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    "fn": "Kevin D Lafferty",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:klafferty@usgs.gov"
  },
  "description": "We collected detailed spatial data on the density and size distribution of intertidal snails as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California estuaries. The survey area was Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Using nearly 4,000 transects in potential snail habitat, we mapped snails throughout the estuary. Specifically, we systematically placed transects at intervals stratified within targeted habitat types: channels, pans, or marsh (or planar habitat that was mixed marsh and pan). At a quarter of the quadrats, we also estimated snail size-frequency distributions. Because we recorded the location of each quadrat, these data can be used to map the distribution of snails throughout this estuary.",
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      "accessURL": "http://doi.org/10.5066/F7PG1PWZ",
      "description": "Landing page for access to the data",
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      "mediaType": "application/http",
      "title": "Digital Data"
    },
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "description": "The metadata original format",
      "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.582a508be4b0c253bdff7d38.xml",
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      "mediaType": "text/xml",
      "title": "Original Metadata"
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  ],
  "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_582a508be4b0c253bdff7d38",
  "keyword": [
    "California",
    "Carpinteria",
    "Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve",
    "Santa Barbara County",
    "USGS:582a508be4b0c253bdff7d38",
    "distribution",
    "estuary",
    "habitat",
    "mapping",
    "salt marsh",
    "snail",
    "trematodes"
  ],
  "modified": "2020-09-11T00:00:00Z",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"
  },
  "spatial": "-119.54535349, 34.394584289, -119.5262487, 34.405836436",
  "theme": [
    "geospatial"
  ],
  "title": "Distribution and mapping of the snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, June to August 2012"
}