Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Frank Almeida Originator: Jason Link Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Fish and epibenthic invertibrates from Albatross IV otter trawl survey, June 1999 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map, tabular data, JPEG Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2001-66 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221 Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Originator: Jeremy T. Malczyk Originator: Tammie J. Middleton Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Benthic Habitat and Faunal Surveys of Closed Area II, Central Georges Bank, 1998 and 1999 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2001-66 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., Malczyk, J.T., and Middleton, T.J., 2001, Benthic habitat and faunal surveys of Closed Area II, central Georges Bank, 1998 and 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-66, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0166. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221 Description: Abstract: The NMFS/USGS survey of the southern part of Closed Area II was conducted in June, 1999 on 2 cruises: NMFS Albatross cruise ALB9905, June 2-9 (this cruise is also designated as USGS ALBA9933); and USGS R/V Connecticut cruise CONN9912, June 23. Study sites (1A, 2A, MMS1/2D, etc.) are part of a pre-determined grid of sites designed to sample the southern part of Closed Area II (south of 40o 30'N) and the area around its margins open to fishing that lies within approximately 2 nm of the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of Closed Area II. See files ca21999datatypes.pdf and ca21999datatypesB.txt for a tabulation of the kinds of data and the number of replicates collected at each study site. NMFS otter trawl, CTD, and benthic invertebrate stations use station numbers that are the same as the study site numbers (1A, 2A, etc.). USGS video/photo transect and sediment sample stations at the same study sites use a different numbering system (9906001, 9906002, etc.). See files ca21999datatypesA.pdf and ca21999datatypesB.txt for a list of NMFS and equivalent USGS station numbers. On the ALB9905 cruise, a suite of data was collected from each study site that included: 1) otter trawl sample of fish and epibenthic invertebrates; 2) benthic invertebrate samples from seabed sediment; 3) water column CTD (conductivity, temperature, pressure) profile; 4) 20-minute video/photo drift transect and sediment samples for texture and organic carbon analyses. In most cases, the sediment sample was collected at the end of the transect. On the CONN9912 cruise, later in June, only video/photo imagery and sediment texture samples were collected at five sites (3A, 3C, 4B, 5A, 5C) with the same sampling system that was used on the Albatross cruise. Of these 5 sites, only site 4B was sampled on the Albatross cruise (otter trawl and CTD cast only). Otter trawl and CTD stations are designated 1A, 2A, etc. and use the same numbering as the study sites. For locations of otter trawls, see files ca21999trawlstaA.pdf and ca21999trawlstaB.txt. For locations of CTD stations, see files ca21999datatypes.pdf and ca21999datatypesB.txt Otter trawl data include statistics on the catch of 33 species of fish, lobsters, and sea scallops. The otter trawl results were used to plot the species abundance maps for the following species: Alewife, Ocean Pout, American Plaice, Polloc,k Atlantic Cod, Redfish, Atlantic Herring, Red Hake, Atlantic Mackerel, Sea Raven, Barndoor Skate, Sea Scallop, Butterfish, Silver Hake, Fawn Cusk Eel, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Goosefish, Thorny Skate, Gulfstream Flounder, White Hake, Haddock, Windowpane Flounder, Illex, Winter Flounder, Little Skate, Winter Skate, Lobster, Witch Flounder, Loligo, Yellowtail Flounder, Longhorn Sculpin. Benthic invertebrate stations are designated 1A, 2A, etc. and use the same numbering as the study sites. They are located at the start of each otter trawl tow. For locations of benthic invertebrate stations, see files ca21999invertstaA.pdf and ca21999invertstaB.txt. See files ca21999datatypes.pdf and ca21999datatypesB.txt for the number of replicates collected at each station. Video/photo transects and sediment sample stations are designated 9906001, 9906002, etc. They are associated with the study sites (1A, 2A, etc.) described above, but use a different numbering system. See files ca21999datatypesA.pdf and ca21999datatypesB.txt for a list of NMFS and equivalent USGS station numbers. For locations of video/photo transects and of sediment samples (texture and organic carbon), see files ca2usgsstaA.pdf and ca2usgsstaB.txt. Individual seabed photographs at each station are shown as jpg images and include information on location, water depth, and sediment texture. Photographs are arranged in rows from left-to-right, top-to-bottom, in the order that they were taken during the video/photo transect. Purpose: The objectives of this cruise were to monitor the recovery of the benthic habitat in Closed Area II after four years of continual closure prior to the southern portion of the area (south of 41d30'N) being opened to scallop fishing on 15 June 1999. