AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al
Data Set (DS) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22261 | Updated: October 3, 2024 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2025: AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22261.
Full Citation Examples
Annual growth increment patterns observed in the hard parts of many marine organisms are often related to factors in the physical environment, and investigators are increasingly using dendrochronology (tree-ring science) methods to explore these relationships. Dendrochronology techniques were applied to otolith growth increments in 3 flatfish species collected from the eastern Bering Sea: northern rock sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra, yellowfin sole Limanda aspera, and Alaska plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus. Within each species, otoliths were visually crossdated to ensure that the correct calendar year was assigned to each growth increment. Growth-increment widths were measured in each otolith, crossdating was statistically checked, and a master chronology was generated for each species by averaging measurement time series after age-related growth declines had been removed. The 3 final chronologies spanned 18 to 20 yr and were significantly correlated with each other, indicating a high level of growth synchrony among species. Final chronologies were compared to annual and monthly climate variables, and were most strongly related to summertime eastern Bering Sea bottom temperatures.
Distribution Information
There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement
of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.
Controlled Theme Keywords
biota, oceans
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | FINAL_CHRONOLOGY |
Entity | RAW_MEAS |
Entity | SPECIMEN_DATA |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Beth Matta
beth.matta@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
Metadata Coordinators MC
AFSC.metadata@noaa.gov
Extents
-180° W,
-158° E,
62° N,
54° S
Eastern Bering Sea
1987 - 2006
Item Identification
Title: | AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al |
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Short Name: | AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al |
Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2015-01 |
Abstract: |
Annual growth increment patterns observed in the hard parts of many marine organisms are often related to factors in the physical environment, and investigators are increasingly using dendrochronology (tree-ring science) methods to explore these relationships. Dendrochronology techniques were applied to otolith growth increments in 3 flatfish species collected from the eastern Bering Sea: northern rock sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra, yellowfin sole Limanda aspera, and Alaska plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus. Within each species, otoliths were visually crossdated to ensure that the correct calendar year was assigned to each growth increment. Growth-increment widths were measured in each otolith, crossdating was statistically checked, and a master chronology was generated for each species by averaging measurement time series after age-related growth declines had been removed. The 3 final chronologies spanned 18 to 20 yr and were significantly correlated with each other, indicating a high level of growth synchrony among species. Final chronologies were compared to annual and monthly climate variables, and were most strongly related to summertime eastern Bering Sea bottom temperatures. |
Purpose: |
Otolith biochronologies were developed to examine interspecies growth relationships and linkages between growth and climate. |
Notes: |
Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 5319, 02-04-2015 12:33 The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export: - Taxonomy (FGDC:taxonomy) - Lineage (FGDC:lineage) |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
biota
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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UNCONTROLLED | |
ISO19115 | Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere |
None | biochronology |
None | climate |
None | growth |
None | otolith |
None | sclerochronology |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Bering Sea |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Asheville, North Carolina |
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City: | Asheville |
State/Province: | NC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | None Planned |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Data Set Credit: | Northern rock sole were collected by fishery observers throughout 2007. Alaska plaice and yellowfin sole were collected during the 2007 and 2008 RACE summer bottom trawl surveys, respectively. Project funded by NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) Program |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2015-10-19 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Matta, Beth |
Email Address: | beth.matta@noaa.gov |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2015-01 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
Email Address: | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
URL: | NCEI Contact Information |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015-02-04 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | MC, Metadata Coordinators |
Email Address: | AFSC.metadata@noaa.gov |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 2015-02-04 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Matta, Beth |
Email Address: | beth.matta@noaa.gov |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 2015-02-04 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) |
Address: |
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle, WA 98115 USA |
Email Address: | afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (206) 526-4000 |
Fax: | (206) 526-4004 |
URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center |
Business Hours: | 0700-1700 Pacific Time |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015-02-04 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Matta, Beth |
Email Address: | beth.matta@noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -180 | |
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E° Bound: | -158 | |
N° Bound: | 62 | |
S° Bound: | 54 | |
Description |
Eastern Bering Sea |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 1987 |
End: | 2006 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Procedure: |
na |
Data Access Constraints: |
There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. |
Data Use Constraints: |
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17736 |
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Distributor: |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17736 |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Technical Environment
Description: |
Excel |
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Data Quality
Completeness Report: |
Not applicable. |
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Conceptual Consistency: |
All crossdating of otolith growth increments is statistically checked using the program COFECHA (http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/software.htm). |
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
All crossdating of otolith growth increments is statistically checked using the program COFECHA (http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/software.htm). |
Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | no |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | unknown |
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
na |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | NCEI-NC |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | unknown |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
na |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
View metadata record as uploaded FGDC record. |
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Type | Title |
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Entity | FINAL_CHRONOLOGY | |
Entity | RAW_MEAS | |
Entity | SPECIMEN_DATA |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 22261 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22261 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Angie Greig |
Metadata Record Created: | 2014-09-23 17:05+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-10-03 18:16+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2016-04-28 |
Owner Org: | AFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2016-04-28 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2017-04-28 |