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Title: CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SOCIETY) PARAMETER CODES and Other Data from FIXED PLATFORM and Other Platforms From Coastal Waters of California from 19750701 to 19780930 (NODC Accession 8700332)
Abstract: These data are part of the Southern California OCS Baseline Study funded
by BLM and submitted by Science Applications, Inc. Coastal areas along
southern California were sampled. Following is a list of purpose for
which the study was conducted, the period when the data was collected
and the type of data collected.

Sampling was done from July 1, 1975 to November 6, 1977 to obtain depth,
temperature and salinity profiles. During the same time period data was
collected to measure the amounts of particulate organic carbon (poc),
dissolved organic carbon (doc), and ATP.

Analysis was done for intertidal hydrocarbon (hc) concentrations from
July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1978. Fractions analyzed include aliphatic and
aromatics, pristane and phytane, iso-n and branched hydrocarbons,
odd/even preference, and the hexane, benzene and methane fractions.

Analysis was done for benthic hydrocarbon (hc) concentrations from July
1, 1975 to November 6, 1977. Fractions analyzed include aliphatic and
aromatics, pristane and phytane, iso-n and branched hydrocarbons,
odd/even preference, and the hexane, benzene and methane fractions.

Sampling was done to assess the trace metal concentrations from July 1,
1975 to November 6, 1978. Benthic fauna, sediments and the water column
were analyzed for Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, V, Zn and Al
concentrations.

Sampling was done to assess the trace metal concentrations from July 1,
1975 to November 6, 1978. Intertidal rocky and sandy fauna, and
sediments were analyzed for Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, V, Zn and Al
concentrations.

Benthic coastal sediments along southern California were sampled from
July 1, 1975 to November 6, 1977. The analysis includes sediment age,
grain size, total organic carbon (toc), total inorganic carbon (tic),
total carbon (tc), calcium carbonate content and mineral composition, as
well as a description of the field conditions during sampling. Identical
analysis was conducted on samples collected during July 1, 1975 to June
30, 1978.

Intertidal coastal sediments along southern California were sampled from
July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1978. The analysis includes sediment age, grain
size, total organic carbon (toc), total inorganic carbon (tic), total
carbon (tc), calcium carbonate content and mineral composition, as well
as a description of the field conditions during sampling.

Coastal areas along southern california were sampled from July 1, 1976
to June 30, 1978 and the composition of the benthic microfauna and
benthic macrofauna was analyzed.

Coastal areas along southern California were sampled from July 1, 1975
to June 30, 1978. Data includes files describing the biotic/abiotic
mussel community and a species dictionary as well as a description of
the field conditions.

Rocky coastal beaches along southern California were sampled from July
1, 1975 to June 30, 1978 and the composition of the intertidal rocky
fauna was analyzed. Included in these data is a file on rocky intertidal
fauna succession and a description of the field conditions.

Sandy coastal beaches along southern california were sampled from uly 1,
1975 to June 30, 1978 and the composition of the sandy intertidal fauna
was analyzed.
Date received: 19871008
Start date: 19750701
End date: 19780930
Seanames: Coastal Waters of California
West boundary: -130
East boundary: -110
North boundary: 40
South boundary: 30
Observation types: benthic, biological, chemical, geological, laboratory analyses, physical, profile
Instrument types: bottle, chromatograph, CTD, deprecated, DO NOT USE, fluorometer, laboratory analysis, pump sampler, salinometer, sediment sampler - grab, thermometer, transmissometer, visual analysis
Datatypes: AIR PRESSURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, AMMONIA (NH3), AMMONIUM (NH4), BENTHIC SPECIES, BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS, BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA IDENTITIES, BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA WET WEIGHTS, CARBON DIOXIDE - SEA, CARBON - DISSOLVED ORGANIC, CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC, CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES, CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-11 (CFC-11), CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-12 (CFC-12), CHLOROPHYLL A, CONDUCTIVITY, DEPTH - OBSERVATION, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FLUORESCENCE, HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RESOLVED, LIGHT TRANSMISSION, METALS, NITRATE, NITRITE, PAH, PARTICULATE NITROGEN, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, PCB, pH, PHAEOPHYTIN, PHAEOPIGMENTS, PHOSPHATE - INORGANIC, PHOSPHATE - TOTAL, PHOSPHORUS - TOTAL, PRESSURE - WATER, PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, SALINITY, SEDIMENT PROPERTIES, silicate, SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC, SOUND VELOCITY, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE - WATER, TIDE HEIGHT, TIDE STAGE, total alkalinity, TOTAL CARBON, turbidity, WATER DENSITY, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED
Submitter: Oesterle, Andrew P.
Submitting institution: Science Applications International Corporation - La Jolla, CA
Collecting institutions: Science Applications International Corporation - La Jolla, CA
Contributing projects: Outer Continental Shelf - Southern California
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), FIXED STATIONS OF UNITED STATES (32FS)
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, the NODC reviews metadata for all
accessions on an ongoing basis.


Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, INC. - LA JOLLA CA
PI: Oesterle, Andrew
Address:
address: P.O. BOX 2351, 1200 PROSPECT STREET
city: LA JOLLA
state: CA
postal: 92038
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19871008
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2011-09-10 07:30:19+00