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Title: Marine toxic substances and pollutants data from sediment corer and other instruments from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Caribbean Sea from 1980-07-16 to 1987-11-29 (NCEI Accession 8800013)
Abstract: Marine toxic substance and pollutants data were collected using sediment corer and other instruments in the Caribbean Sea from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms from 16 July 1980 to 29 November 1987. Data were submitted by the Centro De Investigaciones Oceanograficas y Hidrograficas with support from the CARIPOL/MARPOLMON project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants Data (F144) format.

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: 19880122
Start date: 19800716
End date: 19871129
Seanames:
West boundary: -112.83
East boundary: -44.82
North boundary: 28.67
South boundary: -0.5
Observation types:
Instrument types:
Datatypes:
Submitter: Atwood, Dr. Donald K.
Submitting institution: Center for Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research of the Caribbean
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
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: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES OCEANOGRAFICAS Y HIDROGRAFICAS
PI: Atwood, Dr. Donald
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: CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DEL MAR Y LIMNOLOGIA
PI: 8
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: UNAM
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: MEXICO
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: 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: INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY
PI: 8
Address:
address: IRA. NO. 18406
city: HAVANA
state: NOT AVAILABLE
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: INSTITUTE OF MARINE AFFAIRS
PI: 8
Address:
address: P.O. BOX 3160
city: Carenage
state: PORT-OF-SPAIN
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: TRINIDAD

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date: 19880122
Metadata version: 11
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2024-10-17 17:30:56+00