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    • RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Gulf-wide assessment of habitat use and habitat-specific production estimates of nekton in turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum)

    Metadata Updated: May 22, 2025

    This project assesses the use of turtlegrass by finfish and shellfish across the northern Gulf Mexico and evaluates the specific ways seagrass supports blue crabs, a commercially important species.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 18, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2017 (creation), 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update

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    Harvested from NOS NCCOS

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 18, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2017 (creation), 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66730
    Access Constraints Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Gulf-wide assessment of habitat use and habitat-specific production estimates of nekton in turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66730., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None
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    Bbox North Lat 31
    Bbox South Lat 18
    Bbox West Long -98
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    Graphic Preview Description RESTORE Science Program Logo
    Graphic Preview File https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/restore/restore_tagbottom.png
    Harvest Object Id 5029af56-27b4-46d1-a142-b82931824af0
    Harvest Source Id 9594655d-43d5-48eb-bc7d-86f579a54e78
    Harvest Source Title NOS NCCOS
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage This project is an assessment of turtlegrass habitat use and an evaluation of the specific ways it supports blue crabs. The researchers will determine the abundance, diversity, age, and mix of juvenile and adult animals that use turtlegrass as habitat in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Additionally, they will measure the relationships in these three states between blue crab growth and mortality and characteristics of the turtlegrass such as plant density and height. Finally, they will develop separate statistical models for Florida, Louisiana, and Texas that will estimate blue crab production in turtlegrass based on crab abundance, growth, and mortality data.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2017-06-01
    Temporal Extent End 2022-05-01

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