Abundance Information for Lobatus gigas
Main Ref.
Country Virgin Islands (US) Ecosystem Atlantic Ocean
Locality Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix Depth 30 m
Introduced Year Intro.
Life Stage adult unsexed
Quantitative 86.2 Unit numbers/hectare
Semi Quantitative <100 Unit numbers/hectare
Qualitative common
Year 2010 - 2011 Period 2001-present
Date 2010-09-01 00:00:00 - 2011-09-30 00:00:00 Record Type survey
Record Type survey
Seasonal not specified Method swept area
Remarks Sampling was done in September 2010, June, July, and September 2011, via 10m radial survey sampling at a depth range of 0-30 m. The highest mean density of adult Lobatus gigas in the Buck Island Reef National Monument was in seagrass beds and at depths of 25-30 m, and lowest in colonized pavement with channels and at depths of 0-6 m (Ref. 121909).
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( e.g. cephalopods )
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