Seaweeds & invertebrates of the SE Gulf of Mexico, Pt. 3

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The hard banks of the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of the Dry Tortugas, FLorida, at depths of 45-95 m harbor diversity-rich communities of marine macroalgae (seaweeds), macrocrustaceans, and other invertebrates.

During transit from Louisiana to Florida, collections were also made on rubble and red algal nodules (rhodoliths) offshore Louisiana. It is at Sackett Bank, offshore Louisiana, that Haliotis pourtalesii, a rare abalone in the Gulf of Mexico, was collected and documented.

This dredging expedition on board the R/V Pelican (LUMCON) took place May 29-June 7, 2004.

The seaweeds include representatives of the red, green and brown macroalgae.

This expedition was sponsored by National Science Foundation Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories grant DEB-0315995 (S. Fredericq & D.L. Felder, PIs, University of Louisiana at Lafayette).

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• Gulf
• of
• Mexico
• deepwater
• hard
• banks
• Dry
• Tortugas
• seaweeds
• crustaceans
• marine
• molluscs
• Haliotis
• abalone
• rhodoliths
• benthos
• Louisiana
• invertebrates
• algae
• alga
• seaweed
• crabs
• shrimp
• offshore
• phycology