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Title: Marine toxic substances and pollutants data collected using sediment corer and other instruments from the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in Gulf of Mexico and other Sea areas from 05 February 1979 to 30 October 1987 (NODC Accession 8700038)
Abstract: Marine toxic substances and pollutants data were collected using sediment corer and other instruments in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and other Sea areas from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms from 05 February 1979 to 30 October 1987. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants Data (F144) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f144.html.

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: 19870120
Start date: 19790205
End date: 19871030
Seanames:
West boundary: -108
East boundary: 58.9
North boundary: 41
South boundary: -77.4
Observation types:
Instrument types:
Datatypes:
Submitter: Atwood, Dr. Donald K.
Submitting institution: Argentina Antarctic Institute
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: These data files are in NODC F144 format. This format is described at
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f144.html
and the codes used in this format are listed at
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f144.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: ARGENTINA ANTARCTIC INSTITUTE
PI: Atwood, Dr. Donald
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: BUENOS AIRES
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: ARGENTINA
Contact info:
Agency: CHINESE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: TAIWAN
Contact info:
Agency: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES OCEANOGRAFICAS Y HIDROGRAFICAS
PI: 8
Address:
address: CASILLA POSTAL 982
city: CARTAGENA
state: BOLIVAR
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: COLUMBIA
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC METEROLOGICAL LABORATORY - MIAMI FL
PI: 8
Address:
address: 4301 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY
city: MIAMI
state: FL
postal: 33149-1026
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: DADE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: MIAMI
state: FL
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO; INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY - MAYAGUEZ
PI: 8
Address:
address: MAYAGUEZ CAMPUS
city: MAYAGUEZ
state: PR
postal: 00708
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA - ST. PETERSBURG
PI: 8
Address:
address: 830 FIRST STREET, SOUTH
city: ST. PETERSBURG
state: FL
postal: 33701
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: THESSALONIKI
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: 54006
country: GREECE
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY NACIONAL DE MEXICO; INSTITUTO DE GEOFISICA
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: MEXICOCITY
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: MEXICO
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF ORIENTE; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: 8
Address:
address: CASILLA POSTAL 94
city: CUMANA
state: SUCRE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: VENEZUELA
Contact info:
Agency: SIMON BOLIVAR UNIVERSITY
PI: 8
Address:
address: APARTADO 89000
city: CARACAS
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: 1080-A
country: VENEZUELA
Contact info:
Agency: BUREAU OF MINES AND HYDROCARBONS
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: VENEZUELA
Contact info:
Agency: MCGILL UNIVERSITY; BELLAIRS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PI: 8
Address:
address: 805 SHERBROOKE STREET
city: MONTREAL
state: QUEBEC
postal: H3A2 K6
country: CANADA
Contact info:
Agency: NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: BONAIRE
Contact info:
Agency: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: CURACAO
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: NETHERLANDS
Contact info:
Agency: MOSQUITO CONTROL RESEARCH UNIT
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: CAYMEN ISLANDS
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: SAN JOSE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: COSTA RICO
Contact info:
Agency: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF CUBA
PI: 8
Address:
address: 212 STREET NO 2906, LISA
city: HABANA
state: C HABANA
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: CUBA
Contact info:
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: GRENADA
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDES
PI: 8
Address:
address: P.O. BOX 12
city: MONA
state: NULL
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: JAMAICA
Contact info:
Agency: NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION DIVISION
PI: 8
Address:
address: P.O. BOX 305
city: KINGSTON
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: 10
country: JAMAICA
Contact info:
Agency: INSTITUTE OF MARINE AFFAIRS
PI: 8
Address:
address: P.O. BOX 3160
city: Carenage
state: PORT-OF-SPAIN
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: TRINIDAD
Availability date: 19870120
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2008-06-09 17:53:02+00