Benthic organism and other data from the USCGC POLAR STAR as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 19 April 1979 to 24 June 1980 (NODC Accession 8400155)

• 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; 8400155; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM TYPE; cloud amount/frequency; cloud types; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; 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 - COUNT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; SWELL DIRECTION; SWELL HEIGHT; TAXONOMIC CODE; turbidity; VISIBILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; biota surveys; laboratory analysis; meteorological sensors; net; salinometer; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; benthic; biological; USCGC POLAR STAR; University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (OCSEAP); Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; oceanography; Fairbanks; Polar Star; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{DB278E2E-EB61-4524-A254-4A4EBD72AB88}

Benthic organism and other data were collected from the USCGC POLAR STAR by University of Alaska; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS). Data were collected as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 19 April 1979 to 24 June 1980. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132 Benthic Organism format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f132.txt. An analog file for this accession is available from NODC user services. 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.