Description
This data package includes four (4) child items with data from the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program (nearshore monitoring component) rocky intertidal study.
Child Item One: "Rocky Intertidal Sea Star Size, Count, and Disease Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park". The data include: (1) size and disease state of sea stars, (2) counts of sea stars, and (3) taxonomic classification.
Child Item Two: "Rocky Intertidal Nucella, Lirabuccinum, Katharina, and Lottia Counts from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park". The data include: (1) counts of Nucella spp., Lottia spp., Lirabuccinum dirum, and Katharina tunicata and (2) taxonomic classification.
Child Item Three: "Rocky Intertidal Invertebrate and Algae Cover from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park". The data include: (1) intertidal cover, (2) intertidal percent cover, (3) intertidal top layer percent cover, (4) intertidal substrate percent cover, and (5) taxonomic classification.
Child Item Four: "Rocky Intertidal Limpet (Lottia persona) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park". The data include: (1) limpet (Lottia persona) sizes and (2) limpet counts.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
Tags
- alaska
- alaska-peninsula
- algae
- animals-invertebrates
- aquatic-ecosystems
- barnacles
- biota
- chitons
- coastal-ecosystems
- community-ecology
- echinoderm
- echinodermata
- ecosystem-monitoring
- environment
- gulf-of-alaska
- intertidal-environments
- intertidal-zone
- katmai-national-park-and-preserve
- kenai-fjords-national-park
- limpets
- macroalgae-seaweeds
- marine-ecosystems
- marine-flora
- marine-invertebrates
- mollusks
- mussels
- nearshore-ecology
- prince-william-sound
- sea-stars
- seaweeds
- snails
- usgs-asc352