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        <origin>Andrew Weltz, California Dept. Fish and Wildlife, Environmental Scientist</origin>
        <pubdate>20170920</pubdate>
        <title>Pacific Herring Spawning Submerged Vegetation Areas - SF Bay - 2012-2020 [ds2680]</title>
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      </citeinfo>
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      <abstract>This data provides two-dimensional representation of herring spawn areas in subtidal areas of the San Francisco Bay.</abstract>
      <purpose>To show the extent of subtidal spawning for the Pacific herring in San Francisco Bay, CA. This combines data from several seasons, starting in 2012 through 2020. Seasons included: 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020.</purpose>
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        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Pacific Herring</themekey>
        <themekey>Clupea pallasii</themekey>
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        <themekey>subtidal</themekey>
        <themekey>substrate</themekey>
        <themekey>San Francisco Bay</themekey>
      </theme>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>Not for navigation. Areas are approximate and represent best available science.License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.</useconst>
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          <cntorg>California Dept. Fish and Wildlife</cntorg>
          <cntper>Andrew Weltz</cntper>
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        <cntpos>Environmental Scientist</cntpos>
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