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This dataset consists of profiles of sediment grain size distribution, porosity, and organic content in addition to bottom water salinity and temperature collected from 9 sites at 5, 12 and 20 meters depth in the Northern Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama (USA) coast before and after Hurricane Sally (2020).
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New record of Rhynobrissus cuneus Cooke, 1957 (Echinoidea, Spatangoida) from the eastern Florida coast
The Brissidae is a family of heart urchins that includes shallow‑water, infaunal species, some of which are rarely observed. One species,Rhynobrissus cuneusCooke, 1957, has only been recorded from the western Atlantic off the coast of North Carolina, USA and in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico. This work identifies new records from the coast of Florida, USA, increasing our knowledge of this species’ geographic distribution.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2036298
- PAR ID:
- 10580358
- Publisher / Repository:
- Pensoft
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Check List
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 1809-127X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1391 to 1396
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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