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OAS accession Detail for 8500179, meta_version: 6. Current meta_version is: 14
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| Title: | Environmental assessment of the South Texas outer continental shelf : biological investigations from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978 (NODC Accession 8500179) |
| Abstract: | Benthic organisms and other data were collected using sediment sampler and net casts BELLOWS and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978. Data were collected and submitted by Dr. William Sackett of Texas University with support from the Outer Continental Shelf project. 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: | 19850829 |
| Start date: | 19740516 |
| End date: | 19780220 |
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| West boundary: | -97.3 |
| East boundary: | -82.2 |
| North boundary: | 30.3 |
| South boundary: | 25.6 |
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| Submitter: | Sackett, Dr. William M. |
| Submitting institution: | The University of Texas at Austin; Marine Science Institute |
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| Supplementary information: | The publications listed below are related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: Environmental studies, South Texas Outer Continental Shelf, chemistry and biology : executive summary, 1977. Port Aransas, Tex. : Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, [1978]. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on 9th February 2011 at Environmental studies, South Texas Outer Continental Shelf, chemistry and biology : executive summary, 1977). These data files are in NODC F132 format. This format is described at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f132.html and the codes used in this format are listed at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f132.txt. 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES - PORT ARANSAS PI: Sackett, Dr. William Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: PORT ARANSAS state: TX postal: 78712 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA Address: address: LSCB ROOM 25 city: MOBILE state: AL postal: 36688-0002 country: USA |
| Availability date: | 19850829 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2011-02-10 15:49:58+00 |