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Abstract

file providing data for sightings and samples (Occurrence). Main goal is to provide species identification for sightings and samples and group size counts for sightings (individualCount), among other data.

Sightings are uniquely identified by occurrenceID and samples by materialSampleID. E.g.: 1_15-Apr-04: sighting number 1 from 15-Apr-04; GU-20040415-07-01: sample number 1 (01) collected on the Gordon Gunter (GU), on 15-Apr-04 (20040415), under sighting number 7 (07).

Description

Provides data for sightings and samples (Occurrence). Main goal is to provide species identification for sightings and samples and group size counts for sightings (individualCount), among other data.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
eventid
Character
eventid
occurrenceID
Character
occurrenceID
verbatimIdentification
character
Animal As identified by data collector
IndividualCount
Numeric
Number Identified
associatedMedia
Character
Indicates whether there is any media associated with this record
Recordedby
Character
concatenation of the number corresponding to the recorder of the data and the initials of the data collector.
vernacularName
Numeric
Animal As identified by data collector
scientificNameID
Character
Indicates where taxonomic name is found
scientificName
Character
Actual Scientific name of identified animal
scientificNameAuthorship
character
historical reference to scientifc identification
identificationRemarks
Character
An optional remark on the taxonomic species
Materialsampleid
Character
This is N/A for visual sightings. If data is from another source it refers to Ship Abbreviation Character 1-2 Dash Character 3 Year Characters 4-7 Month Characters 8-9 Day Character 10-11 Dash Character 12 2 digits Characters 13-14 Dash Character 15 2 digits Characters 16-17 Month Date
preparations
Character
N/A for Sightings For biological samples: A description of how sample was prepared otherwise
identificationReferences
Character
Reference For The Species Identification
occurrenceStatus
Character
Occurrence status which is always present

Distribution Information

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Distributor
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
(301) 713-3277

Item Identification

Title: NOAA_SEFSC_GU0402_occurrence_20231024.csv
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2023
Abstract:

file providing data for sightings and samples (Occurrence). Main goal is to provide species identification for sightings and samples and group size counts for sightings (individualCount), among other data.

Sightings are uniquely identified by occurrenceID and samples by materialSampleID. E.g.: 1_15-Apr-04: sighting number 1 from 15-Apr-04; GU-20040415-07-01: sample number 1 (01) collected on the Gordon Gunter (GU), on 15-Apr-04 (20040415), under sighting number 7 (07).

Entity Information

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

Provides data for sightings and samples (Occurrence). Main goal is to provide species identification for sightings and samples and group size counts for sightings (individualCount), among other data.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
eventid Character eventid
100
Primary Key occurrenceID Character occurrenceID
100
verbatimIdentification character Animal As identified by data collector
100
IndividualCount Numeric Number Identified
100
associatedMedia Character Indicates whether there is any media associated with this record
100
Recordedby Character concatenation of the number corresponding to the recorder of the data and the initials of the data collector.
100
vernacularName Numeric Animal As identified by data collector
100
scientificNameID Character Indicates where taxonomic name is found
100
scientificName Character Actual Scientific name of identified animal
100
scientificNameAuthorship character historical reference to scientifc identification
100
identificationRemarks Character An optional remark on the taxonomic species
100
Materialsampleid Character This is N/A for visual sightings. If data is from another source it refers to Ship Abbreviation Character 1-2 Dash Character 3 Year Characters 4-7 Month Characters 8-9 Day Character 10-11 Dash Character 12 2 digits Characters 13-14 Dash Character 15 2 digits Characters 16-17 Month Date
100
preparations Character N/A for Sightings For biological samples: A description of how sample was prepared otherwise
100
identificationReferences Character Reference For The Species Identification
100
occurrenceStatus Character Occurrence status which is always present

Attribute Details

eventid

CC ID: 1282632
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

eventid

occurrenceID

CC ID: 1282624
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Status: Active
Description:

occurrenceID

Display Example: s_5_2-Jun-04

verbatimIdentification

CC ID: 1282647
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Animal As identified by data collector

IndividualCount

CC ID: 1282648
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number Identified

associatedMedia

CC ID: 1283774
Seq. Order: 35
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates whether there is any media associated with this record

Recordedby

CC ID: 1282626
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

concatenation of the number corresponding to the recorder of the data and the initials of the data collector.

Derivation:

For Effort Records it is built by concatenating the left observer left observer number, right observer, right observer number, data recorder and data recorder number.

For

vernacularName

CC ID: 1282625
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Animal As identified by data collector

scientificNameID

CC ID: 1282629
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates where taxonomic name is found

scientificName

CC ID: 1282627
Seq. Order: 70
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Actual Scientific name of identified animal

scientificNameAuthorship

CC ID: 1282628
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

historical reference to scientifc identification

identificationRemarks

CC ID: 1282717
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An optional remark on the taxonomic species

Materialsampleid

CC ID: 1282718
Seq. Order: 120
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

This is N/A for visual sightings.

If data is from another source it refers to

Ship Abbreviation Character 1-2

Dash Character 3

Year Characters 4-7

Month Characters 8-9

Day Character 10-11

Dash Character 12

2 digits Characters 13-14

Dash Character 15

2 digits Characters 16-17

Month

Date

preparations

CC ID: 1282719
Seq. Order: 130
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

N/A for Sightings

For biological samples: A description of how sample was prepared otherwise

identificationReferences

CC ID: 1283775
Seq. Order: 140
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Reference For The Species Identification

occurrenceStatus

CC ID: 1282721
Seq. Order: 150
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Occurrence status which is always present

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 1282630
Date Effective From: 2023
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address: NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone: (301) 713-3277

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1282631
Start Date: 2023
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0284773/1.1/data/0-data/GU0402_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GU0402_occurrence_20231024.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2023 - Present)
File Name: NOAA_SEFSC_GU0402_occurrence_20231024.csv
File Date/Time: 2023-11-02 15:19:00
File Type (Deprecated): txt
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 114K
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked MD

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 71536
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:71536
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2023-11-26 02:27+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-12-04 05:23+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2023-12-04
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-01-03
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-01-03