Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands
The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the spiny lobster. Comparisons of past studies with current densities from these areas continue to show that queen conch populations are depletd although we may be seeing small signs of increase. This data set investigates the population status of queen conch around St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, through mark and recapture, habitat availability and utilization, sonic tracking, and seasonal migration studies to provide needed information for improved management.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
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| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC/Galveston Laboratory/Fishery Ecology Branch", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:jennifer.doerr@noaa.gov" } |
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the spiny lobster. Comparisons of past studies with current densities from these areas continue to show that queen conch populations are depletd although we may be seeing small signs of increase. This data set investigates the population status of queen conch around St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, through mark and recapture, habitat availability and utilization, sonic tracking, and seasonal migration studies to provide needed information for improved management. |
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| identifier | https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/coris/fgdc/iso/xml/queen_conch_metadata_1873_ISO.xml |
| keyword |
[ "CoRIS_Metadata", "Recovery of conch populations in the U.S. Virgin Islands", "1873", "Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census", "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover", "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat", "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census", "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Population Density", "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Macroinvertebrates", "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)", "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)", "USVI" ] |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2024-12-15T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC/Galveston Laboratory/Fishery Ecology Branch", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -64.661,18.286,-64.794,18.388 |
| temporal | 2005-05-01T00:00:00+00:00/2010-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands |
