gov.noaa.nodc:8800234 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-02-05T20:56:42Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Zooplankton and other data collected from PURITAN and other platforms in CHesapeake Bay and other Seas from 1985-06-08 to 1988-03-31 (NCEI Accession 8800234) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-13 revision 1988 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8800234 NCEI Archive Management System 8800234 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Ants Leetmaa NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center (NCEP/CPC) http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ HTTP US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center (NCEP/CPC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center (NCEP/CPC) http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ HTTP US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center (NCEP/CPC) website Institution web page information contributor Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences http://www.bigelow.org/ HTTP Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences website Institution web page information contributor Leetmaa, Ants NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information author US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ HTTP US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center (NCEP/CPC) website Institution web page information author tableDigital PLEASE NOTE there is discrepancy between the content of actual data in this accession and the abstract information that was present in Thaila folder for this accession. Following abstract is based on the information from Thaila folder. MECCAS II (Microbial Exchanges and Coupling in Coastal Atlantic Systems) cruise data collected by the R/V Gyre at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Each of four MECCAS cruise data sets is divided into 3 files: File 1 contains underway surface mapping data. 12 parameters measured included location, temperature, salinity, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate at +/- 0.03-0.1 uM. File 2 contains vertical profiles at stations along mapping routes; the same 12 parameters as described above were measured. File 3 contains vertical profiles at drogue stations; 96 parameters were measured. Parameters include CTD data, zooplankton data (biomass, heterotrophic and autotrophic grazing rates, and production rate estimates), bacteria data (cell count, estimated volume, nutrient assimilation, and production rate estimates), and nanoplankton data (abundance of pigmented and non-pigmented eukaryotes and estimates of bacterial removal rates). Nutrient data contained in File 3 includes dissolved free amino acids (carbon content in free glutamic acid, serine, glycine, and alanine). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 8800234 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:8800234 Preview graphic PNG 8800234 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1988-08-17 publication SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT water depth WATER TEMPERATURE ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS ZOOPLANKTON IDENTITIES ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES IDENTITIES ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES NUMBER PER SAMPLE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT bottle laboratory analysis salinometer sediment sampler - grab thermometer visual analysis instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological physical profile survey - biological theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS MULTIPLE SHIPS OF UNITED STATES PURITAN platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC/NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS MICROBIAL EXCHANGES AND COUPLING IN COASTAL ATLANTIC SYSTEMS (MECCAS) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication BIGELOW > Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC > Climate Prediction Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian PURITAN (ICES code: 06PR) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. 2023-01-19 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0189890 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation information US National Oceanographic Data Center https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher documentDigital crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -88.27 -86.55 16.25 29.88 1985-06-08 1988-03-31 Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements sediment sampler - grab sediment sampler - grab grab sampler is used to take a sample of surficial seafloor sediments thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown visual analysis visual analysis visual analysis and measurement of sample materials use visual analysis with observation types of visual estimate and/or visual observation MULTIPLE SHIPS OF UNITED STATES MULTIPLE SHIPS OF UNITED STATES PURITAN PURITAN