{
    "tag": 6003,
    "title": "Characterization of seafloor photographs near the mouth of the Elwha River during the first two years of dam removal (2011-2013)",
    "pubdate": "2017",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/F7MC8XHX",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/pcmsc\/DataReleases\/ScienceBase\/DR_F7MC8XHX\/tripod_photo_classifications_metadata.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "We characterized seafloor sediment conditions near the mouth of the Elwha River from underwater photographs taken every four hours from September 2011 to December 2013. A digital camera was affixed to a tripod that was deployed in approximately 10 meters of water. Each photograph was qualitatively characterized as one of six categories: (1) base, or no sediment; (2) low sediment; (3) medium sediment; (4) high sediment; (5) turbid; or (6) kelp. For base conditions, no sediment was present on the seafloor. Low sediment conditions were characterized by a light dusting of sediment; medium sediment conditions were characterized by a layer of sediment that covered all rock surfaces but did not obscure the relief of the seafloor; high sediment conditions were characterized by a layer of sediment that covered all rock surfaces and obscured the relief of the seafloor. During turbid conditions, suspended sediment in the water column obscured the view of the seafloor, and during kelp conditions, blades of kelp covered the camera lens, blocking our view of the seafloor.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Foley, Melissa M.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Warrick, Jonathan A.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1036",
            "name": "sedimentation",
            "scope": "Process of deposition of sediments (loose, uncemented pieces of rock, mineral fragments, or biological materials).  The sediments settle out of water or air into layers on a surface."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1172",
            "name": "time series datasets",
            "scope": "Digital information describing observations taken at specified time intervals.  The time interval may be regular or variable; the type of observed phenomena and the location are typically constant."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1201",
            "name": "underwater photography",
            "scope": "Photographs taken below the water surface, usually in marine, lacustrine, and estuarine environments.  Subjects are typically benthic organisms and sedimentary structures on the bottom."
        },
        {
            "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"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 23,
            "code": "23",
            "name": "Substrate",
            "scope": "Represents the character and composition of the surface and near surface of the sea floor in subtidal or intertidal areas, as defined in the Substrate Component of CMECS or in similar classification systems. Distributions are records of substrate characteristics based on visual or photographic inspection or on analysis of samples and cores, and they also include interpretive maps classifying areas on the basis of combinations of observations, hydrodynamic models, or geological models. Assessments include evaluations of present ecological or economic values of substrate distributions, drivers of substrate change, and functions of substrates. Predictions are the results of models or projections of future substrate distributions, values, or ecological impacts, including predicted substrate changes due to natural and human forces including erosion, accretion, sea-level change, extraction, trawling, or other factors; and they are the results of scenario-based models of substrate changes on ecological or economic values under different management strategies or other human alterations."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "763",
            "name": "dam removal",
            "scope": "used for downstream impacts of decommissioning and removing dams, including sedimentation, ecological changes, and changes in water quality."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "445",
            "name": "photography",
            "scope": "limited to photography for scientific purposes."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "220",
            "name": "sediment",
            "scope": "unconsolidated weathering products that have been eroded, transported, and deposited in another location."
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [],
    "image": [],
    "fan": [
        "TD211PS",
        "TR114PS",
        "TR212PS",
        "TR213PS",
        "TR312PS",
        "TR412PS",
        "TR413PS",
        "TR613PS"
    ]
}