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Title: Database and documents created as part of the Beach Watch program between 1993 and 2005 (NCEI Accession 0069124)
Abstract: This dataset contains database data and documents that were collected by NOAA's Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) Beach Watch Program, administered by the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association (FMSA). The databases Beach Watch Data.mdb and Front_End.mdb were exported by NCEI into ASCII text files. Databases contain taxonomic, oil spill, dead animal and other data.
Date received: 20080519
Start date: 19931212
End date: 20080301
Seanames: Coastal Waters of California, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, North Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -123.066625
East boundary: -122.305804
North boundary: 38.308726
South boundary: 37.112202
Observation types: biological, composition & location, geological, survey, survey - biological, visual observation
Instrument types: camera, GPS, photograph, visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS, BEACH TAR, biological data, BIRDS, DEBRIS, HUMAN ACTIVITY, MARINE MAMMALS, SEA STATE, SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE, SHORELINE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - AGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, TIDE HEIGHT, VISIBILITY
Submitter: Hall, Jamie
Submitting institution: Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
Collecting institutions: Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
Contributing projects: Beach Watch, CDMP
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Digital collections of Beach Watch's photographic slides in the National Centers for Environmental Information can be found by searching for the keyword "Beach Watch."
Availability date:
Metadata version: 16
Keydate: 2010-12-08 14:39:33+00
Editdate: 2024-02-18 16:17:18+00