Great Lakes National Program

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• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Great Lakes National Program

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains the Great Lakes Program which has among other components Human Health, Contaminated Sediments, ecosystem studies, monitoring, lakes, pollution prevention, environmental software, visualizing the Lakes including the Great Lakes Atals and Great Lakes GIS Online. Datasets include Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments, Plankton data, Diatoms and Zooplankton data from 1998, as well as the Great Lakes Environmental Database. One of the reports with data from the contaminated sediments program is The Assessment of Sediment Quality in the Black River Watershed available at "http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/sediment/BlackRiver/Index.htm". Information was obtained from "http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/".

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19920101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS > SUPERFUND

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > EUTROPHICATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > WATER MANAGEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > PUBLIC HEALTH > DISEASES/EPIDEMICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > LAKES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: EPA/PLACES > GEOGRAPHIC PLACES, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Theme_Keyword: Restoration

Theme_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay

Theme_Keyword: Human Health

Theme_Keyword: Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Ecopage

Theme_Keyword: Monitoring

Theme_Keyword: Lakes

Theme_Keyword: Pollution Prevention

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Software

Theme_Keyword: Visualizing The Lakes

Theme_Keyword: Great Lakes Program

Theme_Keyword: Lake Huron

Theme_Keyword: Lake Ontario

Theme_Keyword: Michigan

Theme_Keyword: Lake Erie

Theme_Keyword: Lake Superior

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: HEALTH

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES > GREAT LAKES

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GREAT LAKES PROGRAM OFFICER

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Address: Great Lakes National Program Office

Address: 77 West Jackson Boulevard

City: Chicago

State_or_Province: Illinois

Postal_Code: 60604

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (312) 886-4040

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (312) 353-2018

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Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: EPA/GLNPO > Great Lakes National Program Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contact_Person: GREAT LAKES PROGRAM OFFICER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Address: Great Lakes National Program Office

Address: 77 West Jackson Boulevard

City: Chicago

State_or_Province: Illinois

Postal_Code: 60604

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (312) 886-4040

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (312) 353-2018

Resource_Description: epa_glnp

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020529

Metadata_Review_Date: 20121221

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20030529

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time