corisid:6966 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center 866-732-2382 228-688-2968 Bldg. 1021, Suite 1003 Stennis Space Center MS 39529 ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time pointOfContact 2018-03-28 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Fisheries-Independent Biological and Environmental Trawl Data from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (1981-2007) as Part of the Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Database (NODC Accession 0115183) 2013-11-13 publication Coral Reef Information System https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/ISO/html/CAGES_AL_db_MetadataISO_19115_2.html resourceProvider 6966 NODC ACCESSION 0115183 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory originator Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Galveston TX publisher tableDigital The CAGES program (Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems) is designed to examine the differences between estuarine ecosystems and investigate why some are more productive than others. The program focuses on estuarine areas important to commercial fisheries and includes data on commercial finfish and invertebrate species, as well as other species commonly captured in trawl sampling. This Alabama dataset is a subset of the CAGES Relational Database which is a compilation of fishery-independent data contributed by natural resource agencies of the Gulf States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). This data set includes data from trawls collected by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) and Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), as well as associated hydrographic data. Trawl data were used to calculate CPUE (catch per unit effort) at each station for the years 1981 through 2007. The purpose of CAGES is to compile the fishery independent data from five Gulf States into a database to more easily compare the fisheries across the US Gulf of Mexico coast. This dataset includes data collected from Alabama only. The CAGES database is intended for scientific research only. completed Dr. Harmon Brown NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory 409-766-3500 Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 USA Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time pointOfContact unknown CoRIS_Metadata NCEI Geoportal Filter comparative assessment of gulf estuarine systems CAGES Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Gulf Coast Research Laboratory estuary coastal bay distribution abundance occurrence fisheries fishery independent data CPUE catch per unit effort trawl finfish invertebrate nekton vertebrate crustacean salinity temperature dissolved oxygen hydrological hydrographic Annelida Coelenterata Crustacea Echinodermata Mollusca Porifera Vertebrata Xiphosura theme None Gulf of Mexico Gulf Coast Alabama Arnica Bay Bay Minette Creek Blakely River Bon Secour River Chickasaw Creek Deer River Dog River East Fowl River Eleven Mile Creek Eslava Creek Fish River GIWW Gulf Intercoastal Waterway Grand Bay Halls Mill Creek Little Lagoon Magnolia River Mississippi Sound Mobile Bay Mobile River Perdido Bay Rabbit Creek Tensaw River Theodore Industrial Canal Water Body Weeks Bay West Fowl River Wolf Bay Wolf Creek place None Gulf of Mexico Gulf Coast Texas Galveston Bay Aransas Bay Corpus Christi Bay East Matagorda Bay Lower Laguna Madre Upper Laguna Madre Matagorda Bay Sabine Lake San Antonio Bay Cedar Lakes place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Alabama OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Alabama OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: None Distribution Liability: NOAA and NODC make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data. Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) 2013 publication Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. resourceProvider U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. largerWorkCitation eng; USA biota oceans Native Dataset Environment: MS Access database; CAGES_AL.accdb; 64.6 MB. -88.387 -87.375 30.1617 30.84 ground condition 1981-02-03 2007-12-19 false Entity and Attribute Information Entity and Attribute Overview: Data in the Alabama CAGES database consists of seven (7) MS Access database tables each of which has an accompanying exported csv file. Tables/files and fields, in the order they occur in the csv files, are as follows: Alabama CPUE (Sample Code, Station Code, YYYY, MM, Species Code, CPUE); Alabama Lengths (Sample Code, Species Code, Length); Alabama Species (Species Code, Phylum, Class, Family, Scientific Name, Common Name); Alabama Stations (Station Code, Station, Description, Latitude, Longitude, Water Body); Alabama Trawls (Sample Code, Species Code, Measured, Total Number); Alabama Samples (Sample Code, YYYY, MM, DD, Station Code); Alabama Hydrological (Sample Code, Salinity, Temperature, DO). Latitude and Longitude are provided in decimal degrees. Units of measure for other fields are as follows: CPUE (number caught per hectare (#/ha)), Length (mm), Salinity (ppt), Temperature (Degrees Celsius), DO (mg/l). Note: The temperature value associated with sample 6758 is likely given in degrees F. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. 2013. Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. US National Oceanographic Data Center Customer Service 301-713-3277 x148 301-713-3302 1315 East-West Hwy; SSMC3 4th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 USA NODC.Services@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0115183 information NOAA cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. NOAA cannot guarantee the scope, accuracy or timeliness of this information. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) Marine Resources Division Division and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) have conducted regular assessments of their estuarine natural resources including shrimp, crabs, and finfish since 1977. Monthly sampling for all penaeid shrimp, Callinectes crabs, and finfish species started in October 1980. A 4.9-m (16-ft) flat otter trawl with 3.8-cm (1.5-in) stretched mesh webbing, similar to trawls used by Mississippi and Louisiana, was used to sample demersal nekton. Trawl tows were 10 min in duration at about 3.7 kph (2.4 mph). Salinity and temperature values were collected and recorded from surface and bottom waters at each site. Depth was recorded in meters. Site location data were recorded using a differential GPS (ADCNR 2010). Standard lengths (mm) were recorded for up to 50 specimens of each fish species. Total length (mm) for shrimp and carapace width (mm) for crabs were recorded. Beginning in 1990, all organisms were enumerated and weighed according to SEAMAP procedures (Stuntz et al. 1983). From 1998 through October 2000, the number of sites sampled expanded. Trawl sampling was not conducted in December, 1998; January, June, July, and October, 1999; and December, 2000. Sampling was attempted as early in a month as possible. Sample sites were fixed locations in and near Biloxi Bay and Perdido Bay. These data encompass the years 1981-2007. Catch data in trawls were converted to numbers caught per hectare (#/ha) using the tow times and calculated conversion factors. The conversion factor was calculated based on an assumed 80% spread of the width of the trawl webbing along the headrope (defined here as the headrope length) and the estimated distance towed in one minute calculated from reported tow times. The conversion factor is equal to the time needed (in minutes) for the trawl to cover one hectare. To calculate the CPUE the following formula was used: Conversion factor / Tow duration (min) X Number caught = #/ha. The conversion factor for Alabama was calculated to be 46.84. This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the June 2011 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. The Spatial Reference Information is not currently mapped over to ISO but will be mapped in future versions. NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center 866-732-2382 228-688-2968 Bldg. 1021, Suite 1003 Stennis Space Center MS 39529 ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time custodian