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Title: Benthic organism and other data from drop nets from the COMMANDO as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1979-03-07 to 1979-03-18 (NCEI Accession 8100534)
Abstract: Benthic organism and other data were collected from drop nets from the COMMANDO by University of Alaska; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS). Data were collected as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 07 March 1979 to 18 March 1979. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132 Benthic Organism format. An analog file for this accession is available.

The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments.
Date received: 19810422
Start date: 19790307
End date: 19790318
Seanames: Gulf of Alaska
West boundary: -153.158333
East boundary: -152.166667
North boundary: 58.158333
South boundary: 57.286667
Observation types: benthic, biological, survey - biological
Instrument types: net
Datatypes: SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - TOTAL WEIGHT
Submitter: Feder, Dr. Howard M.
Submitting institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Collecting institutions: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Contributing projects: OCSEAP
Platforms: COMMANDO (31CU)
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.

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

Points of contact for this dataset include:
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: 19810422
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:32+00
Editdate: 2024-10-17 17:08:31+00