{
    "tag": 18597,
    "title": "MS_AL_Benthic_Foram_CENSUS_metadata: Benthic foraminiferal data from the eastern Mississippi Sound salt marshes and estuaries",
    "pubdate": "20180413",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "doi.org\/10.5066\/F7MC8X5F",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/spcmsc\/MS_AL_Benthic_Foram_CENSUS_metadata.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "Microfossil (benthic foraminifera) and coordinate\/elevation data were obtained from sediments collected in the coastal zones of Mississippi and Alabama, including marsh and estuarine environments of eastern Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay, in order to develop a census for coastal environments and to aid in paleoenvironmental reconstruction. These data provide a baseline dataset for use in future wetland and estuarine change studies and assessments, both descriptive and predictive types. The data presented here were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines (SSIEES) project (https:\/\/coastal.er.usgs.gov\/ssiees), Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) project (https:\/\/coastal.er.usgs.gov\/bier), and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Feasibility Study (a collaborative study between the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Mobile District; the State of Alabama; and the USGS [https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/centers\/spcmsc\/science\/alabama-barrier-island-restoration-study]). These projects aim to assess ecological and societal vulnerability that results from long- and short-term physical changes to barrier islands and coastal wetlands. Four sampling surveys were conducted between 2013 and 2016: 13BIM01 (14\u201318 April 2013; no FA numbering), 14CCT01 (15\u201319 September 2014; 2014-323-FA), 15BIM09 (18\u201320 August 2015; 2015-322-FA), and 16CCT03 (16\u201317 May 2016; 2016-331-FA). During the four trips, 168 replicate sedimentary samples were collected from 86 marsh and estuarine locations. The sediment samples were collected from various coastal environments, stained in the field with rose Bengal (rB) to indicate life, processed in the laboratory to four size fractions (63\u2013125 \u03bcm, 125\u2013250 \u03bcm, 250\u2013850 \u03bcm, and >850 \u03bcm), of which the 125\u2013250 \u03bcm and 250\u2013850 \u03bcm fractions were picked at equal proportions of total sample and reported combined (125\u2013850 \u03bcm). Foraminifera were identified to species level under a binocular microscope and counted to establish a census. For further information regarding foraminiferal collection and\/or processing methods, refer to Ellis and others (2017). For related datasets from the Mississippi Sound area, please refer to Ellis and others (2017) and DeWitt and others (2017).",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Haller, Christian",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Osterman, Lisa E.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Smith, Christopher G.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "McCloskey, Terrance A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Adams, C. Scott",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "311",
            "name": "ecology",
            "scope": "Study of the relations between living plants and animals and their environment."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "358",
            "name": "estuarine ecosystems",
            "scope": "Biological communities and habitats within sea inlets or the zones where rivers meet the seas which are subject to tidal effects and the mixture of fresh and saltwater."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "414",
            "name": "fossils",
            "scope": "Recognizable remains such as bones, shells, leaves, burrows, impressions, or tracks of past life on the earth."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "464",
            "name": "geology",
            "scope": "Study of the planet earth, its composition, structure, physical and chemical processes, and history since its origin."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "738",
            "name": "micropaleontology",
            "scope": "Branch of paleontology dealing with fossils too small to be seen without a microscope."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "940",
            "name": "protists",
            "scope": "Unicellular eukaryotes (organisms possessing nucleated cells) with affinities to both plants and animals. Classed in the Protista or Potoctista kingdom, they include protozoans, foraminifera, radiolarians, fungi and some algae."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1199",
            "name": "unconsolidated deposits",
            "scope": "Loosely bound sediments such as sand, gravel, and silt which tend to accumulate in low areas or valleys."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "002",
            "name": "biota",
            "scope": "Flora or fauna in natural environment, for example wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sea life, wetlands, habitat, biological resources"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "006",
            "name": "elevation",
            "scope": "Height above or below sea level, for example altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products, DEMs, TINs"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "008",
            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "013",
            "name": "location",
            "scope": "Positional information and services, for example addresses, geodetic networks, geodetic control points, postal zones and services, place names, geographic names"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [],
    "image": [],
    "fan": [
        "13BIM01",
        "2014-323-FA",
        "2015-322-FA",
        "2016-331-FA"
    ]
}