LTER GCE ECO. - Mollsc pop. size dist. Mon.: Fall 2000 mid-marsh and creekbnk infnl and epifnl mollsc. size dist. based on coll. from GCE marsh, mon. sites 1-10

This data set is the Fall 2000 report of infaunal and epifaunal mollusc
species' size distributions at the GCE-LTER marsh sites used for population
monitoring. Infaunal and epifaunal molluscs were hand-collected from within
quadrats of known area from mid-marsh and creekbank zones (n = 4 quadrats per
zone) at all sites. The molluscs were returned to the lab, fixed in fomalin,
transferred to and preserved in ethanol, measured and counted (count data is
reported separately). Length of each measurable individual was determined
using calipers or small etched rulers under a stereomicroscope. Species
abundance and density data for these collections may be found in the GCE-LTER
data set INV-GCEM-0305a1. Numbers of individuals of each species in the
abundance data file may not correspond exactly to the numbers of individuals in
the size data file because some individuals may not have been measureable.

Overall bounding box describing the geographic region within the Georgia
Coastal Ecosystems LTER study domain represented in data set INV-GCEM-0305a2