Dataset: JTMD Mytilus length - weight

Name: Population structure of Mytilus from 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris, based on size/age class distributions along the Hawaii, Washington and Oregon coasts from 2012-2014 (JTMD-BF project)
Published: 2015-02-27
Keywords: biota, 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)

Co-Principal Investigator:

John Chapman (Oregon State University, OSU-HMSC)

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

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2015-02-27

Validated:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Population structure of Mytilus from 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris, based on size/age class distributions along the Hawaii, Washington and Oregon coasts from 2012-2014 (JTMD-BF project)

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Description

The size frequency as measure by shell length and weight of the blue mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, on Japanese tsunami marine debris (JTMD), including docks and boats, collected from 2012-2014 at coastal sites in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.

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

Acquisition Description

Mytilus specimens were collected from Japanese tsunami marine debris (JTMD) from 2012-2014 at coastal sites in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.

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Processing Description

To be added.

BCO-DMO Processing:

version 2: Submitted on 2015-02-27.

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced blanks with underscores
- replaced '-' with 'nd' if it was the only item in the cell
- reformatted date from m/d/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd
- removed special characters such as ->, ?
- moved comments to comment column from Ruiz column

version 1: submitted 2013-10-21

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1266397

Deployments

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

Instruments

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Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
specimen_id	unique ID for any Mytilus used for tissue or shell analysis	unitless	sample
length	shell length in mm	mm	length
width	shell width in mm	mm	unknown
register_num	debris item number in JTMD database of Mytilus individual	unitless	sample
date_coll	collection date of individual	unitless	date
preservation	preservation history	unitless	unknown
reprod	reproductive status: Y=reproductive; N=not reproductive;	unitless	unknown
comment	relevant details such as attached organisms	unitless	comment
ruiz_sample	Sample taken by or for Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Y/N)	unitless	unknown
geller_sample	Sample taken by or for Geller, Moss Landing Marine Lab (Y/N)	unitless	unknown
miller_sample	Sample taken by or for Miller, Oregon State University (Y/N)	unitless	unknown
other	Any other samples taken (SI = stable isotope)	unitless	unknown

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Dataset: JTMD Mytilus length - weight