Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      R6.x815.000-0010-metadata.xml
  Language: 
      eng; USA
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Individual name: 
          Carley Zapfe
      Organisation name: 
          University of Southern Mississippi / Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
      Position name: 
          Research Technician
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
              Facsimile: 
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  703 East Beach Drive
              City: 
                  Ocean Springs
              Administrative area: 
                  Mississippi
              Postal code: 
                  39564
              Country: 
                  USA
              Electronic mail address: 
                  carley.zapfe@usm.edu
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2019-06-13T20:14:46+00:00
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
  Dataset URI: 
      https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org/metadata/R6.x815.000:0010
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  Identification info: 
    Data identification: 
      Citation: 
        Citation: 
          Title: 
              MOCNESS ichthyoplankton data collected during NRDA Plankton Survey Walton Smith 4 (WS4) in the northern 
              Gulf of Mexico from 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-27 on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith Cruise WS1107
          Alternate title: 
          Date: 
            Date: 
              Date: 
                  2019-03-18
              Date type: 
                Date type code: 
                  publication
      Abstract: 
          This dataset contains MOCNESS (Multiple Opening/Closing Net Environmental Sensing System) ichthyoplankton data 
          collected on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith during Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Plankton 
          Survey Walton Smith 4 (WS4) in the Gulf of Mexico from 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-27. This survey (WS4, chief 
          scientist: Malinda Sutor) was part of a series of NRDA cruises conducted in 2010 and 2011 to evaluate the 
          distribution and densities of ichthyoplankton and other zooplankton in northern Gulf of Mexico waters 
          potentially affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWHOS). The dataset includes the original data (for 
          reference only - unedited, as received from NRDA) and clean data (for analysis – edited, QC and 
          non-pertinent parameters removed). Datasets include sampling event data (e.g., time, latitude, longitude, 
          depth, volume filtered) and specimen data (e.g., taxonomic identification, length, number of individuals).
      Purpose: 
          This data was collected as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) response to the 2010 MC252 
          Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Taxonomic data were acquired from the Deepwater Horizon Plankton Assessment 
          Archive (DWHPAA).
      Status: 
        Progress code: 
          completed
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              Frank Hernandez
          Organisation name: 
              University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Coastal Sciences
          Position name: 
              Assistant Professor
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      2288188800
                  Facsimile: 
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
                      703 East Beach Drive
                  City: 
                      Ocean Springs
                  Administrative area: 
                      Mississippi
                  Postal code: 
                      39564
                  Country: 
                      USA
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      frank.hernandez@usm.edu
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              principalInvestigator
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              Carley Zapfe
          Organisation name: 
              University of Southern Mississippi / Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
          Position name: 
              Research Technician
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                  Facsimile: 
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      703 East Beach Drive
                  City: 
                      Ocean Springs
                  Administrative area: 
                      Mississippi
                  Postal code: 
                      39564
                  Country: 
                      USA
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      carley.zapfe@usm.edu
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              author
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              Verena Wang
          Organisation name: 
              University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Coastal Sciences
          Position name: 
              Postdoctoral Research Associate
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                  Facsimile: 
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      703 East Beach Drive
                  City: 
                      Ocean Springs
                  Administrative area: 
                      Mississippi
                  Postal code: 
                      39564
                  Country: 
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      Verena.Wang@usm.edu
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              pointOfContact
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              MOCNESS
          Keyword: 
              Plankton
          Keyword: 
              Fish
          Keyword: 
              Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
          Keyword: 
              plankton survey
          Keyword: 
              Deepwater Horizon Plankton Assessment Archive (DWHPAA)
          Keyword: 
              ichthyoplankton
          Keyword: 
              taxonomic identification
          Keyword: 
              net tows
          Keyword: 
              Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              theme
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              northern Gulf of Mexico
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              place
      Language: 
          eng; USA
      Topic category: 
        Topic category code: 
          biota
      Extent: 
        Extent: 
          Geographic element: 
            Geographic bounding box: 
              West bound longitude: 
                  -90
              East bound longitude: 
                  -87
              South bound latitude: 
                  27.5
              North bound latitude: 
                  29.16
          Geographic element: 
            BoundingPolygon: 
              Polygon: 
                gml:MultiPoint: 
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28 -89.5
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        27.5 -90
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28 -89
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28.5 -89
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28.71 -88.42
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        29.16 -88.02
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28.5 -87
                  gml:pointMember: 
                    Point: 
                      gml:pos: 
                        28 -88
          Temporal element: 
            Temporal extent: 
              Extent: 
