Laguna Madre System 1995-1998

Description

Study compared densities of nekton, benthos, and seagrass among newly deposited dredged sediments and nearby and distant natural seagrass sites over a three year period. Recovery of seagrass and nekton communities from dredged material placement was predicted to take from 4-8 years.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8613
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8613.pdf

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  • lower laguna madre
  • laguna madre
  • distribution
  • 1995-1998
  • community
  • galveston fisheries ecology projects
  • 1.14 m diameter drop sampler
  • noaa
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • decapods
  • brown shrimp
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • farfantepenaeus aztecus
  • fish
  • ecosystem
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • texas
  • nursery
  • estuary
  • submerged aquatic vegetation
  • national marine fisheries service
  • seagrass
  • nekton
  • pink shrimp
  • western gulf of mexico
  • abundance
  • upper laguna madre
  • litopenaeus setiferus
  • farfantepenaeus duorarum
  • dredging
  • white shrimp
  • habitat
  • macrofauna

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