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SEASONAL

Entity (ENT)  |  Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:42274  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
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Abstract

The data table SEASONAL contains information on the seasonal presence of each species associated with each spatial vector object. Abundance information was adapted from NOAA's Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program (ELMR) (Nelson, 1992) and supplemented with information provided by resource experts. Under each month in the seasonality table for most fish, a number code indicates the species abundance (1 = rare, 2 = common, 3 = abundant, 4 = highly abundant). The abundance usually refers to the adult life stage. For species where monthly abundance detail was not known, seasonality is listed by month with an 'X' indicating the species presence. See the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the way this table relates to other attribute tables in the ESI data structure. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Entity Information

Data Attribute / Type Description
ELEMENT
VARCHAR 		Major categories of biological data. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
SPECIES_ID
NUMBER 		Numeric identifier for each species that is unique within each element and refers to a nationwide ESI species list maintained at NOAA. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
SEASON_ID
NUMBER 		Numeric identifier for the unique monthly presence and life history characteristics of each species at a given location. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
JAN
VARCHAR 		January | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
FEB
VARCHAR 		February | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
MAR
VARCHAR 		March | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
APR
VARCHAR 		April | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
MAY
VARCHAR 		May | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
JUN
VARCHAR 		June | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
JUL
VARCHAR 		July | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
AUG
VARCHAR 		August | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
SEP
VARCHAR 		September | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
OCT
VARCHAR 		October | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
NOV
VARCHAR 		November | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
DEC
VARCHAR 		December | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
EL_SPE_SEA
VARCHAR 		Concatenation of ELEMENT, SPECIES_ID, and SEASON_ID. This item links records in the SEASONAL data table to records in the BIORES and BREED data tables. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.