosystems, Seagrass beds, Zostera marina, Marine ecosystems

Place Keywords

Alaska Peninsula, Kenai Fjords National Park, Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Percent Cover Data from Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound, Alaska

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset has one comma separated values (.csv) table with estimates of eelgrass (Zostera marina) percent cover. Eelgrass cover was estimated from sonar and video drop cameras deployed from boats following prescribed survey transects.

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Author(s) U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Daniel N Esler orcid
Publication Date 2024-06-18
Beginning Date of Data 2008
Ending Date of Data 2016
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7RV0KV9
Citation Survey, U.G., Service, N.P., and Esler, D.N., 2024, Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Percent Cover Data from Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7RV0KV9.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-10-03
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