gov.noaa.nodc:0117688 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 2025-03-19T23:30:39Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688) 2014-04-23 publication 2018-05-04 revision 2014-04-22 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0117688 NCEI Archive Management System 0117688 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 Mimi Tzeng Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) mtzeng@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium author Hopkins, Thomas S. Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Data from a set of studies that ran from 1977-1978, and 1980-1982, around the site of Gaillard Island, Mobile Bay, Alabama, before, during, and after its construction (1979-1981). Extant data from the MESC Data Management System include sediment particle size distribution (001), identification and enumeration of benthic fauna (002), discrete hydrography and turbidity (003) during and after island construction, and discrete hydrography and turbidity before island construction (004). Gaillard Island is an artificial island in Mobile Bay, Alabama, at the intersection between the Theodore ship channel and the Mobile Bay ship channel. It was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1979-1981 while dredging the Theodore ship channel. Field data were collected from 50 sampling stations in 7 categories of station types around the construction site before, during, and after construction of the island (1977-1982) to describe the area's sedimentology, benthic biology, and hydrography, and to ascertain the environmental impact of the construction. Dauphin Island Sea Lab 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 0117688 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian benthic fauna benthic macroinfauna benthic macroinvertebrates benthic sediments bottom grab samples coelenterates conductivity environmental monitoring epifauna estuarine sediments grain size hydrography infauna sediment chemistry sediment particle size distribution characteristics sediment quality sediment samples sedimentology soft-bottom suspended particulate matter (SPM) suspended solids total organic carbon total reducing substances turbidity theme Provider Keywords GRAB SAMPLERS GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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. 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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 Alabama Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) Gaillard Island Mobile Bay Pelican Island Theodore ship channel place Provider Place Names RGNTPM Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium; Hopkins, Thomas S.; Dauphin Island Sea Lab (2014). Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0117688. Accessed [date]. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type sediment sampler - grab sediment sampler - grab grab sampler is used to take a sample of surficial seafloor sediments sediment sieve sediment sieve USA standard testing sieve (A.S.T.M.E.)