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Title: Marine toxic substance and other data from the Gulf of Alaska from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER as part of Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1977-05-05 to 1979-05-18 (NCEI Accession 8100493)
Abstract: Marine toxic substance and other data were collected in the Gulf of Alaska from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER from 05 May 1977 to 18 May 1979. Data were collected by the University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS) as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F144 Marine Toxic Substances format. An analog file for this accession is available.

The F144 format contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments.
Date received: 19810303
Start date: 19770505
End date: 19790518
Seanames: Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska
West boundary: -152.203333
East boundary: -151.3
North boundary: 60.933333
South boundary: 59.48
Observation types: profile
Instrument types: current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, tide gauge, visual analysis
Datatypes: BEACH TAR, BOTTOM TYPE, CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY, EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION
Submitter: Shaw, David G.
Submitting institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Collecting institutions: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Contributing projects: OCSEAP
Platforms: Discoverer (31DS)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).

Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description.

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Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA - FAIRBANKS; INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: ROOM 111 O'NEAL BUILDING
city: FAIRBANKS
state: AK
postal: 99701
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19810303
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:26+00
Editdate: 2022-11-25 14:16:57+00