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Title: Office of Fisheries, Biological Data Structure (EP and NCA)
Short Name: Office of Fisheries, Biological Data Structure (EP and NCA)
Status: In Work
Purpose:

This Biological data set contains information on gear, species, numbers and weights, etc., for specific EP and NCA Project stations.

Supplemental Information:

This data structure is used for Project 13 (Environmental Perturbations) and Project 14 (National Coastal Assessment).

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None gear
None lengths
None numbers
None species
None weights

Physical Location

Organization: Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries
City: Baton Rouge
State/Province: LA
Country: USA

Entity Information

Entity Type: Form: Collection or Entry
Alias: BIOMAS13, BIOMAS14
Description:

Biological data for Project 13 (Environmental Perturbations) and Project 14 (National Coastal Assessment).

Data Attributes

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
N/A
AREA numeric Management unit
N/A
DAY numeric Day of month
N/A
DEPTH numeric Depth of sample in meters
N/A
DUR numeric Duration of sample
N/A
DUR_M numeric Duration method (units)
N/A
GEAR numeric Biological gear
N/A
GEAR_OBS numeric Gear observation
N/A
GROUP numeric Length group
N/A
I_WT_M numeric Individual weight method (units)
N/A
LEN_INT numeric Length interval
N/A
LEN_M numeric Length method (units)
N/A
LEN_MEAS numeric Length or number measurement
N/A
MONTH numeric Month of year
N/A
NUM_MEAS numeric Number measured by taxa
N/A
PROJECT numeric Source of data collection
N/A
SEX numeric Sex
N/A
SPECIAL numeric Subproject
N/A
SP_OBS numeric Sjpecies observation
N/A
STAGE numeric Maturity stage
N/A
STAGE_M numeric Stage method
N/A
STATION numeric Station location
N/A
TAXA numeric Species
N/A
TIME numeric Time of day (military)
N/A
T_NUM numeric Total number captured by taxa
N/A
T_NUM_M numeric Total number enumeration method
N/A
T_WT numeric Total weight by taxa
N/A
T_WT_M numeric Total weight method
N/A
WT_MEAS numeric Individual weight
N/A
YEAR numeric Year

Attribute Details

AREA

CC ID: 36816
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Management unit

DAY

CC ID: 36817
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Day of month

DEPTH

CC ID: 36818
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Depth of sample in meters

DUR

CC ID: 36819
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Duration of sample

DUR_M

CC ID: 36820
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Duration method (units)

GEAR

CC ID: 36821
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Biological gear

GEAR_OBS

CC ID: 36822
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Gear observation

GROUP

CC ID: 36823
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length group

I_WT_M

CC ID: 36824
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Individual weight method (units)

LEN_INT

CC ID: 36825
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length interval

LEN_M

CC ID: 36826
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length method (units)

LEN_MEAS

CC ID: 36827
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length or number measurement

MONTH

CC ID: 36828
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Month of year

NUM_MEAS

CC ID: 36829
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number measured by taxa

PROJECT

CC ID: 36830
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Source of data collection

SEX

CC ID: 36831
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sex

SPECIAL

CC ID: 36832
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Subproject

SP_OBS

CC ID: 36833
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sjpecies observation

STAGE

CC ID: 36834
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Maturity stage

STAGE_M

CC ID: 36835
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stage method

STATION

CC ID: 36836
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Station location

TAXA

CC ID: 36837
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Species

TIME

CC ID: 36838
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time of day (military)

T_NUM

CC ID: 36839
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number captured by taxa

T_NUM_M

CC ID: 36840
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number enumeration method

T_WT

CC ID: 36841
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total weight by taxa

T_WT_M

CC ID: 36842
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total weight method

WT_MEAS

CC ID: 36843
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Individual weight

YEAR

CC ID: 36844
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year

Support Roles

Author

CC ID: 64934
Date Effective From: 2006-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Harden, Michael
Address: 2000 Quail Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
USA
Email Address: mharden@wlf.la.gov
Fax: (225)765-2624
Business Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm CST

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 36846
Date Effective From: 2006-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Strong, Marsha
Address: 2000 Quail Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Email Address: mstrong@wlf.la.gov
Phone: (225)765-2952
Business Hours: 9 -5

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Data available upon written request to Division Administrator.

Data Access Procedure:

Contact Information:

Division Administrator

La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries

Marine Fisheries Division

P. O. Box 98000

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898-9000

Telephone: (225) 765-2384

Related Items

Item Type Relationship Type Title
Project (PRJ) Cross Reference Environmental Perturbations
Project (PRJ) Cross Reference National Coastal Assessment Program

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 9430
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:9430
Metadata Record Created By: Marsha Strong
Metadata Record Created: 2009-05-19 11:48+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-09-06
Owner Org: GSMFC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-09-06
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-09-06