Baseline Studies of Mobile Bay: Benthic Sediment Characteristics 1980-1981
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)
- Originator:
- Alabama Coastal Area Board (CAB)
- Publication_Date:
- Unpublished material
- Title:
- Baseline Studies of Mobile Bay: Benthic Sediment Characteristics 1980-1981
- Description:
- Abstract:
- Beginning in late 1979, the Alabama Coastal Area Board (CAB) funded a series of baseline surveys on the coastal resources of Alabama, from which they could develop a monitoring program to observe any significant changes in the resources over time. Eight stations within Mobile Bay were sampled monthly from April 1980 to April 1981. Data collected included samples for benthic fauna, pelagic fauna, sediment particle size, total organic carbon, foraminifera, zooplankton, phytoplankton, chlorophyll, turbidity, river flow, and hydrographic parameters. The subset of data presented here are for sediment particle size, total organic carbon, and foraminifera. Data are available from April 1980 to April 1981 for eight stations (14 sampling trips), and one station until August 1981 (4 additional trips).
- Purpose:
- To provide benchmark data to the Alabama Coastal Area Board (CAB) for distribution, abundance, and seasonality of benthic infauna, phytoplankton, zooplankton, foraminifera, epifaunal invertebrates and fishes. CAB became part of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in 1982, and ADEM became part of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) in 2000.
- Supplemental_Information:
- Sampling began six months after landfall of a Category 3 hurricane (Frederic, September 1979), which caused a massive resuspension of all sediments within Mobile Bay, and also resulted in extra high volume of river discharge for spring 1980. This may have affected the baseline which the CAB studies intended to measure.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 19800403
- Ending_Date:
- 19810826
- Currentness_Reference:
- ground condition
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -88.17333
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -87.85167
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 30.61333
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 30.23833
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- oceans
- Theme_Keyword:
- inlandWaters
- Theme_Keyword:
- geoscientificInformation
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- benthic sediments
- Theme_Keyword:
- estuarine sediments
- Theme_Keyword:
- foraminifera
- Theme_Keyword:
- total organic carbon
- Theme_Keyword:
- sediment particle size distribution characteristics
- Theme_Keyword:
- grain size
- Theme_Keyword:
- soft-bottom
- Theme_Keyword:
- Peterson grab
- Theme_Keyword:
- bottom grab samples
- Theme_Keyword:
- benchmark survey
- Theme_Keyword:
- baseline survey
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- DISL
- Place_Keyword:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Place_Keyword:
- Mobile Bay
- Place_Keyword:
- East Mississippi Sound
- Place_Keyword:
- Alabama
- Access_Constraints:
- Please contact DISL Data Management for access to the data.
- Use_Constraints:
- Acknowledgment of Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Alabama Coastal Area Board (contracts 80-05 and 81-03) is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab Data Management Center
- Contact_Person:
- Lei Hu
- Contact_Position:
- data manager
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- 101 Bienville Boulevard
- City:
- Dauphin Island
- State_or_Province:
- AL
- Postal_Code:
- 36528
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 251-861-2141
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- lhu@disl.org
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/org/disl/CAB/CAB_data/CAB_data/CAB-sediments_browse_cab-map.pdf
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- A map of Mobile Bay showing the locations of the eight sampling stations. The inset at upper left shows the position of five subsites at each station. Map is from DISL Technical Report 87-002, "Seasonality and structure of soft bottom benthic invertebrate assemblages in Mobile Bay - East Mississippi Sound." T.S. Hopkins. 1988.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- PDF
- Data_Set_Credit:
- Wayne Isphording, University of South Alabama, was probably involved in the sediment analysis. George Lamb, University of South Alabama, probably did the foraminifera work. It is not known who did the total organic carbon analysis.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- The data are available as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- N/A
- Completeness_Report:
- The original product of the CAB studies was a 14-volume series of DISL technical reports, where each volume contained tables of data for one month of sampling. Three copies were printed, one for CAB and two for DISL. None of the locations of any copies are currently known.
- Lineage:
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Samples were collected with a 0.1 m^2 Peterson grab. At each station, six replicates were collected at each of five subsites, for a total of 30 samples per station per trip. Individual analyses of subsamples of the grab samples were then conducted by individual labs.
- Process_Date:
- Unknown
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- All data were originally entered into the MESC Data Management System, an IBM 3774-P2 mainframe with data analysis programs written in SAS (1979), and physically stored on magnetic diskettes and tape (as of 1982). Full information is available in DISL Technical Report 82-002: "The MESC Data Management System: Description and Organization," Eldon C. Blancher, 1982. The data were later available in dbase, then more recently (2013) converted to Microsoft Access and are now available as MS Excel spreadsheets.
