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| Title: | CTD, marine invertebrate pathology, benthic organisms, and marine toxic substances and pollutants data collected using CTD casts and other instruments from SEA TRANSPORTER and other platforms in Gulf of Mexico from 1978-05-20 to 1979-01-15 (NCEI Accession 8000022) |
| Abstract: | CTD, marine invertebrate pathology, benthic organisms, and marine toxic substances and pollutants data were collected using CTD, net casts, and other instruments from the SEA TRANSPORTER and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Data were collected from 20 May 1978 to 15 January 1979. Data were submitted by the South West Research Institute in Houston with support from the Ocean Continental Shelf (OCS). The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments. Marine Invertebrate Pathology (F063) contains data from examinations of diseased marine invertebrates. Although these data maybe from field observations, they derive primarily from laboratory analyses. Data include: catch statistics (e.g., total weight, number of individual, identity of disease and number of diseased individuals) by species for any number of species; and biological condition of selected specimens. The size location, and frequency of lesions may be reported for individual specimens. Specimens are identified by an NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for comments. The F132 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. This file 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: | 19800211 |
| Start date: | 19780520 |
| End date: | 19790115 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -91.74 |
| East boundary: | -89.54 |
| North boundary: | 29.22 |
| South boundary: | 28.17 |
| Observation types: | benthic, biological, laboratory analyses, physical, profile, surface measurements, survey - biological, visual observation |
| Instrument types: | CTD, current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, net, photograph, salinometer, Secchi disk, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, thermometer, tide gauge, transmissometer, visual analysis |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, 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, cloud amount/frequency, cloud types, CONDUCTIVITY, CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY, 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, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - AGE, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - DISEASES, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - GENERAL HEALTH, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- LENGTH, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- LOCATION, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- ORGAN AFFECTED, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- WIDTH, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - PIGMENTATION, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEX, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEXUAL MATURITY, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT, NITRATE, OXYGEN, pH, phosphate, SALINITY, SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER, SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, SEA DIRECTION, SEA HEIGHT, SEA STATE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, Secchi depth, SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON, SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS, SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON, SIGMA-T, silicate, SOUND VELOCITY, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - TOTAL WEIGHT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT, SWELL DIRECTION, SWELL HEIGHT, TAXONOMIC CODE, THERMOCLINE DEPTH, TIDE HEIGHT, TIDE STAGE, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, TRANSMISSIVITY, turbidity, VISIBILITY, WATER COLOR, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE, WATER TRANSPARENCY, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION, WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING, WIND FORCE, WIND SPEED, ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Southwest Research Institute - Houston |
| Collecting institutions: | Southwest Research Institute - Houston |
| Contributing projects: | OCS-CENTRAL GULF |
| Platforms: | SEA TRANSPORTER (32NF), T-KIP IV (32KP), TONYA AND JOE (328T) |
| 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 data set include: Contact info: Agency: SOUTH WEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE - HOUSTON PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: HOUSTON state: TX postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19800211 |
| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:29:10+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 17:16:46+00 |