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OAS accession Detail for 8800192
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| Title: | Benthic organisms and marine toxic substances and pollutants data collected using net casts and other instruments from the GYRE and other platforms in NW Atlantic Ocean from 1983-11-11 to 1986-07-30 (NCEI Accession 8800192) |
| Abstract: | Benthic organisms and marine toxic substances and pollutants were collected using net casts, sediment sampler, and other instruments from the GYRE and other platforms in NW Atlantic Ocean. Data were collected from 11 November 1983 to 30 July 1986. Data were submitted by Battelle Marine Research Laboratory in New England with support from the New England Shelf and Slope Program. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132- Benthic Organisms and F144- Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants formats. 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. 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: | 19880714 |
| Start date: | 19831111 |
| End date: | 19860730 |
| Seanames: | New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -77.25 |
| East boundary: | -66.22 |
| North boundary: | 41.03 |
| South boundary: | 31.59 |
| Observation types: | benthic, biological, profile, survey - biological |
| Instrument types: | current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, net, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, tide gauge, visual analysis |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, BEACH TAR, BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED, BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS, BEACH TAR - INTERTIDAL DISTANCE, BEACH TAR - LENGTH OF SHOREFRONT, BEACH TAR - SEASHORE SURFACE, BEACH TAR - WATERLINE TO SAMPLE DISTANCE, BOTTOM TYPE, CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES, CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY, EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION, OXYGEN, SALINITY, SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER, SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON, SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS, SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT, TAXONOMIC CODE, THERMOCLINE DEPTH, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Battelle Ocean Sciences Laboratory - New England |
| Collecting institutions: | Battelle Ocean Sciences Laboratory - New England |
| Contributing projects: | New England Shelf and Slope Program |
| Platforms: | CAPE HATTERAS (32KZ), COLUMBUS ISELIN (32IC), GYRE (32GY), OCEANUS (32OC) |
| 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: BATTELLE MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORY - NEW ENGLAND PI: N/A Address: address: 397 WASHINGTON STREET city: DUXBURY state: MA postal: 02332 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19880714 |
| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:39:27+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 17:44:44+00 |