The Ocean Archive System searches our original datasets as they were submitted to us, not individual points or profiles. If you want to search and retrieve ocean profiles in a common format, or objectively analyzed fields, your better option may be to use one of our project applications. See: Access Data
OAS accession Detail for 8500179, meta_version: 8. Current meta_version is: 14
| << previous | |revision: 8| | next >> |
| accessions_id: | 8500179 | archive |
|---|---|
| Title: | Benthic organism data from the South Texas Outer Continental Shelf (STOCS) and the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (MAFLA) Outer Continental Shelf studies from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978 (NODC Accession 8500179) |
| Abstract: | Benthic organisms 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 data are from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms in F132 format. The data provide information on species counts and species wet weight from samples collected by point sampling (grab or core) or by tow (dredge or trawl). Three operational kinds of data include: Epifauna, Infauna, and Meiofauna benthic organisms data that roughly correspond to the different sampling methods and collecting institutions that were part of this study. 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. Number of individual organisms or total weight of all organisms in the sample is reported for each taxonomic category identified by the researchers (often to Genus and Species taxonomic resolution). |
| Date received: | 19850829 |
| Start date: | 19740516 |
| End date: | 19780220 |
| Seanames: | |
| West boundary: | -97.3 |
| East boundary: | -82.2 |
| North boundary: | 30.3 |
| South boundary: | 25.6 |
| Observation types: | |
| Instrument types: | |
| Datatypes: | |
| Submitter: | Sackett, Dr. William M. |
| Submitting institution: | The University of Texas at Austin; Marine Science Institute |
| Collecting institutions: | |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | The publications listed below are related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: Report: Environmental studies, South Texas Outer Continental Shelf, chemistry and biology : executive summary, 1977. Port Aransas, Tex. : Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, [1978]. (See: NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on 9th February 2011 at Environmental studies, South Texas Outer Continental Shelf, chemistry and biology : executive summary, 1977). Book: Flint, R. Warren, and Nancy N. Rabalais 1981 Environmental Studies of a Marine Ecosystem; South Texas Outer Continental Shelf. University of Texas Press, Austin. 240pp. 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: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2011-04-20 12:59:58+00 |