Abstract:

Species identifications and counts of decapods from six most diverse samples collected pre- and post-spill on Ewing and Sackett Banks, off Louisiana.

Suggested Citation:

Thoma, Brent. 2014. Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans after the Macondo Oil Spill, Ewing and Sackett Gulf Deep Banks off Louisiana, 2004-2012.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7GQ6VPK

Publications:

Felder, D. L., Thoma, B. P., Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., Self-Krayesky, S. L., Chistoserdov, A., … Fredericq, S. (2014). Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BioScience, 64(9), 808–819. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu119

Purpose:

This dataset was developed in an effort to assess the changes in diversity and abundance of decapod crustaceans on hard banks in the Gulf of Mexico potentially impacted by the Macondo Oil Spill. The data includes raw species identifications and counts for the 6 most adundant samples collected both before and after the spill.

Data Parameters and Units:

Station Number, Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Latitude (degrees minutes), Longitude (degrees minutes), Depth (meters), Equipment/Gear (box dredge), Habitat (Rubble), Vessel Name (R/V Pelican), Country (USA), Body of Water (Gulf of Mexico), Locality (Ewing Bank/Fish Haven or Sackett Bank, off Louisiana), Project Number, Collector (Darryl L. Felder, Suzanne Fredricq, et al.), Identifier (Darryl L. Felder). Species identifications and counts of decapod crustaceans Achelous spinicarpus Achelous ordwayi Actaea bifrons Allactaea lithrostrota Alpheopsis sp. Alpheus nr amblyonyx Alpheus nr macrocheles Alpheus nr packardii Arachnopsis filipes Areopaguristes hewatti Automate evermanni Automate sp Brachycarpus biungulatus Calappa galloides Coralaxius nodulosus Cronius ruber Cryptosoma balguerri Dardanus fucosus Dardanus insignis Dardanus venosus Ebalia cariosa Etisus guinotae Euchirograpsus americanus Galathea rostrata Nov gen. nov. sp. near Garthiope barbadenmsis Iliacantha sparsa Iliacantha subglobosa Iridopagurus caribbaensis Iridiopagurus reticulatus Latreutes fucorum Leptochela sp. Lithadia cadaverosa Macrocoeloma concavum Macrocoeloma septemspinosum Melybia thalamita Metapenaeopsis gerardoi Micropanope lobifrons Micropanope sculptipes Micropanope truncatifrons Milnepanopeus lobipes Mocosa crebripunctata Munida angulata Munida pusilla Munida spinifrons Myropsis quinquespinosa Nanoplax xanthiformis Nemausa acuticornis Odontozona libertae Osachila semilevis Osachila tuberosa Paguristes hewatti Paguristes moorei Paguristes triangulatus Pagurus brevidactylus Palicus affinis Paractaea nodosa Paractaea rufopunctata Paraxiopsis sp Perclimenaeus sp A Perclimenaeus sp B Phimochirus holthuisi Pilumnus floridanus Platylambrus fraterculus Podochela algicola Portunus floridanus Processa sp. Pseudocoutiera antillensis Pseudomedaeus agassizii Pseudomedaeus distinctus Scopolius nuttingii Sycllarus depressus Sicyonia stimpsoni Stenocinops furcata Stenocinops coelata Stenopus scutellatus Stenopus spinosus Stenorhynchus seticornis Stilobomastax margaritifera Synalpheus bousfeldi Upogebia spinistipula

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