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Title: Harmful Algal Bloom Historical Database (NODC Accession 0000585)
Abstract: In the later part of 1999, a relational Microsoft Access
database was created to accommodate a wide range of data on
the phytoplankton Karenia brevis. This database, termed HAB
Historical Database (HHD), was designed to efficiently
capture core information, yet have the capacity to expand
and capture related sampling information if it is available.
It performs this task through a series of connected data
tables and related forms. The minimum parameters required in
order for a sample record to be entered into the database
are a K. brevis count (in cells per liter), the date when
the water sample was collected, and a description of where
the water sample was taken. Datasheets that contained these
minimum requirements were compiled from various
investigative cruise projects, and state, county, and
private agencies, which had collected samples that contained
K. brevis. These datasheets varied greatly in specificity of
information from the minimum required parameters to detailed
cruise and research studies. Due to this diversity, it was
decided to incorporate as many entry fields as possible for
related information from the datasheet.
Date received: 20010910
Start date: 19540101
End date: 19981231
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico
West boundary: -87.9962
East boundary: -78.47
North boundary: 30.7067
South boundary: 24.201
Observation types: biological, physical
Instrument types:
Datatypes: ALGAL SPECIES, biological data, PHYTOPLANKTON, SALINITY, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, TEMPERATURE - WATER
Submitter: Steidinger, Karen
Submitting institution: Florida Marine Research Institute
Collecting institutions: Florida Marine Research Institute
Contributing projects: NFW
Platforms:
Number of observations: 28783
Supplementary information: These data are being used in the formation of the Harmful
Algal Bloom (HAB) Historical Database produced by Florida
Marine Research Institute with the cooperation of
collaborators who contribute their datasets to the main
database of FMRI. The database is still continually updated
with old and new data sets as they are encountered.
Availability date: 20010910
Metadata version: 0
Keydate: 2001-09-25 11:50:12+00
Editdate: 2005-10-06 12:41:08.976358+00