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EPA_Seagrass_Restoration_1994_1995tblSamples.csv

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53090 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	EPA_Seagrass_Restoration_1994_1995tblSamples.csv
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	Table contains sample information including project name, sample sites, date, gear type code, environmental, habitat, and vegetation data. An empty cell or column, or a value of '-999' in any column indicates parameter was not measured or information is not available for given record. It was created by export of an export sqlserver system
Supplemental Information:	This project contains little usable animal biology data and was conducted as a vegetation/seagrass transplant survival study. Nekton counts only. No length measurements for any organisms, so no associated Length Tables. Few sample times in data set. Location of paper files for 1996-1997 samples are unknown.

Physical Location

Organization:	Southeast Fisheries Science Center
City:	Miami
State/Province:	FL
Country:	USA
Location Description:	contained in .zip file 10007.zip on the PARR Data Server

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Data Table
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	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.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	PROJECTNAME	Character	Combination of assigned project name and year(s) study was conducted
100	SAMPLENUMBER	Character	Generally, project acronym-year-sample number combination used to identify each data record
100	STUDYSITE	Character	Name assigned to study site usually obtained from a local or regional map
100	DATE	DATE	Date of sample collection in Month/Day/Year format
100	TIME	Character	Time of sample collection in Hours:Minutes AM/PM format
100	GPSLATITUDE	NUMBER	General latitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.
100	GPSLONGITUDE	NUMBER	General longitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.
100	GearType	Character	Code number assigned to identify type of sampler used in study.
100	AREASAMPLED	NUMBER	Area sampled by gear and gear specific
100	FIELDSALINITY_IN_PPT	NUMBER	Salinity recorded in the field in ppt
100	LABORATORYSALINITY_IN_PPT	NUMBER	Salinity measured in the laboratory in ppt
100	WATERTEMPERATURE_IN_C	NUMBER	Water temperature just below surface in °C
100	DISSOLVED_OXYGEN_IN_PPM	NUMBER	Dissolved oxygen in ppm; equivalent to mg/L
100	TURBIDITY_IN_NTUS	NUMBER	Turbidity generally in nephelometric turbidity units (NTUs)
100	DISTANCE_TO_MARSH_EDGE_IN_M	NUMBER	Distance to Marsh Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.
100	Distance_to_Seagrass_Edge_in_m	NUMBER	Distance to Seagrass Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.
100	INSIDE_DEPTH_ONE_IN_CM	NUMBER	First depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters
100	INSIDE_DEPTH_TWO_IN_CM	NUMBER	Second depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters
100	INSIDE_DEPTH_THREE_IN_CM	NUMBER	Third depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available
100	INSIDE_DEPTH_FOUR_IN_CM	NUMBER	Fourth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available
100	INSIDE_DEPTH_FIVE_IN_CM	NUMBER	Fifth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available
100	GENERALHABITAT	Character	Primary habitat level: General habitat type
100	PHYSICALHABITAT	Character	Secondary habitat level: Physical habitat type that better describes General Habitat
100	DominantPlantTaxon	Character	Dominant taxon of vegetation present inside sampler or in nearby adjacent area
100	MARSHSEAGRASSTYPE	Character	Tertiary habitat level: Describes sites as natural, created, restored, transplanted, or naturally revegetated
100	MISCDESCRIPTOR	Character	Pertinent miscellaneous information about sample site, location, replicate number, etc., not elsewhere recorded for given record
100	GENERALHABITATCOMMENTS	Character	General comments provided for clarification purposes
100	PLANTBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS	NUMBER	Optional column used to indicate if method(s) to obtain vegetation weight, or the measurement unit differed from standard procedures.
100	PLANTWETBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS	NUMBER	Vegetation weight in grams obtained after blotting plant material dry, if available
100	PLANTDRYBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS	NUMBER	Air or oven-dried [dry or ash] weight in grams
100	STEMCOUNT	NUMBER	Total or subsampled number of plant stems inside sampler (all taxa combined). Unprocessed unit-free numbers.
100	VegCover_in_percent	NUMBER	Estimated percentage of bottom area inside sampler covered by vegetation
100	PLANTCOMMENTS	VARCHAR2	Miscellaneous information on secondary vegetation types and other comments

Name

Type

Description

100

PROJECTNAME

Character

Combination of assigned project name and year(s) study was conducted

100

SAMPLENUMBER

Character

Generally, project acronym-year-sample number combination used to identify each data record

100

STUDYSITE

Character

Name assigned to study site usually obtained from a local or regional map

100

DATE

Date of sample collection in Month/Day/Year format

100

TIME

Character

Time of sample collection in Hours:Minutes AM/PM format

100

GPSLATITUDE

NUMBER

General latitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.

