locations of sediment samples with Clostridium perfringens in Long Island Sound

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Marilyn R. Bucholtz ten Brink(ed.)

Publication_Date: 20000000

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: locations of sediment samples with Clostridium perfringens in Long Island Sound

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich(ed.)

Originator: Larry Poppe(ed.)

Publication_Date: 20001101

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title:

Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: OFR 00-304

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS layer contains a point layer showing the the location of surficial sediment samples in Long Island containing Clostridium perfringens and the concentration of Clostridium perfringens in those samples.

Purpose:

The purpose of this layer is to disseminate a digital version of the location of samples containing Clostridium perfringens, and concentrations of Clostridium perfringens in those samples.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19960000

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19970000

Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.7469

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.2128

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2919

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.8405

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: points

Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens distribution

Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens

Theme_Keyword: sample locations

Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens spores

Theme_Keyword: surficial samples

Theme_Keyword: contaminants

Theme_Keyword: sewage-derived pollutants

Theme_Keyword: pollutants

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. 

 

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Marilyn R. Bucholtz ten Brink

Contact_Position: chemist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: cperfloc.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF

Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

image showing the extent of the GIS layer and the distribution of surficial samples with Clostridium perfringens spores in Long Island Sound

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - lissound\data\chap08\cperfloc.shp

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report: none

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Ship navigation was by radar and line of sight (sextant) and is therefore of variable accuracy.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No attempt was made to correctdepths for tides..

Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1-2 m

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tidal range for Long Island Sound

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Grab samples were frozen at sea, and freeze-dried in the lab. Analyses for Clostridium perfringens were performed by Biological Analytical Labs of North Kingston, RI, according to methods described by Emerson and Cabelli (1982) and Bisson and Cabelli (1979). Data consisting of station navigation and Clostridium perfringens concentrations in the surficial sediments were inmported as text files.

Process_Date: 19980000

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: M.R. Buchholtz ten Brink

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Chemist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 216

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 18

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -075.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +00.000000

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 4000

Ordinate_Resolution: 4000

Planar_Distance_Units: Meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 0.003352810664747

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface

Depth_Resolution: 2

Depth_Distance_Units: Meters

Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: cperfloc.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Cperflocsn

Attribute_Definition: Unique assigned sequential identifier of sample.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.00000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 215.00000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Row__

Attribute_Definition: Unique assigned sequential identifier of sample.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 219.000000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Cruise

Attribute_Definition: Name of Cruise from which sample collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Station_na

Attribute_Definition: Name or number of station at which sample was collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude_

Attribute_Definition: Longitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.746600

Range_Domain_Maximum: -72.214300

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude__

Attribute_Definition: Latitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.866000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.269600

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year_sampl

Attribute_Definition: Year sample was collected from the natural environment.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1996.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1997.000000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date_sampl

Attribute_Definition:

Date when the sample was collected from the natural environment.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 69.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 176.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Julian day

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time__gmt_

Attribute_Definition:

Hour and minutes when the sample was collected from the natural environment.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Greenwich Mean Time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Water_dept

Attribute_Definition:

Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, in original units (not corrected for tides).

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.600000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 52.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sample_int

Attribute_Definition: The depth of the sample in the sediment in units of cm.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: C__perfrin

Attribute_Definition:

Concentration of Clostridium perfringens in the sample in units of spores/g wet sediment.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 7900.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: spore count per gram of wet sediment

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Item003

Attribute_Definition:

Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens wet sediment; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Item004

Attribute_Definition:

Concentration of Clostridium perfringens in the sample in units of spores/g dry sediment.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 15000.000000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: spore count per gram of dry sediment

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Item005

Attribute_Definition:

Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens dry sediment; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: C_perf_qua

Attribute_Definition:

Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens concentration; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This is a point layer showing the distribution of samples collected by the USGS during the time period of 1996-1997. Attribute information associated with the samples provide analysis of Clostridium perfringens found in the samples.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Buchholtz ten Brink and others, 2000

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Marilyn R. Bucholtz ten Brink

Contact_Position: chemist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: cperfloc.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

cperfloc.dbf cperfloc.shp cperfloc.shx cperfloc.avl cperfloc.sbn cperfloc.sbx

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Transfer_Size: 16Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

The six ArcView files (cperfloc.dbf, cperfloc.shp, cperfloc.shx, cperfloc.avl, cperfloc.sbn, cperfloc.sbx) comprising the M.A. cperfloc (1965) samples collected in Long Island Sound.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 16Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file.

Fees: none

Custom_Order_Process: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

The cperfloc layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20001101

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000807

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: computer specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None