Halls Lake 1990

Description

Salt marsh habitats along the shoreline of Halls Lake are threatened by wave erosion, but the reconstruction of barrier islands to reduce this erosion will modify or destroy nonvegetated habitats in West Bay. Twenty-four 1.8-m diameter drop samples were taken in and around Halls Lake in West Galveston Bay during May, 1990 on daylight flood tides to provide information on the relative value of estuarine habitats for fishery species. Over 3,000 fish, shrimp, and crabs were collected from about 39 taxa. In conjunction with other published data on habitat value in Galveston Bay, our results indicate that for most crustacean, the Halls Lake marshes are more valuable than the other habitats examined. The relative value of the habitats for fishes was highly species-dependent. A survey of the West Bay shoreline indicated that valuable salt marsh habitats could be established on created barrier islands if direction of exposure and shoreline slope were controlled.

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45 tar file containing all files to be downloaded for this dataset https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/download/156970.1.1.tar.gz
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8606
0 NCEI Landing Page for the dataset http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0156970
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8606.pdf
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8606.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
45 tar file containing all files to be downloaded for this dataset https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/download/156970.1.1.tar.gz
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8606
0 NCEI Landing Page for the dataset https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0156970
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8606.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • biomass sampling
  • distribution
  • benthos
  • physical measures sediments
  • prey
  • crabs
  • environmental data
  • galveston fisheries ecology projects
  • land/ocean exchanges
  • nursery habitat
  • noaa
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • estuarine dependent
  • brown shrimp
  • habitat data
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • farfantepenaeus aztecus
  • fish
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • submerged aquatic vegetation
  • national marine fisheries service
  • 1.8 m diameter cylindrical drop sampler
  • salt marsh
  • pink shrimp
  • abundance
  • litopenaeus setiferus
  • farfantepenaeus duorarum
  • invertebrates
  • white shrimp
  • west galveston bay
  • predator
  • halls lake
  • physical measures water
  • macrofauna
  • 1990
  • habitat characteristics

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