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Child Item 02: Forage Fish Morphology Data from Prince William Sound, Alaska

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2012
End Date
2023
Last Revision
2024-09

Citation

Arimitsu, M.L., Piatt, J.F., Heflin, B.M., and Marsteller, C.E., 2017, Gulf Watch Alaska - Pelagic Ecosystems Forage Fish Component - data from Prince William Sound: distribution, abundance, and morphology of fish, zooplankton, and predators and oceanographic conditions (ver 4.0, September 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74J0C9Z.

Summary

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F74J0C9Z One table with fish morphology measurements from a sample of each fish species caught at each sampling station during summer surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The data include: date, time, latitude, longitude, fishing method, fish common name, total length, fork length, weight, and whether or not that fish was saved. Various catch methods were used to obtain fish samples for aerial and hydroacoustic validations, including: modified herring trawl, purse seine, beach seine, gillnet, cast net, dip net, and jig. Version History: First release: April 2017 Revised: February 2021 (ver. 2.0) Revised: March 2023 (ver. 3.0) Revised: September 2024 (ver. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Mayumi Arimitsu, John F Piatt, Brielle H Heflin, Caitlin E Marsteller
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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forageFish_morphology_princeWilliamSound_metadata.html 78.05 KB text/html
forageFish_morphology_princeWilliamSound_metadata.xml
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versionHistory.txt 4.05 KB text/plain
forageFish_morphology_princeWilliamSound.csv 530.08 KB text/csv
forageFish_taxonomy_princeWilliamSound.csv 6.75 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to monitor and assess changes in forage fish through time in Prince William Sound.

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  • Alaska Science Center (ASC)

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Version 4.0 posted by ASC Data Management on September 2024. To view changes, see "versionHistory.txt" in the Attached Files section.

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