The Benthic Fauna and Sediments of the Nearshore Zone off Panama City Beach, Florida

Metadata:

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

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Originator: Carl H. Saloman

Publication_Date: 1962

Title:

The Benthic Fauna and Sediments of the Nearshore Zone off Panama City Beach, Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital datatables

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C. 20390

Publisher: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Description:

Abstract: No abstract is given.

Purpose: No purpose is given.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1962

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.984

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.738

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.262

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.123

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category:

Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Sediment Texture

Theme_Keyword: Benthic Fauna

Theme_Keyword: Sediment Composition

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Panama City

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Cite Saloman and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory as originators of the data

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mail and physical

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Saloman1962.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Screen grab view of locations with coastline for reference

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg

Data_Set_Credit:

For inclusion into usSEABED: Digitization, formatting, and corrections: Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

For usSEABED, the digital data and scanned report were downloaded via the web, visually compared to source and corrected. Where appropriate, data were tested for completeness using MS Excel.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within normal ranges for the given parameters.

Completeness_Report:

All available textural and statistical data are included in usSEABED. Additional compositional information and geophysical data were not digitized and are not included in usSEABED.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigational techniques not known.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Water depth determination technique not noted in report.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: No process information given in report.

Process_Date: 1962

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Saloman, 1962

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical

City: Washington

State_or_Province: D.C.

Postal_Code: 20390

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown

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: 47

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.123

Longitude_Resolution: 0.123

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data include gravel, sand and fine percentages, and mean grain sizes.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Saloman, 1962

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050327

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski

Contact_Position: Core urator and Data Management Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical and mail

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 458-8700 x2361

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@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 or online at NGDC is authoritative and supercedes any information given here.