Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Locations of sediment samples with Clostridium perfringens in Long Island Sound Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: point shapefile Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2000-304 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink was the editor of this individual dataset. The accompanying chapter in the OFR includes the authors Ellen L. Mecray, Erin L. Galvin, and Kathleen Feldman. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/htmldocs/chap08/index.htm Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Originator: Larry Poppe Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound Series_Information: Series_Name: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: OFR 00-304 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Valerie F. Paskevich and Lawrenc J. Poppe are the editors of the publication which contains 12 individual chapters with various authors. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/ Description: Abstract: This GIS layer contains a point layer showing the the location of surficial sediment samples in Long Island containing Clostridium perfringens and the concentration of Clostridium perfringens in those samples. Purpose: The purpose of this layer is to disseminate a digital version of the location of samples containing Clostridium perfringens, and concentrations of Clostridium perfringens in those samples. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1997 Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.7469 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.2128 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.2919 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.8405 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:9676ad45-940a-482b-8464-d685f1e05ff0 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: arcview Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens distribution Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens Theme_Keyword: sample locations Theme_Keyword: Clostridium perfringens spores Theme_Keyword: surficial samples Theme_Keyword: contaminants Theme_Keyword: sewage-derived pollutants Theme_Keyword: pollutants Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated deposits Theme_Keyword: contamination and pollution Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: New York Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink Contact_Position: chemist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-304/htmldocs/images/browse/cperfloc.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: image showing the extent of the GIS layer and the distribution of surficial samples with Clostridium perfringens spores in Long Island Sound Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format - lissound\data\chap08\cperfloc.shp Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: none Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Ship navigation was by radar and line of sight (sextant) and is therefore of variable accuracy. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No attempt was made to correctdepths for tides. Accuracy is assumed to be 1 to 2 meters. Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 2 Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Tidal range for Long Island Sound Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Grab samples were frozen at sea, and freeze-dried in the lab. Analyses for Clostridium perfringens were performed by Biological Analytical Labs of North Kingston, RI, according to methods described by Emerson and Cabelli (1982) and Bisson and Cabelli (1979). Data consisting of station navigation and Clostridium perfringens concentrations in the surficial sediments were inmported as text files. Process_Date: 1998 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: M.R. Buchholtz ten Brink Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Chemist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.50 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. Author names were edited to remove "ed." and "comp". Added links to access the data including the DOI link. Added USGS Thesaurus keywords. Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword (PID). Fixed the ellipsoid name to agree with the datum. Fixed the denominator of flattening ratio. Updated the distribution liability. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. A generic email in the metadata contact was used, along with adding contact instructions. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. (20230626) Process_Date: 20230626 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 216 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 18 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -075.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +00.000000 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 4000 Ordinate_Resolution: 4000 Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface Depth_Resolution: 2 Depth_Distance_Units: Meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: cperfloc.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: Cperflocsn Attribute_Definition: Unique assigned sequential identifier of sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.00000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 215.00000 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Row__ Attribute_Definition: Unique assigned sequential identifier of sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 219.000000 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Cruise Attribute_Definition: Name of Cruise from which sample collected. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Station_na Attribute_Definition: Name or number of station at which sample was collected. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Longitude_ Attribute_Definition: Longitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.746600 Range_Domain_Maximum: -72.214300 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: Latitude__ Attribute_Definition: Latitude, in decimal-degrees, of sample location. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.866000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.269600 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal-degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: Year_sampl Attribute_Definition: Year sample was collected from the natural environment. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1996.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1997.000000 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date_sampl Attribute_Definition: Date when the sample was collected from the natural environment. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 69.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 176.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Julian day Attribute: Attribute_Label: Time__gmt_ Attribute_Definition: Hour and minutes when the sample was collected from the natural environment in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Water_dept Attribute_Definition: Measured depth of water overlying sediment at sample time, in original units (not corrected for tides). Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.600000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 52.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sample_int Attribute_Definition: The depth of the sample in the sediment in units of cm. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: C__perfrin Attribute_Definition: Concentration of Clostridium perfringens in the sample in units of spores/g wet sediment. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 7900.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: spore count per gram of wet sediment Attribute: Attribute_Label: Item003 Attribute_Definition: Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens wet sediment; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Item004 Attribute_Definition: Concentration of Clostridium perfringens in the sample in units of spores/g dry sediment. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 15000.000000 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: spore count per gram of dry sediment Attribute: Attribute_Label: Item005 Attribute_Definition: Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens dry sediment; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: C_perf_qua Attribute_Definition: Any qualifier information or comments about the Clostridium perfringens concentration; e.g. "less than" (< or 1t); analytical trouble with this sample; corrections made; indications of poor quality data; etc. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: This is a point layer showing the distribution of samples collected by the USGS during the time period of 1996-1997. Attribute information associated with the samples provide analysis of Clostridium perfringens found in the samples. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Buchholtz ten Brink and others, 2000 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink Contact_Position: chemist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2392 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtenbrink@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: cperfloc.shp Distribution_Liability: Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: shapefile Format_Information_Content: cperfloc.dbf cperfloc.shp cperfloc.shx cperfloc.avl cperfloc.sbn cperfloc.sbx File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied Transfer_Size: 0.016 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/lisound/data/chap08/cperfloc.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-304/htmldocs/data.htm#chap08 Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00304 Access_Instructions: The first link is to download the zip file of the data directly. The second link is to the landing page of the data, The third link is to the main landing page of the publication. Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Recording_Format: ISO 9600 Compatibility_Information: The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. Fees: none Custom_Order_Process: None Technical_Prerequisites: The cperfloc layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20230626 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: computer specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the USGS. Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time