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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas species distribution and abundance map layers generated from Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program and National Marine Fisheries Service fisheries independent resource surveys in the Gulf of Mexico (NCEI Accession 0211874)

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Fishery-independent data from the Federal/State/University cooperative Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center were used to generate maps of station locations, sampling effort and distribution and abundance of selected fish, shark and invertebrate species. The map layers for each species were summarized from SEAMAP Fall Plankton (1986-2016), SEAMAP Summer and Fall Bottom Trawl (1987-2018), SEAMAP Reef Fish Video (1995-2017) and NMFS Bottom Longline (2001-2018) surveys. Species specific information may be documented for a single or multiple surveys dependent upon available data.

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0211874 PLANKTON POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC species abundance SPECIES IDENTIFICATION net - zooplankton net trawl video camera in situ laboratory analyses Caretta DEFENDER Hernan Cortez II NOAA Ship McArthur R/V Pelican SUN COASTER Tommy Munro WEATHERBIRD II NOAA Fisheries NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information SEFSC - Pascagoula/Stennis Lab Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Texas Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON relative abundance sampling sites species occurrence data summary PLANKTON NETS TRAWL VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA Arc GIS bongo net bottom longline longline Ships CARETTA (call sign: WNG614, ICES code: 33Y4) DEFENDER (ICES code: 74DF, 1952-1969) HERNAN CORTEZ II (ICES code: 33VU, 1984-1997) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) PELICAN (call sign: WSK3051, ICES code: 32PE, 1985-) SUN COASTER (ICES code: 32WP) Tommy Munro (call sign: WDE4584, ICES code: 33TM) WEATHERBIRD (call sign: AGOR, ICES code: 320G) ALABAMA INSHORE VESSELS Alabama Discovery Gandy Other Vessels R/V Acadiana R/V Blazing Seven R/V Chapman R/V Gordon Gunter R/V Oregon II R/V Pisces R/V Point Sur R/V Southern Journey OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO TMHB9G

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identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0211874
issued 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "PLANKTON",
  "POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC",
  "species abundance",
  "SPECIES IDENTIFICATION",
  "net - zooplankton net",
  "trawl",
  "video camera",
  "in situ",
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  "DEFENDER",
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  "NOAA Ship McArthur",
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  "WEATHERBIRD II",
  "NOAA Fisheries",
  "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "SEFSC - Pascagoula/Stennis Lab",
  "Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)",
  "Coastal Waters of Alabama",
  "Coastal Waters of Florida",
  "Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico",
  "Coastal Waters of Louisiana",
  "Coastal Waters of Mississippi",
  "Coastal Waters of Texas",
  "Gulf of Mexico",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
  "oceanography",
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  "data summary",
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  "R/V Southern Journey",
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modified 2020-07-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -81.25,23.997,-97.41666667,30.5
temporal 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2018-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas species distribution and abundance map layers generated from Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program and National Marine Fisheries Service fisheries independent resource surveys in the Gulf of Mexico (NCEI Accession 0211874)

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