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SPECIMEN_DATA

Entity (ENT)  |  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22264  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Contains ancillary data about collection date, age, length, sex, etc. for each specimen.

Description

Contains ancillary data about collection date, age, length, sex, etc. for each specimen.

Entity Information

Data Attribute / Type Description
SPECIES
Unknown 		Common name
SOURCE
Unknown 		Fishery or Survey (RACE bottom trawl) collection
CRUISE
Unknown 		RACE/REFM Cruise number
RACE_REFM_SPECIMEN
NUMBER 		RACE/REFM Specimen number
PREFIX
Unknown 		Age reader code (R=Beth Matta) + REFM Species code
NEW_SPECIMEN
NUMBER 		Specimen number assigned by Matta to facilitate chronology development
CHRON_ID
Unknown 		Prefix + New_specimen
DATE_COLLECTED
Unknown 		Date of specimen collection (month/day/year format)
SEX
Unknown 		REFM sex codes (M=male, F=female)
LENGTH
NUMBER 		Fish fork length (in centimeters)
FINAL_AGE
NUMBER 		Age assigned by AFSC Age and Growth Program based on otolith annuli counts
CHRONOLOGY_AGE
NUMBER 		Age assigned based on chronology crossdating. Can occasionally differ from Final_age, for instance when otolith edge is different to interpret.

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Item Identification

Title: SPECIMEN_DATA
Short Name: SPECIMEN_DATA
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Contains ancillary data about collection date, age, length, sex, etc. for each specimen.
Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 5121, 09-23-2014 17:05

Entity Information

Description:

Contains ancillary data about collection date, age, length, sex, etc. for each specimen.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 SPECIES Unknown Common name
100
 SOURCE Unknown Fishery or Survey (RACE bottom trawl) collection
100
 CRUISE Unknown RACE/REFM Cruise number
100
 RACE_REFM_SPECIMEN NUMBER RACE/REFM Specimen number
100
 PREFIX Unknown Age reader code (R=Beth Matta) + REFM Species code
100
 NEW_SPECIMEN NUMBER Specimen number assigned by Matta to facilitate chronology development
100
 CHRON_ID Unknown Prefix + New_specimen
100
 DATE_COLLECTED Unknown Date of specimen collection (month/day/year format)
100
 SEX Unknown REFM sex codes (M=male, F=female)
100
 LENGTH NUMBER Fish fork length (in centimeters)
100
 FINAL_AGE NUMBER Age assigned by AFSC Age and Growth Program based on otolith annuli counts
100
 CHRONOLOGY_AGE NUMBER Age assigned based on chronology crossdating. Can occasionally differ from Final_age, for instance when otolith edge is different to interpret.

Attribute Details

SPECIES

CC ID: 184068
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Common name
Allowed Values: unknown

SOURCE

CC ID: 184069
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fishery or Survey (RACE bottom trawl) collection
Allowed Values: unknown

CRUISE

CC ID: 184070
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

RACE/REFM Cruise number
Allowed Values: unknown

RACE_REFM_SPECIMEN

CC ID: 184071
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

RACE/REFM Specimen number
Allowed Values: 16 - 446660

PREFIX

CC ID: 184072
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Age reader code (R=Beth Matta) + REFM Species code
Allowed Values: unknown

NEW_SPECIMEN

CC ID: 184073
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Specimen number assigned by Matta to facilitate chronology development
Allowed Values: 2 - 332

CHRON_ID

CC ID: 184074
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Prefix + New_specimen
Allowed Values: unknown

DATE_COLLECTED

CC ID: 184075
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date of specimen collection (month/day/year format)
Allowed Values: unknown

SEX

CC ID: 184076
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

REFM sex codes (M=male, F=female)
Allowed Values: unknown

LENGTH

CC ID: 184077
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fish fork length (in centimeters)
Allowed Values: 29 - 56

FINAL_AGE

CC ID: 184078
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Age assigned by AFSC Age and Growth Program based on otolith annuli counts
Allowed Values: 15 - 34

CHRONOLOGY_AGE

CC ID: 184079
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Age assigned based on chronology crossdating. Can occasionally differ from Final_age, for instance when otolith edge is different to interpret.
Allowed Values: 15 - 34

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 22264
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22264
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: 2022-08-09 17:11+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