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    • Feeding observations of intertidal black abalone at monitored sites around San Nicolas Island, California and local distribution of Macrocystis pyrifera based on surface canopy maps

    Metadata Updated: December 10, 2025

    The data set includes feeding observations of black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) at long-term intertidal monitoring sites around San Nicolas Island, California from 1982 - 2019. This includes site locations, sites, date of observation, observed food items, and abalone shell length when available. Seasonal (spring and fall) GIS maps of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) canopy distributions from the waters surounding San Nicolas Island in 1981-1992 are also provided.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. 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 Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 10, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 10, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-5ea7188e82cefae35a1d908a
    Data Last Modified 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
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    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 53071ad0b015e759bf9951c856c6c77bf3276597f7a59f7e80875e466d7b3e1c
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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