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Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) ranging from hatchling to adult stranded dead along... -
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Red Porgy Reproductive Analysis
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Protogynous fishes are often assumed to be more sensitive than gonochorists to exploitation, primarily because of potential sperm limitation and/or social disruption... -
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Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the... -
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Caernarvon 2001
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Sampled marshes and ponds along two transects within the intermediate and brackish marsh zones of Breton Sound, Louisiana, from May 7-11, 2001. Sampling followed... -
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Sportsmans Road/Gangs Bayou 1995
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Measured fine-scale distributions of nekton on the vegetated marsh surface using drop samplers and utilized these patterns to estimate population size. Natant decapod... -
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Summary of recreational hook and line caught sea turtles documented by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The database is a summary of sea turtles that are hook and line captured by recreational anglers in the region covered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory through its... -
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Density of Cetaceans and Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The goal of this research was to develop Gulf-wide cetacean and sea turtle spatial density models (SDMs) based on line-transect surveys conducted in the U.S. waters... -
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Juvenile Smalltooth Sawfish Abundance Survey (longterm effort, catch, and environmental data)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
: Research on the U.S. Distinct Population Segment of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) life history, abundance, habitat use, movements, and migration is... -
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Captive reared loggerhead sea turtles Hook and bait interaction trials From 2004-2007
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Hook and bait interaction feeding response data from experiments with captive reared loggerhead sea turtles ranging from 45 - 65 cm straight carapace length) were... -
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Oyster Reef Projects 2000-2001
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
We used a quantitative sampling device to compare nekton use among high-relief live oyster reef, vegetated marsh edge Spartina alterniflora, and nonvegetated bottom... -
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Gulf of Mexico killer whale photo-ID catalog
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Photo-identification data on killer whales occupying the northern Gulf of Mexico have been collected in association with large vessel surveys since 1991. Photographs... -
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Radiofrequency identification technology and sea turtles
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This study investigated the compatibility of various PIT tag scanner technologies and available PIT tag frequencies, as well as testing the read depth potential of... -
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Meta-analysis of estuarine nurseries
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Densities of juvenile fishery species and other animals (all generally 100 mm total length) were summarized for shallow estuarine areas along coastal Texas and... -
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Terracing at Pierce Marsh in Galveston Bay 2001-2002
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Marsh terracing is used to restore coastal wetlands by converting shallow nonvegetated bottom to intertidal marsh. Terraces are constructed from excavated bottom... -
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GSS Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas White Shrimp Datafile
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Summarized data set of white shrimp catch by grouped subarea and grouped depth from 2002 to 2011 -
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Using the otolith sulcus to aid in prey identification and improve estimates of prey size in diet studies of a piscivorous predator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Diet studies are fundamental for understanding trophic connections in marine ecosystems. In the southeastern US, the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is... -
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GSS Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas Brown Shrimp Datafile
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Summarized data set of brown shrimp catch by grouped subarea and grouped depth from 2002 to 2011. -
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COE (BUG) Houston-Galveston 1991
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Compared species composition, numbers, and biomass per unit area among salt marsh (Spartina alterniflora) and open water habitats in the Galveston Bay corridor to... -
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Barataria Bay 2005-2006
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Nekton in the northern Gulf of Mexico often depend on marsh habitat and estuarine nursery areas during their life history, but patterns of habitat use and the...