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

Description

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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7RV0KV9
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6671dc83d34e84915adb75e9.xml

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  • environment
  • usgs-6671dc83d34e84915adb75e9
  • monocots
  • alaska
  • coastal-ecosystems
  • nearshore-ecology
  • biota
  • relative-abundance-analysis
  • zostera-marina
  • gulf-of-alaska
  • ecosystem-monitoring
  • prince-william-sound
  • kenai-fjords-national-park
  • eelgrass
  • seagrass
  • seagrass-beds
  • katmai-national-park-and-preserve
  • animal-and-plant-census
  • biological-productivity
  • marine-ecosystems
  • alaska-peninsula
  • estuarine-ecosystems
  • angiosperms-flowering-plants

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