Version History for:
Intertidal Soft-Sediment Bivalves from Prince William Sound, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

Current Citation:
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, National Park Service - Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network, and University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018, Intertidal soft-sediment bivalves from Prince William Sound, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park (ver 3.0, October 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71834N0

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Version 1.0 posted online November 2018

Original Citation: 
Kloecker, K.A. and Weitzman, B.P., 2018, Gulf Watch Alaska Nearshore Component: Intertidal Soft-Sediment Invertebrates from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park, 2007-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71834N0

Overview:
Three comma separated files exported from a microsoft excel workbook: 1) soft-sediment bivalve sampling site information, 2) bivalve count data and 3) bivalve size data. 

Data:
NearshoreBenthicSystemsInGOA_SOP06_InvertsGravelSandBeaches_2007-2015SiteInfo_Data.csv
NearshoreBenthicSystemsInGOA_SOP06_InvertsGravelSandBeaches_2007-2015SpeciesCount_Data.csv
NearshoreBenthicSystemsInGOA_SOP06_InvertsGravelSandBeaches_2007-2015SpeciesSize_Data.csv

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Version 2.0 posted online September 2022

Changes in version 2.0

Renamed: changed filenames of all data and metadata files

Reorganized: changed the order of columns and the column labels in all data tables

Added:
	-added columns for additional species in the "_Bivalve_Count.csv" table
	-two additional tables: "_Taxonomy.csv" and "_Contributors.csv"

Appended: bivalve size and count data collected in 2016-2021

Updated: metadata files to reflect current data structure

Data:
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2021_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Site_Info.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2021_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Count.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2021_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Size.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2021_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Taxonomy.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2021_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Contributors.csv

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Version 3.0 posted online October 2023

-Updated tables "KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Site_Info.csv", "KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Size.csv" and "KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Count.csv" to include 2023 soft (bivalve) data collected during the summer 2023 field season.
-Added an addition source citation for Dean et al. 2014.

Data:
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Site_Info.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Count.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Size.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Taxonomy.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_Contributors.csv

Metadata:
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2007-2023_Soft_Sediment_Bivalve_metadata.xml