Description
These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset has four comma separated values (.csv) file exported from a Microsoft Access relational database. The data consist of: 1) size and disease state of sea stars, 2) counts of sea stars, 3) taxonomic classification and 4) Gulf Watch Alaska contributors.
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
- animals-invertebrates
- aquatic-ecosystems
- biospheric-indicators
- biota
- community-ecology
- echinoderms
- ecosystem-monitoring
- environment
- gulf-of-alaska
- intertidal-environments
- intertidal-zone
- katmai-national-park-and-preserve
- kenai-fjords-national-park
- marine-ecosystems
- marine-invertebrates
- nearshore-ecology
- prince-william-sound
- sea-star
- usgs-asc486