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Title: Benthic organism and other data from bottom grabs from Helicopters in the Beaufort Sea as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1975-10-26 to 1976-03-19 (NCEI Accession 7601417)
Abstract: Benthic organism and other data were collected in the Beaufort Sea from helicopters by the Oregon Stare University (OSU). Data were collected as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 26 October 1975 to 19 March 1976. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132 Benthic Organism format. An analog file for this accession is available.

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.
Date received: 19760719
Start date: 19751026
End date: 19760319
Seanames: Beaufort Sea
West boundary: -152.833333
East boundary: -152.566667
North boundary: 71.441667
South boundary: 71.145
Observation types: biological, survey - biological
Instrument types: laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, net, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab
Datatypes: BOTTOM TYPE, SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON, SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS, SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT, TAXONOMIC CODE, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Carey Jr., Andrew G.
Submitting institution: Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Collecting institutions: Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Contributing projects: OCSEAP
Platforms: HELICOPTER (32HP)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: These data files are in NODC F132 format.

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.

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Contact info:
Agency: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: OCEAN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 104
city: CORVALLIS
state: OR
postal: 97331-5503
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19760719
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:24:25+00
Editdate: 2024-02-18 16:38:19+00