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Title: Worm tube trawl disturbance_Laurel et al 2012
Short Name: Worm tube trawl disturbance_Laurel et al 2012
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Data from a field experiment examining the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on polychaete worm tubes and age-0 flatfish distribution

Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7466, 10-29-2015 17:24

Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Description:

Data from a field experiment examining the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on polychaete worm tubes and age-0 flatfish distribution

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Sampling period Unknown Sampling period of video survey (date conducted). Trawl disturbance was conducted from September 5-7, 2008.
100
Depth (m) NUMBER Depth along transect line
100
Line NUMBER Transect line number
100
Treatment Unknown Worm tube disturbance treatment
100
Mean FF0 per 100 M NUMBER Mean age-0 flatfish density
100
Worm abundance NUMBER Worm tube abundance index (0 = absent; 1 = patchy, low-density presence; 5 = dense, total coverage of bottom)
100
Worm Combing NUMBER Worm tube combing index characterizing regions marked by parallel, bare channels resulting from towed gear (0 = absence, 1-2 = level of presence)
100
Worm Patch NUMBER Patchiness index characterizing areas of bare substrate in worm tube regions (0 = no patches, 1 = patches 0.01-0.04 square meters, 2 = 0.05-0.15 square meters
100
Worm NUMBER Adjusted worm abundance index: 1 + (worm abundance x 2)
100
Comb NUMBER Adjusted worm combing index: 1 + (worm combing x 2)
100
Patch NUMBER Adjusted worm patchiness index: 1 + (worm patchiness x 2)

Attribute Details

Sampling period

CC ID: 240699
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sampling period of video survey (date conducted). Trawl disturbance was conducted from September 5-7, 2008.

Allowed Values: 1 = Aug. 30, 2008; 2 = Sept. 8, 2008; 3 = Sept. 10, 2008; 4 = Sept. 14, 2008; 5 = Oct. 16, 2008; 6 = Nov. 17, 2008; 7 = Jan. 27, 2009

Depth (m)

CC ID: 240700
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Depth along transect line

Unit of Measure: meters
Allowed Values: 15 - 29

Line

CC ID: 240701
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Transect line number

Allowed Values: 1 - 8

Treatment

CC ID: 240702
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Worm tube disturbance treatment

Allowed Values: C = control (undisturbed), T = treated (disturbed)

Mean FF0 per 100 M

CC ID: 240706
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mean age-0 flatfish density

Unit of Measure: age-0 flatfish per square 100 meters
Allowed Values: 0 - 54.95

Worm abundance

CC ID: 240711
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Worm tube abundance index (0 = absent; 1 = patchy, low-density presence; 5 = dense, total coverage of bottom)

Allowed Values: 0 - 5

Worm Combing

CC ID: 240712
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Worm tube combing index characterizing regions marked by parallel, bare channels resulting from towed gear (0 = absence, 1-2 = level of presence)

Allowed Values: 0 - 2

Worm Patch

CC ID: 240713
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Patchiness index characterizing areas of bare substrate in worm tube regions (0 = no patches, 1 = patches 0.01-0.04 square meters, 2 = 0.05-0.15 square meters

Allowed Values: 0 - 2

Worm

CC ID: 240715
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Adjusted worm abundance index: 1 + (worm abundance x 2)

Allowed Values: 1 - 11

Comb

CC ID: 240716
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Adjusted worm combing index: 1 + (worm combing x 2)

Allowed Values: 1 - 5

Patch

CC ID: 240717
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Adjusted worm patchiness index: 1 + (worm patchiness x 2)

Allowed Values: 1 - 5

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 28409
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:28409
Metadata Record Created By: Mara Spencer
Metadata Record Created: 2015-10-29 17:24+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:10+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-05-18
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-05-18
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-05-18