samples collected by H.L. Sanders (1956)

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: Roman N. Zajac(comp.)

Publication_Date: 20000000

Title: samples collected by H. L. Sanders (1956)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich(ed.)

Originator: Larry Poppe(ed.)

Publication_Date: 20000000

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

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS layer provides the location where samples were taken in a survey conducted by H.L. Sanders (1956)

Purpose:

This data layer, which focuses on benthic communities, was developed as part of a cooperative project between the University of New Haven, the Connecticut DEP, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Benthic communities are an integral component of the ecology of LIS. Understanding the role that spatial heterogeneity plays in the dynamic of benthic landscapes may be a key to developing a better understanding of the estuarine ecology and the impacts of huuman activity. The purpose of providing this data layer is to help establish a regional framework for developing a more extensive GIS for benthic communities in LIS that can be used for education, research, and environmental management.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19560000

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.0991

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.7566

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2256

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.0167

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: University of New Haven

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: points

Theme_Keyword: Sanders

Theme_Keyword: oceanography

Theme_Keyword: biology

Theme_Keyword: communities

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound

Place_Keyword: estuary

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Access_Constraints:

The University of New Haven and the U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the data set in any future products or as research derived from these data.

 

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the University of New Haven and the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the University of New Haven or 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 University of New Haven or the USGS in the use of the data or related materials.

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Roman Zajac

Contact_Organization: University of New Haven

Contact_Position: Professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Biological and Environmental Sciences

University of New Haven

300 Orange Avenue

City: West Haven

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06516

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (203) 932-7114

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zajacrn@charger.newhaven.edu

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: sanders.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF

Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

image showing the extent of the GIS layer and the location of H.L. Sanders 1956 samples

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - lissound\data\chap10\sanders.shp

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: H.L Sanders(ed.)

Publication_Date: 19560000

Title:

Oceanography of Long Island Sound, X: the biology of marine botto communities

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Bulletin Bingham Oceanography Collection

Issue_Identification: volume 15

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Ship navigation was by radar and visual observation

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown/variable

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Accuracy dependant on method and distance from shore

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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

Completeness_Report: None

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Ship navigation was by radar and visual observation

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No tidal corrections performed

Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 2

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tidal range is less than 2 m

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: H.L. Sanders(comp.)

Publication_Date: 19560000

Title:

Oceanography of Long Island Sound, X. The biology of marine bottom communities

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Bulletin Bingham Oceanography Collection

Issue_Identification: v. 15

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sanders, 1956

Source_Contribution: Describes benthic communities in Long Island Sound

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Sediment samples were collected by grab sampler and were wet sieved to remove the mud fraction. Coarse fractions were stored in formalin until individual species specimens could be identified and counted with a binocular microscope under reflected light.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sander's station locations

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Roman Zajac

Contact_Organization: University of New Haven

Contact_Position: Professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Biological and Environemtal Sciences

University of New Haven

300 Orange Avenue

City: West Haven

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06516

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (203) 932-7114

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zajacrn@charger.newhaven.edu

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Text files of the navigation were imported into ArcInfo and shape files were generated

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sandersloc.txt

Process_Date: Unknown

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sanders.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sanders.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sanders.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: R.N. Zajac

Contact_Organization: University of New Haven

Contact_Position: Professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Biology and Environmental Sciences

Univesity of New Haven

300 Orange Avenue

City: West Haven

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06516

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (203) 932-7114

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zajacrn@charger.newhaven.edu

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: 7

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: 0.999600

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: 8000

Ordinate_Resolution: 8000

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sanders.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sandrs56_

Attribute_Definition:

Carried over from the ArcInfo attribute SANDRS56#. SANDRS56# is an ArcInfo internal control parameter and has no applicable relevance to the use of the data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 7

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sandrs56_id

Attribute_Definition:

Carried over from the ArcInfo attribute SANDRS56-ID. SANDRS56-ID is an ArcInfo internal control parameter and has no applicable relevance to the use of the data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 7

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The original studies were conducted to describe benthic communities; the corresponding data layer is presented to show where information is available.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Sanders, 1956

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Roman Zajac

Contact_Organization: University of New Haven

Contact_Position: Professor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Biological and Environmental Sciences

University of New Haven

300 Orange Avenue

City: West Haven

State_or_Province: CT

Postal_Code: 06516

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (203) 932-7114

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zajacrn@charger.newhaven.edu

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by University of New Haven (UNH) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by either UNH or 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 either UNH or 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:

sanders.dbf

sanders.shp

sanders.shx

sanders.avl

sanders.sbn

sanders.sbx

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Transfer_Size: 3Kbytes

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 a WWW browser available.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCV

Format_Information_Content:

The six ArcView files (sanders.dbf, sanders.shp, sanders.shx, sanders.avl, sanders.sbn, sanders.sbx) comprising a GIS layer showing the location of the Sanders (1956) samples.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 2Kbytes

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 a 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:

This GIS layer is available in ArcView shape-file format. Users must have ArcView 3.0 or later, or another GIS application capable of importing the data.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000000

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000805

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Larry Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@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