- Process_Date:
- Unknown
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- CAB Sediment Data
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- A Microsoft Excel file containing a series of spreadsheets with sediment data from a coastal resources baseline survey of Mobile Bay. Spreadsheets are called: CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS, CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER, CABBY1FORAMINIFERA, CABBY1GRAINSIZE, CABBY1SCREENANA, CABBY1SIZECLASS, CABBY1TOC, CABST2EXTPHIPER, CABST2TOC, and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- FUNDING
- Attribute_Definition:
- An abbreviation for the funding source for the project.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- BA
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Unknown.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TRIP
- Attribute_Definition:
- Trip number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 1 occurred on April 3-4, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 2 occurred on April 30 - May 1, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 3 occurred on May 28-29, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 4 occurred on June 26-27, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 5 occurred on July 30-31, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 6 occurred on Sept 3 and Sept 8, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 7 occurred on Sept 29-30, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 8 occurred on Oct 30-31, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 9 occurred on Nov 24-25, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 10 occurred on Dec 16-17, 1980.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 11
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 11 occurred on Jan 28-29, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 12 occurred on Feb 25-26, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 13
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 13 occurred on Mar 26-27, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 14
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 14 occurred on Apr 29-30, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 15
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 15 occurred on May 27, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 16
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 16 occurred on June 24, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 17
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 17 occurred on July 30, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 18
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Trip 18 occurred on Aug 26, 1981.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SITE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Site number where the sample was collected.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 1 location: 30 15.8'N, 88 10.4'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 4 location: 30 18.3'N, 87 51.1'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 5 location: 30 21.0'N, 87 59.7'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 6 location: 30 26.4'N, 87 59.1'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 7 location: 30 32.5'N, 87 59.0'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 8 location: 30 36.8'N, 87 58.5'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 2 location: 30 14.3'N, 88 01.1'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Site 3 location: 30 17.6'N, 87 55.9'W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- CAB
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ID
- Attribute_Definition:
- Unknown identification number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 31
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 93
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- MM
- Attribute_Definition:
- The month that the sample was collected.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 12
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DD
- Attribute_Definition:
- The day of month that the sample was collected.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 5
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 31
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- YY
- Attribute_Definition:
- The year that the sample was collected.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 80
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- 1980
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 81
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- 1981
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- COORDINATE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Location of the site where the sample was collected. The format is degrees and decimal minutes west longitude, degrees and decimal minutes north latitude, with symbols removed and all numbers run together. For example, 8810430158 is 88 10.4'W, 30 15.8'N.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 8751130183
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 8810430158
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP_NO
- Attribute_Definition:
- Replicate number. Thirty sediment samples were collected at each site for a variety of purposes, and four were analyzed for grain size distribution characteristics.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 6
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 30
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP_NO (CABBY1GRAINSIZE)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Replicate number for the CABBY1GRAINSIZE spreadsheet. Thirty sediment samples were collected at each site for a variety of purposes, and four were analyzed for grain size distribution characteristics. Numbers are three digits; first digit is the site number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 106
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 830
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- MEDIAN(I)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Median grain size of the sample. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 2.408
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 13.441
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- MEAN_M
- Attribute_Definition:
- Mean grain size of the sample. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 4.001
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 12.26
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- STD_DEV
- Attribute_Definition:
- Standard deviation of the mean for the sample. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1.423
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 6.363
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SORT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Degree of grain size sorting. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- VPS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Very poorly sorted.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- EPS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Extremely poorly sorted.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- PS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Poorly sorted.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SKWINS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Skew in the grain size frequency curve: calculated skew value. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- -2.022
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 1.563
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SK
- Attribute_Definition:
- Skew in the grain size frequency curve: verbal term. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Coarse skewed.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Strongly coarse skewed.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SFS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Strongly fine skewed
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- unknown.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- NS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Nearly symmetrical
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- KRTS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Kurtosis in the grain size frequency curve: calculated kurtosis value. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0.467
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 2.95
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- KR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Kurtosis in the grain size frequency curve: verbal term. CABBY1CHARACTERISTICS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- VPK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Very platykurtic.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- LK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Leptokurtic.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- VLK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Very leptokurtic.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- PK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Platykurtic.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- MK
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Mesokurtic.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- NS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Near symmetrical.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 5_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 5 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- -1.576
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 6.799
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 16_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 16 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0.261
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 9.567
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 25_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 25 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1.559
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 10.689
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 50_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 50 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 2.408
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 13.441
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 75_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 75 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 4.295
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 18.443
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 84_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 84 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 5.726
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 21.038
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 95_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 95 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 8.536
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 25.73
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- 99_9_PER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: phi size at 99.9 percent. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 9.042
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 27.572
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- phi
