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Seamap Data - Live Bottom 1982-1999

Entry ID: SEAMAP_LIVE_BOTTOM

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Summary

Abstract: This data set consists of epibenthic organisms found in nets during
trawls on the Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi continental shelf conducted as part
of the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP), a joint
effort of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and the Gulf states. The
trawl ...

Purpose: This was one of fifty-seven GIS data layers created by scientists at
the Fisheries Ecology Branch of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Galveston Laboratory to compile information relevant to studying the effects of
shrimp trawling on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. The purpose of this
...

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Description: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) database

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 30.26

S: 26.01

E: -86.28

W: -97.23

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Peter Sheridan, Philip Caldwell

Dataset Title: Seamap Data - Live Bottom 1982-1999

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Online Resource: http://galveston.ssp.nmfs.gov/

Dataset Originator/Creator: ITIS Partnership

Dataset Title: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Dataset Release Date: Unpublished material

Data Presentation Form: database

Online Resource: http://www.itis.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-06-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 0.01 Decimal Degrees
Longitude Resolution: 0.01 Decimal Degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

LANDSAT-5

Instrument

TM > Thematic Mapper

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SMEX05 > Soil Moisture Experiments in 2005

Ancillary Keywords

AMSR-E

AMSR-E Validation

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_DAAC

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 56 MB

Distribution Format: binary

Personnel

M. TUGRUL YILMAZ

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

United States Department of Agriculture

ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory

City: Beltsville

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20705

Country: USA

Publications/References

Refer to the USDA SMEX05 Web site for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the SMEX project: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=8996

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-12-29

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-03-08

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