53012 Samples Data Entity Published / External 30691 Vallisneria 2003-2004 Data Set Completed Table contains sample information including project name, sampling site, date, gear type, environmental, habitat, and vegetation data. A value of '-999' in any column indicates given parameter was not measured or information is not available for given record. Empty column indicates parameter was not measured. No stations for 7, 25, 28, 29, 30 or 92, 93, 94, 95 collected. No plant biomass/weight data for any sample. Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami FL USA contained in .zip file 36091.zip on the PARR Data Server Data Table Yes Table contains sample information including project name, sampling site, date, gear type, environmental, habitat, and vegetation data. A value of '-999' in any column indicates given parameter was not measured or information is not available for given record. Empty column indicates parameter was not measured. 1 PROJECTNAME Character 50 Yes No Active Combination of assigned project name and year(s) study was conducted 2 SAMPLENUMBER Character 50 Yes Yes Active Generally, project acronym-year-sample number combination used to identify each data record 3 STUDYSITE Character 60 No No Active Name assigned to study site usually obtained from a local or regional map 4 SAMPLE_DATE DATE 7 No No Active Date of sample collection in Month/Day/Year format 5 SAMPLE_TIME Character 8 No No Active Time of sample collection in Hours:Minutes AM/PM format 6 GPSLATITUDE NUMBER 22 No No 38 4 Active General latitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees. 7 GPSLONGITUDE NUMBER 22 No No 7 4 Active General longitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees. 8 GearDescription Character 100 Yes No Active Description of gear user for sampling 9 AREASAMPLED NUMBER 22 Yes No 4 1 Active Area sampled by gear and gear specific 10 FIELDSALINITY_IN_PPT NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Salinity recorded in the field in ppt 11 LABORATORYSALINITY_IN_PPT NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Salinity measured in the laboratory in ppt 12 WATERTEMPERATURE_IN_C NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Water temperature just below surface in °C 13 DISSOLVED_OXYGEN_IN_PPM NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Dissolved oxygen in ppm; equivalent to mg/L 14 TURBIDITY_IN_NTUS NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Turbidity generally in nephelometric turbidity units (NTUs) 15 DISTANCE_TO_MARSH_EDGE_IN_M NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Distance to Marsh Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder. 16 DIST_TO_SEAGRASS_EDGE_IN_M NUMBER 22 No No 4 1 Active Distance to Seagrass Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder. 17 INSIDE_DEPTH_ONE_IN_CM NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active First depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters 18 INSIDE_DEPTH_TWO_IN_CM NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Second depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters 19 INSIDE_DEPTH_THREE_IN_CM NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Third depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available 20 INSIDE_DEPTH_FOUR_IN_CM NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Fourth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available 21 INSIDE_DEPTH_FIVE_IN_CM NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Fifth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available 22 GENERALHABITAT Character 30 No No Active Primary habitat level: General habitat type 23 PHYSICALHABITAT Character 25 No No Active Secondary habitat level: Physical habitat type that better describes General Habitat 24 DOMINANTPLANTSPECIES Character 30 No No Active Dominant taxon of vegetation present inside sampler or in nearby adjacent area 25 MARSHSEAGRASSTYPE Character 25 No No Active Tertiary habitat level: Describes sites as natural, created, restored, transplanted, or naturally revegetated 26 MISCDESCRIPTOR Character 50 No No Active Pertinent miscellaneous information about sample site, location, replicate number, etc., not elsewhere recorded for given record 27 GENERALHABITATCOMMENTS Character 200 No No Active General comments provided for clarification purposes 28 PLANTBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS NUMBER 22 No No 7 4 Active Optional column used to indicate if method(s) to obtain vegetation weight, or the measurement unit differed from standard procedures. 29 PLANTWETBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS NUMBER 22 No No 7 4 Active Vegetation weight in grams obtained after blotting plant material dry, if available 30 PLANTDRYBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS NUMBER 22 No No 7 4 Active Air or oven-dried [dry or ash] weight in grams 31 STEMCOUNT NUMBER 22 No No 4 0 Active Total or subsampled number of plant stems inside sampler (all taxa combined). Unprocessed unit-free numbers. 32 VEGCOVER NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Estimated percentage of bottom area inside sampler covered by vegetation 33 PLANTCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 255 No No Active Miscellaneous information on secondary vegetation types and other comments Data Steward 1999 Person Rozas, Lawrence P Contact by email preferred. Distributor 2018 Organization Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC https://ror.org/0396y0w87 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center About SEFSC Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Metadata Contact 1999 Person Rozas, Lawrence P Contact by email preferred. Point of Contact 2016 Person Baumer, Tim J tim.baumer@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3784 Contact by email preferred. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53012 Lee Weinberger 2018-07-08T14:03:09 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:18 2021-10-21 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2021-10-21 1 Year 2022-10-21