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Title: CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SOCIETY) PARAMETER CODES and Other Data from UNKNOWN and Other Platforms From North American Coastline-North and Others from 19840101 to 19880405 (Accession No. - 8900125)
Abstract: This file contains Mussel Watch Data collected under National Status and
Trends Program. The samples were collected along the east, west, gulf
coast of the United States and two sites in Hawaii. Bivalve samples were
analyzed for the presence of the following contaminants: polyaromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH's), total DDT's and total chlorinated pesticides, and
for trace metal concentrations. There are data from three phases of
study, which were analyzed by Battelle Ocean Sciences. Data ranges for
the three phases are: Phase 1 contains data for 288 bivalves from 96
locations; 01/07/86-05/13/86. Phase 2 contains data for 297 bivalves
collected at 99 locations; 11/11/86-03/28/87. Phase 3 contains data for
321 bivalves from 107 locations; 11/20/87-03/29/88. Bivalve data also
includes species, shell length, and gonadal indices. Bivalve data
associated with this study (Phases 1-3) is located on the 0-data
directory under folder number L00434.dir.

Folder number L01130.dir contains the Benthic Surveillance Program Data
for 1984 thru 1986. This program determines the toxic concentrations in
sediments and bottom fish. Samples were collected in the same sites as
described above. Sediments were analyzed for the presence of the
following contaminants: polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's), total DDT's
and total chlorinated pesticides, and for trace metal concentrations.
The Benthic sediment/fish data were collected concurrently with bivalve
samples. However, Benthic data were only available from Battelle Ocean
Sciences for Phase 1 (259 sediments at 87 locations from 01/15/86 -
05/14/86) and Phase 2 (232 sediments at 72 locations from 11/11/86 -
03/28/87) at the time of this submission.
Date received: 19890414
Start date: 19840101
End date: 19880405
Seanames:
West boundary: -180
East boundary: -115
North boundary: 72
South boundary: 32
Observation types:
Instrument types:
Datatypes:
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Battelle Ocean Sciences Laboratory - New England
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, the NODC reviews metadata for all
accessions on an ongoing basis.


Points of contact for this data set 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
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - ROCKVILLE
PI: 355
Address:
address: 6001 EXECUTIVE BLVD.
city: ROCKVILLE
state: MD
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date:
Metadata version: 0
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2005-06-22 13:26:47.774093+00