NODC Standard Format Benthic Organisms (F132) Data (1957-1989) (NODC Accession 0014198)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0014198; 14198; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM TYPE; cloud amount/frequency; cloud types; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA DIRECTION; SEA HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECCHI DEPTH; SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; SWELL DIRECTION; SWELL HEIGHT; TAXONOMIC CODE; turbidity; VISIBILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; dredge; net; photograph; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; trawl; visual observation; benthic; biological; meteorological; US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary; Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; oceanography; Pacific; North Atlantic; Alaska
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This data type 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. Species are indicated by an NODC Taxonomic Code. Data are very sparse prior to 1971.