Data Format Key for .csv files


Variable		Column	Description______________________________________________________________

Block			A		Block number in lease area (Destin Dome, Florida Middle Ground, or St. Petersburg)

Name			B		Name of video divided into 5-minute clips

X			C		Engineering coordinates for X-axis at start of 5-minute video clip

Y			D		Engineering coordinates for Y-axis at start of 5-minute video clip

Lat			E		Latitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds at start of 5-minute video clip

Long			F		Longitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds at start of 5-minute video clip

Habitat Code		G		Habitat type numerical code Ð generalized for 5-minute video clip (see below)

Map Code		H		Mapping numerical code Ð generalized of 5-minute video clip (see below)

Habitat Description	I		Seafloor habitat: Flat Bottom (FB), Exposed Hard Bottom (EHB), Pit and Mound (PM), 
			Sand Waves (SW), Moderate Relief Live Bottom (MRLB), Low Relief Live Bottom (LRLB),
			generalized for 5-minute video clip

Example video	J		Example video of seafloor-habitat location (habitat type abbreviated)


Habitat Codes (Column G) describing seafloor habitat and transitional benthic zones
1A	Moderate relief pinnacle feature--exposed rock outcrop with corals, sponge, algae, and biological diversity
1B	Moderate relief pinnacle feature alternating with pit and mound formation
1C	Moderate relief pinnacle feature alternating with mud bottom
2B	Pit and mound formation in unconsolidated sediments
2C	Pit and mound alternating with flat mud
2E	Pit and mound alternating with flat sand
3C	Flat, or level, mud bottom (surficial sediment)
4D	Sand bottom with shell hash (surficial sediment)
5E	Flat, or level, sand bottom (surficial sediment)
5H	Flat sand alternating with sand wave formation
5I	Flat sand transitioning into exposed rock hard bottom
6E	Low relief live bottom with sand veneer, alternating with sand bottom
6F	Low relief live bottom in sand-veneer hard bottom
6G	Low relief live bottom alternating with sand wave/live bottom (7G)
6H	Low relief live bottom alternating with sand wave formation
7E	Transition between low relief live bottom and sand wave formation (7G) and flat sand bottom
7G	Low relief live bottom in banded formation with sand waves
8H	Sand waves
9I	Exposed hard bottom

Map Code (Column H) Ð simplified habitat codes for mapping purposes
1	Moderate relief live bottom 	MRLB	
2	Pit and mound formation	PM
3*	Flat bottom			FB
6	Low relief live bottom	LRLB
8*	Sand waves			SW
9	Exposed hard bottom		EHB

*Note: 
¥	Habitat codes 3,4, and 5 are equivalent to map code 3.
¥	Habitat codes 7 and 8 are equivalent to map code 8.