100

GPSLONGITUDE

NUMBER

General longitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.

100

GearType

Character

Code number assigned to identify type of sampler used in study.

100

AREASAMPLED

NUMBER

Area sampled by gear and gear specific

100

FIELDSALINITY_IN_PPT

NUMBER

Salinity recorded in the field in ppt

100

LABORATORYSALINITY_IN_PPT

NUMBER

Salinity measured in the laboratory in ppt

100

WATERTEMPERATURE_IN_C

NUMBER

Water temperature just below surface in °C

100

DISSOLVED_OXYGEN_IN_PPM

NUMBER

Dissolved oxygen in ppm; equivalent to mg/L

100

TURBIDITY_IN_NTUS

NUMBER

Turbidity generally in nephelometric turbidity units (NTUs)

100

DISTANCE_TO_MARSH_EDGE_IN_M

NUMBER

Distance to Marsh Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.

100

Distance_to_Seagrass_Edge_in_m

NUMBER

Distance to Seagrass Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.

100

INSIDE_DEPTH_ONE_IN_CM

NUMBER

First depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters

100

INSIDE_DEPTH_TWO_IN_CM

NUMBER

Second depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters

100

INSIDE_DEPTH_THREE_IN_CM

NUMBER

Third depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

100

INSIDE_DEPTH_FOUR_IN_CM

NUMBER

Fourth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

100

INSIDE_DEPTH_FIVE_IN_CM

NUMBER

Fifth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

100

GENERALHABITAT

Character

Primary habitat level: General habitat type

100

PHYSICALHABITAT

Character

Secondary habitat level: Physical habitat type that better describes General Habitat

100

DominantPlantTaxon

Character

Dominant taxon of vegetation present inside sampler or in nearby adjacent area

100

MARSHSEAGRASSTYPE

Character

Tertiary habitat level: Describes sites as natural, created, restored, transplanted, or naturally revegetated

100

MISCDESCRIPTOR

Character

Pertinent miscellaneous information about sample site, location, replicate number, etc., not elsewhere recorded for given record

100

GENERALHABITATCOMMENTS

Character

General comments provided for clarification purposes

100

PLANTBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

NUMBER

Optional column used to indicate if method(s) to obtain vegetation weight, or the measurement unit differed from standard procedures.

100

PLANTWETBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

NUMBER

Vegetation weight in grams obtained after blotting plant material dry, if available

100

PLANTDRYBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

NUMBER

Air or oven-dried [dry or ash] weight in grams

100

STEMCOUNT

NUMBER

Total or subsampled number of plant stems inside sampler (all taxa combined). Unprocessed unit-free numbers.

100

VegCover_in_percent

NUMBER

Estimated percentage of bottom area inside sampler covered by vegetation

100

PLANTCOMMENTS

VARCHAR2

Miscellaneous information on secondary vegetation types and other comments

Attribute Details

PROJECTNAME

CC ID: 762731

Seq. Order:	1
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Combination of assigned project name and year(s) study was conducted

SAMPLENUMBER

CC ID: 762732

Seq. Order:	2
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	Yes
Status:	Active
Description:	Generally, project acronym-year-sample number combination used to identify each data record

STUDYSITE

CC ID: 762734

Seq. Order:	3
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	60
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Name assigned to study site usually obtained from a local or regional map

DATE

CC ID: 762707

Seq. Order:	4
Data Storage Type:	DATE
Max Length:	7
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Date of sample collection in Month/Day/Year format

TIME

CC ID: 762735

Seq. Order:	5
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Time of sample collection in Hours:Minutes AM/PM format

GPSLATITUDE

CC ID: 762715

Seq. Order:	6
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	38
Scale:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	General latitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.

GPSLONGITUDE

CC ID: 762716

Seq. Order:	7
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	7
Scale:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	General longitude coordinates, often estimated, converted to decimal degrees.

GearType

CC ID: 762717

Seq. Order:	8
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	1
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Code number assigned to identify type of sampler used in study.

