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Estuarine Habitat and Juvenile Dungeness Crab Data (2010-2011)

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2020-02-13
This dataset contains juvenile Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) abundance data and associated habitat data from three estuaries in Oregon (Tillamook, Yaquina, and Alsea bays). These data were collected by EPA surveys in 2010-2011. Additionally, this dataset includes areal data on National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) habitat classes within our study areas. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Lewis, N., D. Young, C. Folger, and T. DeWitt. Assessing the Relative Importance of Estuarine Nursery Habitats – a Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Case Study. Estuaries and Coasts. Estuarine Research Federation, Port Republic, MD, USA, s12237-020-00821-1, (2020).

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