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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Ecosystem monitoring, Community ecology, Marine ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Limpets, Marine invertebrates, Aquatic ecosystems, Intertidal environments, Biospheric indicators, Nearshore ecology, Intertidal zone, Mollusks, Lottia persona, Animals/Invertebrates

Place Keywords

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

Rocky Intertidal Limpet (Lottia persona) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7513WCB. These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset has two comma separated values (.csv) file exported from a Microsoft Access relational database. The data consist of 1) limpet (Lottia persona) sizes and 2) limpet counts.

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Author(s) Geological Survey U.S. orcid, National Park Service orcid, Sarah B Traiger orcid, Daniel N Esler orcid, Kim Kloecker orcid, George G Esslinger orcid, Daniel H Monson orcid, Heather A. Coletti orcid
Publication Date 2022-09-27
Beginning Date of Data 2006
Ending Date of Data 2025
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7513WCB
Citation U.S., G.S., Service, N.P., Traiger, S.B., Esler, D.N., Kloecker, K., Esslinger, G.G., Monson, D.H., and Coletti, H.A., 2022, Rocky Intertidal Limpet (Lottia persona) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7513WCB.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2025-12-01
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