Dataset: JTMD debris registry

Name: Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris: biofouling register from the Hawaii, Washington and Oregon coasts from 2012-2014 (JTMD-BF project)
Published: 2013-09-27
Keywords: oceans

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Project:

Testing the Invasion Process: Survival, Dispersal, Genetic Characterization and Attenuation of Marine Biota on the 2011 Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris Field. (JTMD-BF)

Lead Principal Investigator:

Dr James T. Carlton (Williams College, Williams)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Jonathan Geller (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

Dr Jessica Miller (Oregon State University, OSU-HMSC)

Gregory E. Ruiz (Portland State University, PSU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

John Chapman (Oregon State University, OSU-HMSC)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2013-09-27

Version Date:

2013-09-27

Restricted:

Yes

Validated:

Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris: biofouling register from the Hawaii, Washington and Oregon coasts from 2012-2014 (JTMD-BF project)

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Description

This dataset is the register of debris items collected during the project. It includes the item's registry code number, the type of debris (dock, float, vessel, etc.), the name of the debris and boat name if available, its origin in Japan, the location collected, and the date found.

Access to this data is RESTRICTED for the duration of the project funding period (through 2014).

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1266417

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
JTMD_2012		2012-12-01	Carlton_shore	Dr James T. Carlton (Principal Investigator)	data info

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Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
boat_name	Japanese boat name, if applicable	unitless	ship
st_terr_prov	state territory or province where debris was picked up	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
location_coll	geographic location of debris recovery	unitless	site
year	year debris was picked up	unitless	year
month	month debris was picked up, local time	unitless	month_local
day	day debris was picked up, local time	unitless	day
origin_japan	origin of debris, including prefecture	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
register_num	identification code in register of marine debris	unitless	sample
sample_type	type of structure the sample is from such as dock; float; vessel	unitless	sample_type
sample_name	name of sample	unitless	sample

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Dataset: JTMD debris registry