Estuarine Living Marine Resources: Southeast Regional Distribution and Abundance (NCEI Accession 0163992)

• Main Authors: David Nelson, Mark Monaco, D. M. Nelson, M.E. Monaco, C.D. Williams, T.E. Czapla, L.C. Clements, M.E. Pattillo, L.R. Settle, E.A. Irlandi, D.M. Nelson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0163992; 163992; BIOLOGICAL DATA; Fish; FISH CENSUS; FISH SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; SALINITY; biota surveys; trawl; biological; model output; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; NCCOS Project No. 107: Estuarine Species Database for the NOAA Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; NCCOS Research Data Type > Derived Data Product; NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology (MSE); NCCOS Research Topic > Ecological/Biological Characterization; Relative Abundance; TRAWL; NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Estuaries; NCCOS Research Location > Marine Protected Area > National Estuarine Research Reserves; NCCOS Research Location > Marine Protected Area > National Parks; NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Georgia; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > North Carolina; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve; Biscayne National Park; Canaveral National Seashore; Cape Hatteras National Seashore; Cape Lookout National Seashore; Fort Frederica National Monument; Fort Pulaski National Monument; Fort Sumter National Monument; North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve; North Inlet Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve; Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve; Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve; U.S. Southeast Estuaries; Lookout; Cape Lookout; North Atlantic
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This is the original (1991) Southeast regional component of NOAA's Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) Project, a national database of ecologically and economically important fishes and invertebrates in the Nation's estuaries. The distribution and relative abundance are depicted in a consistent format for 40 species of fishes and invertebrates, in 20 estuaries in coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. Species were selected according to a set of criteria, which consider their commercial, recreational, and ecological value. For each species, five life stages are considered - adults, juveniles, larvae, spawning, and eggs - with some exceptions based on individual species life history. Each estuary is subdivided into one to three salinity zones (Tidal Fresh, Mixing, and Seawater). Relative abundance was ranked on a five-tier scale by month for each life stage of each species, in each salinity zone of each estuary. Details of the methods for the original Southeast ELMR component can be found in Nelson et al. (1991) and Nelson and Monaco (2000).