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Radial survey data of queen conch population counts, shell length, and lip thickness measurements in Buck Island and Salt River Bay, St. Croix, USVI, from 2014-08-25 to 2018-08-10 (NCEI Accession 0253469)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2022-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset contains shell lengths and lip thicknesses of queen conch individuals located and measured while conducting radial surveys of the conch populations on the northern shelf of St. Croix. The date, location, water depth, and general benthic habitat description were measured and described at each radial survey site (see InPort record number 30680 for specific project metadata).

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0253469 HABITAT - BENTHIC LATITUDE LONGITUDE shell parameters (length or weight) water depth calipers GPS swimmer/diver in situ SEFSC - Galveston Lab SEFSC - Galveston Lab Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES Caribbean Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 1100 Assessing performance and connectivity of St. Croix MPAs Numeric Data Sets > Biology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Macroinvertebrate Communities EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Macroinvertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Population Density EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH shell parameters (length or lip thickness) GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Buck Island (17N064W0006) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Salt River Bay (17N064W0022) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Buck Island Reef (17N064W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Salt River Bay (17N064W0022) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA 72WAX3

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:0253469
issued	2022-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30680" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-64.5703,17.7417,-64.7579,17.8248
temporal	2014-08-25T00:00:00+00:00/2018-08-10T00:00:00+00:00

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