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19990602 Ending_Date: 19990623 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.333333 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.434370 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.360880 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.000000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:40c5a4d7-d098-4671-8742-820ded1459e6 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: National Marine Fisheries Service Theme_Keyword: NMFS Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: Benthic Habitats Theme_Keyword: Faunal Surveys Theme_Keyword: Benthic Ecology Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Environments Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: biota Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: benthic ecosystems Theme_Keyword: marine geology Theme_Keyword: ecosystem monitoring Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: MA Place_Keyword: Closed Area II Place_Keyword: Georges Bank Place_Keyword: Shallow EEZ Place_Keyword: EEZ Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Ocean Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.457.2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8 am to 5 pm Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Not known Logical_Consistency_Report: Not known. Completeness_Report: Not known. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not known Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not known Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Frank Almeida(ed.) Originator: Jason Link(comp.) Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: Fish and epibenthic invertibrates from Albatross IV otter trawl survey, June, 1999 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: National Marine Fisheries Service Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine(ed.) Originator: Jeremy T. Malczyk(comp.) Originator: Tammie J. Middleton(comp.) Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Benthic Habitat and Faunal Surveys of Closed Area II, Central Georges Bank, 1998 and 1999 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report Issue_Identification: OFR 01-66 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Type_of_Source_Media: computer program Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19980602 Ending_Date: 19980623 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: n/a Source_Contribution: Information not available from the original metadata. Process_Step: Process_Description: See process contact. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Frank Almeida and Jason Link Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Contact_Address: Address_Type: physical address Address: National Marine Fisheries Service 166 Water Street City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.495.2000 Hours_of_Service: 8 am to 5 pm M-F EST Process_Step: Process_Description: Remove 'ed' and 'comp' from the author names; removed pubtime elements; added tabular data and JPEG as a geoform for the dataset; added the DOI link as the first link and also in the larger work citation; set the dataset publication date to the OFR publication date; fixed other various citation issues; added the suggested citation for the OFR; cleaned up the formatting of various sections; changed the currentness reference to ground condition and fixed the year from 1998 to 1999 to correspond to the information provided in the abstract; added USGS Thesaurus and ISO 19115 Topic Category keywords; changed the spatial reference to geographic to correspond with the tabular data. The original spatial reference information (probably corresponding to the map) was: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Mercator Mercator: Standard_Parallel: +40.0 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -068.416667 False_Easting: 0 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Not known Ordinate_Resolution: Not known Planar_Distance_Units: Meters This information had numerous errors that the information was unavailable to fix, hence the change. Added the information for the semi-major axis and denominator of glattening ratio for the geodetic mode; added an online distrbution section; fixed all errors; replaced the distribution liability with an approved FSP statement; added a generic email with contact instructions for the metadata contact; added the metadata unique identifier (PID) in the thesaurus section; updated the metadata date. 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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: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1581 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Dredge location Entity_Type_Definition: track Entity_Type_Definition_Source: data Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.457.2284 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8 am to 5 pm Resource_Description: The publication is available as a single zip file that needs to be downloaded inorder to extract the contents (as of July, 2025). 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: TXT Format_Information_Content: A tab delimited text file containing survey results. The transfer size reflects the zip file size of the entire publication. Transfer_Size: 182 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0166 Access_Instructions: The publication is available as a single zip file that needs to be downloaded inorder to extract the contents (as of July, 2025). 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