                Time period: 
                  Description: 
                    ground condition
                  Begin date: 
                    2011-04-20
                  End date: 
                    2011-05-27
      Supplemental Information: 
          Archive number (number assigned to the sample in the Deepwater Horizon Plankton Assessment Archive, typically 
          one archive number per field sample id), cruise name, cruise number, station id (B# stations are from the 
          NOAA SEAMAP Grid), DayNightSample (time of day associated with the sample where D (day) is 1 hour after 
          sunrise to 1 hour before sunset, N (night) is 1 hour post-sunset to 1 hour pre-sunrise), DeepShallowSample 
          (general depths targeted by MOCNESS tow, where S is shallow (0-160 m) and D is deep (0-1500+ m)), 
          DeploymentID (unique identifier for each MOCNESS tow), field sample id (unique identifier for each depth 
          discrete net sample within the MOCNESS tow), sample date (MM/DD/YY), sample date start (MM/DD/YY), sample 
          date end (MM/DD/YY), sample time (hh:mm:ss am/pm, local time), tow start time (hh:mm:ss am/pm, local time), 
          tow end time (hh:mm:ss am/pm, local time), upper depth (m), lower depth (m), maximum deployment depth (m), 
          volume (volume of water filtered through the net, m^3), volume source (source of volume number such as 
          MOCNESS instrument file), StartLat (start latitude of tow, decimal degrees), StartLon (start longitude of 
          tow, decimal degrees), EndLat (end latitude of tow, decimal degrees), EndLon (end longitude of tow, decimal 
          degrees), latitude (target coordinates, not actual sampling coordinates), longitude (target coordinates, not 
          actual sampling coordinates), sampling notes, NetNo (net number if applicable), sample_taxon_id (unique 
          identifier for the taxonomic sample, field sample id + sort category + unique identifier), sort_category 
          (sample type, where I = ichthyoplankton < 25 mm, I25 = ichthyoplankton > 25mm, and N = nekton), taxon 
          (lowest taxonomic identification), aliquot (portion of the field sample quantified for ichthyoplankton 
          specimens), displacement_volume (displacement volume of the field sample, ml), number_of_vials (number of 
          vials containing specimens from taxonomic sample), description (life stage assigned to specimen at time of 
          identification), min_meas (smallest specimen measurement, mm), max_meas (largest specimen measurement, mm), 
          RND1-10 (measurements taken of randomly selected specimens, mm), measured_count (number of specimens 
          measured), not_measured_count (number of specimens not measured), total specimens (total number of specimens 
          in the vial), identifier comments, rank (lowest taxonomic level of the identification taxon name), kingdom, 
          phylum, subphylum, superclass, class, subclass, infraclass, superorder, order, suborder, superfamily, 
          family, subfamily, tribe, genus, species.
          
          Please note the above data parameters and units are for the clean data (edited – QC and non-pertinent 
          parameters removed). The dataset also contains the original data (unedited – as received from NRDA), where 
          additional parameters are available. All definitions and headers are included in the read me file. Blank 
          cells indicate that data was not available.|Data were acquired from the Deepwater Horizon Plankton 
          Assessment Archive (DWHPAA) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The dataset authors 
          are curating the deep-pelagic plankton data for analysis and were not part of the sample collection effort. 
          To obtain further original data not included in this dataset (i.e., additional gear types and sort 
          categories) please email nmfs.sec.mslabs.dwhpaa@noaa.gov. Original data were received as multiple Microsoft 
          Access database files (e.g., field data, taxonomic data). Files were joined, filtered by cruise, gear 
          (MOCNESS), and sort category (i.e., fishes - ichthyoplankton and nekton). Original NRDA data as received 
          from DWHPAA (post-format/filter) are included in this dataset for reference only. Clean NRDA data have 
          undergone QC by the dataset authors. Data have been reviewed and edited for accuracy (e.g., corrections to 
          depth, volume, latitude, and longitude based on MOCNESS instrument files and cruise plans). Samples without 
          corresponding volume data were considered non-quantitative and were removed from the dataset. Columns and 
          stations not pertinent to MOCNESS taxonomic data analysis were removed from the dataset.|1 m^2 Multiple 
          Opening/Closing Net Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) outfitted with 9 .333mm nets.|||Data provided in 
          this dataset are generated from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Plankton 
          Processing Plan. Stations sampled are on the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Gulf 
          of Mexico grid.
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  Distribution info: 
    Distribution: 
      Distributor: 
        Distributor: 
          Distributor contact: 
            Responsible party: 
              Organisation name: 
                  Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC)
              Contact info: 
                Contact: 
                  Phone: 
                    Telephone: 
                      Voice: 
                          3618253604
                  Address: 
                    Address: 
                      Delivery point: 
                          6300 Ocean Drive
                      City: 
                          Corpus Christi
                      Administrative area: 
                          TX
                      Postal code: 
                          78412
                      Country: 
                          USA
                      Electronic mail address: 
                          griidc@gomri.org
                  Online Resource: 
                    Online Resource: 
                      Linkage: 
                        URL: 
                          https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org
              Role: 
                Role code: 
                  distributor
          Distributor format: 
            Format: 
              Name: 
                  csv, xlsx
              Version: 
                inapplicable
              File decompression technique: 
                  zip
          Distributor transfer options: 
            Digital transfer options: 
              Transfer size: 
                  0.4899
              Online: 
                Online Resource: 
                  Linkage: 
                    URL: 
                      https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org/data/R6.x815.000:0010
                  Protocol: 
                      https
                  Name: 
                      Data Landing Page
                  Description: 
                      GRIIDC dataset landing page
                  Function: 
                    Online function code: 
                      information
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  Metadata maintenance: 
    Maintenance information: 
      Maintenance and update frequency: 
        unknown
      Maintenance note: 
          This ISO metadata record was automatically generated from information provided to GRIIDC for dataset: 
          R6.x815.000:0010 on 2019-08-20T18:14:29-05:00
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