Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project Publication_Date: 2000 Title: SCCWRP Bight'98 Survey Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital vector data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Westminster, CA Publisher: Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project Online_Linkage: http://www.sccwrp.org Description: Abstract: See original metadata at http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html Purpose: See original metadata at http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1998 Currentness_Reference: Publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.49462 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.63750 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.45900 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.75110 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: Oceans and Estuaries Theme_Keyword: Location Theme_Keyword: GeoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keyword. Version 5.3.3 Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediment Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Composition Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: California Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Cite SCCWRP as the originators of the data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Cooper Contact_Organization: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) Contact_Position: Information Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane City: Westminster State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92683 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: SCCWRP98 Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Sample locations with land for reference Browse_Graphic_File_Type: .jpg Data_Set_Credit: For usSEABED, Jane Reid (USGS) concatenated the Station, Station Occupation, GrabEvent, and Grainsize datasets together based on sample name and location. Formatting corrections by Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado) Native_Data_Set_Environment: Tkme: Another editor for formal metadata by Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092), version 2.9.13, Microsoft Windows Version 5.1; Microsoft Word 2000 9.0 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See original metadata at http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html Logical_Consistency_Report: The tables may be related by the StationID field Completeness_Report: Available chemical data not included in usSEABED. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation by handheld Magellan GPS, usually accurate within 100 feet. See original metadata. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Accurate to 0.1 meters Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: For collection and analytical information, see original metadata provided at http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html. For usSEABED, data provided by Larry Cooper, SCCWRP, were concatenated together based on sample name and location by K. Halimeda Kilbourne (USGS), formatted, and processed through the dbSEABED processing software. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCCWRP Bight98 Process_Date: 1999 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SCCWRP Bight98 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Cooper Contact_Organization: SCCWRP Contact_Position: Information Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane City: Westminster State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92683 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1674 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Those interested in these data should see the original metadata. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Larry Cooper Contact_Organization: SCCWRP Contact_Position: Information manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane City: Westminster State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92683 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred Resource_Description: Bight'98 station nominal locations and statistical values, fish abundance and biomass, infaunal abundance, invertebrate abundance and biomass, and sediment chemistry. Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at SCCWRP, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a SCCWRP server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. SCCWRP shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Although this dataset has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data. Users of the data should be aware of limitations of the data due to possible imprecision due to navigational inaccuracies and limitations of the statistical data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 2005 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Jane A. Reid Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and mail Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4727 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jareid@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: email preferred Metadata_Standard_Name: CSDGM Version 2 Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata was written by a user of the data. Any information contained in the physical report is authoritative and supersedes any information given here.