MI_Metadata: File identifier: Character string: corisid:6966 Language: Character string: eng; USA Character set: MD_CharacterSetCode: utf8 Hierarchy level: MD_ScopeCode: dataset Metadata author: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact information: CI_Contact: Phone: CI_Telephone: Voice: Character string: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: Character string: 228-688-2968 Address: CI_Address: Delivery point: Character string: Bldg. 1021, Suite 1003 City: Character string: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: Character string: MS Postal code: Character string: 39529 Electronic mail address: Character string: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Character string: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: CI_RoleCode: pointOfContact Date stamp: Date: 2018-03-28 Metadata standard name: Character string: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data Metadata standard version: Character string: ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Identification information: MD_DataIdentification: Citation: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: 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) Date: CI_Date: Date: Date: 2013-11-13 Date type: CI_DateTypeCode: publication Identifier: MD_Identifier: Authority: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Coral Reef Information System Date: inapplicable Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Contact information: CI_Contact: Online resource: CI_OnlineResource: Linkage: URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/ISO/html/CAGES_AL_db_MetadataISO_19115_2.html Function: CI_OnLineFunctionCode: information Role: CI_RoleCode: resourceProvider Code: Character string: 6966 Identifier: MD_Identifier: Code: Character string: NODC ACCESSION 0115183 Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Role: CI_RoleCode: originator Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Contact information: CI_Contact: Address: CI_Address: City: Character string: Galveston Administrative area: Character string: TX Role: CI_RoleCode: publisher Presentation form: CI_PresentationFormCode: tableDigital Abstract: Character string: 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. Purpose: Character string: 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. 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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. Aggregation information: MD_AggregateInformation: Aggregate dataset name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Date: CI_Date: Date: Date: 2013 Date type: CI_DateTypeCode: publication Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. Role: CI_RoleCode: resourceProvider Other citation details: Character string: U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. Association type: Association type code: largerWorkCitation Language: Character string: eng; USA Topic category: MD_TopicCategoryCode: biota Topic category: MD_TopicCategoryCode: oceans Environment description: Character string: Native Dataset Environment: MS Access database; CAGES_AL.accdb; 64.6 MB. Extent: EX_Extent: Geographic element: EX_GeographicBoundingBox: West bound longitude: Decimal: -88.387 East bound longitude: Decimal: -87.375 South bound latitude: Decimal: 30.1617 North bound latitude: Decimal: 30.84 Temporal element: EX_TemporalExtent: Extent: Time period: Description: ground condition Begin position: 1981-02-03 End position: 2007-12-19 Content information: MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription: Included with dataset: Boolean: false Feature catalogue citation: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Entity and Attribute Information Date: unknown Other citation details: Character string: 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. 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Result: unknown Report: DQ_ConceptualConsistency: Measure description: Character string: NOAA cannot guarantee the scope, accuracy or timeliness of this information. Result: unknown Lineage: LI_Lineage: Process step: LI_ProcessStep: Description: Character string: 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. Process step: LI_ProcessStep: Description: Character string: 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. Metadata maintenance: MD_MaintenanceInformation: Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Maintenance note: Character string: 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. 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