U.S. EPA: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) data

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:
U.S. EPA: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.epa.gov/emap/>
Description:
Abstract:
The EMAP National Coastal Database contains estuarine and coastal data that EMAP and Regional-EMAP have collected since 1990 from thousands of stations along the U.S. coasts. These data include water column data, sediment contaminants and toxicity data, and benthic macroinvertebrate and demersal fish community and contaminant data.
Purpose: Environmental assessment
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: October 1994
Ending_Date: October 2000
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.730500
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.941000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.191700
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.201200
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: analyses
Theme_Keyword: grain size
Theme_Keyword: seabed
Theme_Keyword: seafloor
Theme_Keyword: sediment data
Theme_Keyword: texture
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Atlantic coast
Place_Keyword: East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
None except that acknowledgement must be made in publications and reports of (i) the original data source, and (ii) the data integration by USGS and dbSEABED project at the University of Colorado.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Digital data were downloaded from EPA's website
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: <http://www.epa.gov/emap/index.html>
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Chris Jenkins
Contact_Organization:
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1560 30th Street
Address: Campus Box 450
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0450
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 492-6387
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 492-6388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.jenkins@colorado.edu
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Digital data were checked, formatted to dbSEABED input format, then processed using dbSEABED software to produce a range of output formats. The processing contained quality checking that may have declined to pass faulty or suspect data to outputs.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Chris Jenkins
Contact_Organization:
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1560 30th Street
Address: Campus Box 450
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0450
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 492-6387
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 492-6388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.jenkins@colorado.edu
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1671
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: emap
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of coordinate position
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of coordinate position
Attribute_Definition_Source: Source report
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SITENAME
Attribute_Definition: Survey or laboratory code for site
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data compiler
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The following fields were entered into usSEABED: SFS data: Variables: STA_NAME Station name: STATION Station Name / SITE Station name:EVNTDATE Event Date / DATE Sample collection date (YYMMDD):DEPTH,Depth (m):LATDEG,Latitude (decimal degrees):LNGDEG,Longitude (decimal degrees):SYSTEM,Large water body system Metadata:STA_TYPE:CLASCODE:STRATA:STA_AREA:STATE:EMAPSTAT:ORGSTATN:ORG_CODE:STA_SYS:SEGMENT:MAIASTAT:NUM_VIS:N_GRABS:BENGRAB:LABCODE:QACODE 0,TXR: SAND:SILT:CLAY:SICL SICL Mean silt/clay (%) per grab SAND Sand (%) in sample SILT Silt (%) in sample CLAY Clay (%) in sample SICL Silt/clay (%) in sample CMP data: TOC Total organic carbon (%) in sample ACU data: MOIST Mean moisture (%) per grab ENV data:RPD Redox Potential Discontinuity: mean depth (mm) TRB data: SECCHI:DATE:TRANS:PAR:SECCHI Secchi depth (m):DATE Sample collection date (YYMMDD):TRANS Transmissivity (%) at the bottom:PAR PAR (mE/m2/s) at the bottom OCE data: 'bot':TEMP:SAL:DO:PH:DATE:FLR:DENS DENS Density (Sigma t) at the bottom: DO Dissolved oxygen conc. (mg/l) at the bottom: FLR Fluorescence at the bottom: PAR PAR (mE/m2/s) at the bottom: PH pH (units) at the bottom: SAL Salinity (ppt) at the bottom: TEMP Temperature (C) at the bottom: TRANS Transmissivity (%) at the bottom BIO data: ABUN_MSQ:::N_GRABS; A_SAMPS :#TAXA:#ORGS:BMASS; MN_BIOM :I_TAXA; NUM_SPP:INF_ABU; I_ORGS:EPI_ABU :MSINFCNT:MSEPICNT:BIOM_MSQ:HPLC:FLUOR ABUN_MSQ Abundance (#/m**2) #GRABS Number of grabs A_SAMPS Number of Grabs with Abundance Data #TAXA Mean number of taxa per grab #ORGS Mean number of organisms per grab BMASS Mean biomass (g) per grab; MN_BIOM Mean Biomass per Grab #I_TAXA Mean number of infaunal taxa per grab I_TAXA Mean number of infaunal taxa per grab; NUM_SPP Infaunal taxa (#) per sample INF_ABU Mean Abundance per Grab, All Infauna #I_ORGS Mean number of infaunal organisms per grab EPI_ABU Mean Abundance per Grab, All Epifauna MSINFCNT Mean Number:Infauna Species per Grab MSEPICNT Mean Number:Epifauna Species per Grab BIOM_MSQ Biomass (g dry wt/m**2) HPLC HPLC Method to determine chl_a (ug/g) FLUOR Fluorometric Method to determine chl_a (ug/g) Chlorophyll measures: SITE Station name,DATE Sample collection date (YYMMDD) Metadata: I_HPRIME:SPIONID :TUBIFIC :B_SAMPS :TSINFCNT:TSEPICNT:SHANNON3:SHANNON:GLEASON3:PEXP_GL3:PEXP_TUB:B_IND94B I_HPRIME Mean inf. H prime diversity per grab SPIONID Spionid Polychaetes:Mean Abun/Grab TUBIFIC Tubificid Oligochates:Mean Abun/Grab B_SAMPS Number of Grabs with Biomass Data TSINFCNT Total Number of Infauna Species TSEPICNT Total Number of Epifauna Species SHANNON3 Shannon-Wiener Index - All Taxa SHANNON Shannon-Wiener diversity index (log2) GLEASON3 Gleason's D - All Taxa PEXP_GL3 Percent Expected Gleason's D PEXP_TUB Percent Expected Tubificid Abundance B_IND94B EMAP VA Province Benthic Index Metadata: LABCODE :QACODE :YEAR :EMAPIND2 LABCODE Contract/Lab Identifier QACODE QA Qualifier Code YEAR Sampling Year EMAPIND2 EMAP benthic index 2
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, US EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 27 Tarzwell Drive
City: Narragansett
State_or_Province: RI
Postal_Code: 02882
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 401-782-3184
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 401-782-3030
Resource_Description:
U.S. EPA: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) data
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.
Standard_Order_Process:
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Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 0.140
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050525
Metadata_Review_Date: 20050503
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Jamey Reid
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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