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NOAA_SEFSC_VSAD_GU2303_occurrence_20240312.csv

Entity (ENT)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72609  |  Updated: May 9, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Support Roles
Distribution Info
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

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

Sightings, samples, and additional observations are uniquely identified by occurrenceID. E.g.: 1_637_40: sighting number 1; 10_GU230624-01_39: sample number 1 (01) collected on the Gordon Gunter (GU), on 24-Jun-23 (230624), from sighting number 10; 1_3345_406: observation (non-marine mammal) number 1.

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
scientificName
Character 		Actual Scientific name of identified animal
scientificNameID
Character 		Indicates where taxonomic name is found
scientificNameAuthorship
character 		historical reference to scientifc identification
identificationRemarks
Character 		An optional remark on the taxonomic species
identificationReferences
Character 		Reference For The Species Identification
occurrenceRemarks
Character 		Optional Collector supplied comment about occurrence record
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
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_VSAD_GU2303_occurrence_20240312.csv
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2024
Abstract:

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

Sightings, samples, and additional observations are uniquely identified by occurrenceID. E.g.: 1_637_40: sighting number 1; 10_GU230624-01_39: sample number 1 (01) collected on the Gordon Gunter (GU), on 24-Jun-23 (230624), from sighting number 10; 1_3345_406: observation (non-marine mammal) number 1.

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
 scientificName Character Actual Scientific name of identified animal
100
 scientificNameID Character Indicates where taxonomic name is found
100
 scientificNameAuthorship character historical reference to scientifc identification
100
 identificationRemarks Character An optional remark on the taxonomic species
100
 identificationReferences Character Reference For The Species Identification
100
 occurrenceRemarks Character Optional Collector supplied comment about occurrence record
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
 occurrenceStatus Character Occurrence status which is always present

Attribute Details

eventid

CC ID: 1333807
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

eventid

occurrenceID

CC ID: 1333810
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: 1333816
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Animal As identified by data collector

IndividualCount

CC ID: 1333803
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number Identified

associatedMedia

CC ID: 1333806
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: 1333805
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: 1333817
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Animal As identified by data collector

scientificName

CC ID: 1333813
Seq. Order: 55
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Actual Scientific name of identified animal

scientificNameID

CC ID: 1333815
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates where taxonomic name is found

scientificNameAuthorship

CC ID: 1333814
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

historical reference to scientifc identification

identificationRemarks

CC ID: 1333809
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An optional remark on the taxonomic species

identificationReferences

CC ID: 1333808
Seq. Order: 115
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Reference For The Species Identification

occurrenceRemarks

CC ID: 1333820
Seq. Order: 120
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Optional Collector supplied comment about occurrence record

Materialsampleid

CC ID: 1333804
Seq. Order: 125
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: 1333812
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

occurrenceStatus

CC ID: 1333811
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: 1333818
Date Effective From: 2024
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: 1333819
Start Date: 2024
End Date: Present
Download URL: http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0290373/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_VSAD_GU2303_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_VSAD_GU2303_occurrence_20240312.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2024 - Present)
File Name: NOAA_SEFSC_VSAD_GU2303_occurrence_20240312.csv
File Date/Time: 2024-03-26 16:40:00
File Type (Deprecated): txt
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 172K
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked MD

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 72609
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72609
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2024-05-09 16:02+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-05-09 22:29+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-05-09
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