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- CORR_COEF
- Attribute_Definition:
- Cumulative weight percent: correlation coefficient. CABBY1EXTRAPPHIPER and CABST2EXTPHIPER spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0.44917
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 0.99934
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SPECIESCODE
- Attribute_Definition:
- NOAA NODC Taxonomic Code: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/CDR-detdesc/taxonomic-v8.html. CABBY1FORAMINIFERA and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Codeset_Domain:
- Codeset_Name:
- NODC Taxonomic Code
- Codeset_Source:
- NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP1
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of specimens in sampling replicate 1. CABBY1FORAMINIFERA and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 1484
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP2
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of specimens in sampling replicate 2. CABBY1FORAMINIFERA and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 2131
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP3
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of specimens in sampling replicate 3. CABBY1FORAMINIFERA and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 1640
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REP4
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of specimens in sampling replicate 4. CABBY1FORAMINIFERA and CABSTN2FORAMINIFERA spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 2106
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- MOISTURE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Moisture content measured during analysis for total organic carbon. CABBY1TOC and CABST2TOC spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 68
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 671
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- unknown
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TOT_ORG_CARB
- Attribute_Definition:
- Total organic carbon. CABBY1TOC and CABST2TOC spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 2.75
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 62.85
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- unknown
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TOTAL_DRY_WT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Total dry weight of the sample. CABBY1SCREENANA spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 12.75
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 69.54
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- unknown
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SIZE1
- Attribute_Definition:
- SIZE1/SIZE2/SIZE3/SIZE4 are screen sizes of Tyler test sieves. Possible sizes are 6, 63, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000. CABBY1SCREENANA spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 6
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 4000
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- unknown
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- WEIGHT1
- Attribute_Definition:
- The weight of the subsample of the SIZE1 sieve size. WEIGHT2/WEIGHT3/WEIGHT4 correspond to SIZE2/SIZE3/SIZE4. CABBY1SCREENANA spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 500.65
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- unknown
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- C
- Attribute_Definition:
- "Continued." A toggle that indicates whether the sample was sieved through more than four sieves, and therefore the data continue to the next table row. Up to seven sieves may have been used.
Note: total weights from all screen sizes do not add up to 100, 1.00, or the total dry weight.
CABBY1SCREENANA spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Data continues to the next row of the table.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PER_GRAVEL
- Attribute_Definition:
- Percentage of gravel-sized particles in the sample. CABBY1GRAINSIZE and CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 15
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- percent
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PER_SAND
- Attribute_Definition:
- Percentage of sand-sized particles in the sample. CABBY1GRAINSIZE and CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 74.21
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- percent
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PER_SILT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Percentage of silt-sized particles in the sample. CABBY1GRAINSIZE and CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 3
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 76.88
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- percent
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PER_CLAY
- Attribute_Definition:
- Percentage of clay-sized particles in the sample. CABBY1GRAINSIZE and CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheets.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 2.5
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 92.94
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- percent
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- FOLKS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Classification of sediment according to Folk's system. CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheet.
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Folk, R.L. 1954. The distinction between grain size and mineral composition in sedimentary rock nomenclature. J. Geology 62:344-359.
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Folk, R.L. 1974. Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks. Hemphill Publishing, Drawer M, University Station, Austin, TX. 182 pp.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clayey sand.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- GM
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Gravelly mud.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- M
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Mud
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- S
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAM
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy mud
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SGM
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Slightly gravelly mud
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SGMS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Slightly gravelly muddy sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SGS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Slightly gravelly sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SGSM
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Slightly gravelly sandy mud
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SHEPARDS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Classification of sediment according to Shepard's system. CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheet.
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Shepard, F.P. 1954. Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios. J. Sed. Petr. 24(3):151-158.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clayey sand.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- S
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLSI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clayey silt.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SASI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy silt.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SSC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sand silt clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TREFETHENS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Classification of sediment according to Trefethen's system. CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheet.
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Trefethen, J.M. 1950. Classification of Sediments. Am. J. Sci. 248(1):55-62.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLSI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SACS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SASI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SICS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SISC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Unknown. Silty sand, silt, and sand are the only other classifications on the triangle.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SSC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- COE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Classification of sediment according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheet.
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Casagrande, Arthur. 1947. Classification and Identification of Soils. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers Proc., 73(1):783-810.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty sand
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLSI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CS
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Unknown. Possibly a typo for "clay sand."
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SASI
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy silt
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- USBS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Classification of soil texture according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Soils (as of 1994, this is now part of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service). CABBY1SIZECLASS spreadsheet.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SAC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Sandy clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Silty clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- CLL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- clay loam
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SC
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Unknown. Possibly a typo for "sandy clay."
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SCL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- sandy clay loam
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SICL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- silty clay loam
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SIL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- silt loam
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- sandy loam
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Data Management
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20140206
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Contact_Position:
- Data Management Specialist
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- 101 Bienville Blvd.
- City:
- Dauphin Island
- State_or_Province:
- AL
- Postal_Code:
- 36528
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 251-861-2141
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@disl.org
- Hours_of_Service:
- 8-5:00 CST
- Contact_Instructions:
- Please email the metadata specialist for further information.
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
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