AREASAMPLED

CC ID: 762706

Seq. Order:	9
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Area sampled by gear and gear specific

FIELDSALINITY_IN_PPT

CC ID: 762712

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Salinity recorded in the field in ppt

LABORATORYSALINITY_IN_PPT

CC ID: 762723

Seq. Order:	11
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Salinity measured in the laboratory in ppt

WATERTEMPERATURE_IN_C

CC ID: 762738

Seq. Order:	12
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Water temperature just below surface in °C

DISSOLVED_OXYGEN_IN_PPM

CC ID: 762708

Seq. Order:	13
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Dissolved oxygen in ppm; equivalent to mg/L

TURBIDITY_IN_NTUS

CC ID: 762736

Seq. Order:	14
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Turbidity generally in nephelometric turbidity units (NTUs)

DISTANCE_TO_MARSH_EDGE_IN_M

CC ID: 762709

Seq. Order:	15
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Distance to Marsh Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.

Distance_to_Seagrass_Edge_in_m

CC ID: 762710

Seq. Order:	16
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Distance to Seagrass Edge from middle of sampler in meters. Distance may be estimated visually, or measured with measuring tape, or by rangefinder.

INSIDE_DEPTH_ONE_IN_CM

CC ID: 762720

Seq. Order:	17
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	First depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters

INSIDE_DEPTH_TWO_IN_CM

CC ID: 762722

Seq. Order:	18
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Second depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters

INSIDE_DEPTH_THREE_IN_CM

CC ID: 762721

Seq. Order:	19
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Third depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

INSIDE_DEPTH_FOUR_IN_CM

CC ID: 762719

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Fourth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

INSIDE_DEPTH_FIVE_IN_CM

CC ID: 762718

Seq. Order:	21
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Fifth depth measurement inside sampler in centimeters, if available

GENERALHABITAT

CC ID: 762713

Seq. Order:	22
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	30
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Primary habitat level: General habitat type

PHYSICALHABITAT

CC ID: 762726

Seq. Order:	23
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	25
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Secondary habitat level: Physical habitat type that better describes General Habitat

DominantPlantTaxon

CC ID: 762711

Seq. Order:	24
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	30
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Dominant taxon of vegetation present inside sampler or in nearby adjacent area

MARSHSEAGRASSTYPE

CC ID: 762724

Seq. Order:	25
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	25
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Tertiary habitat level: Describes sites as natural, created, restored, transplanted, or naturally revegetated

MISCDESCRIPTOR

CC ID: 762725

Seq. Order:	26
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Pertinent miscellaneous information about sample site, location, replicate number, etc., not elsewhere recorded for given record

GENERALHABITATCOMMENTS

CC ID: 762714

Seq. Order:	27
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	200
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	General comments provided for clarification purposes

PLANTBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

CC ID: 762727

Seq. Order:	28
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	7
Scale:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	Optional column used to indicate if method(s) to obtain vegetation weight, or the measurement unit differed from standard procedures.

PLANTWETBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

CC ID: 762730

Seq. Order:	29
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	7
Scale:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	Vegetation weight in grams obtained after blotting plant material dry, if available

PLANTDRYBIOMASS_IN_GRAMS

CC ID: 762729

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	7
Scale:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	Air or oven-dried [dry or ash] weight in grams

STEMCOUNT

CC ID: 762733

Seq. Order:	31
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Total or subsampled number of plant stems inside sampler (all taxa combined). Unprocessed unit-free numbers.

VegCover_in_percent

CC ID: 762737

Seq. Order:	32
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	22
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Estimated percentage of bottom area inside sampler covered by vegetation

PLANTCOMMENTS

CC ID: 762728

Seq. Order:	33
Data Storage Type:	VARCHAR2
Max Length:	255
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Miscellaneous information on secondary vegetation types and other comments

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 762751

Date Effective From:	1994
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Ditty, James
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551-5997
Email Address:	Jim.Ditty@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3782
Fax:	409-766-3508
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 762752

Date Effective From:	1994
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA
Phone:	(305)361-5761
URL:	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours:	8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 762753

Date Effective From:	1994
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Ditty, James
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551-5997
Email Address:	Jim.Ditty@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3782
Fax:	409-766-3508
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 762754

Date Effective From:	2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Baumer, Tim J
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	tim.baumer@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3784
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	53090
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53090
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2018-07-19 07:17+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2021-10-21
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2021-10-21
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2022-10-21