Dataset: NWACS CAMEO Database - Species

Name: Species metadata associated with the NWACS CAMEO database
Published: 2016-10-18
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

CAMEO: Patterns of Connectivity in Northwest Atlantic Fishery Ecosystems (NW_AtlEcosysConnect)

Program:

Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO)

Principal Investigator:

Thomas Miller (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/CBL)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jeremy Collie (University of Rhode Island, URI-GSO)

Michael G. Frisk (Stony Brook University - SoMAS, SUNY-SB SoMAS)

Robert J. Latour (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VIMS)

Jason S. Link (Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Woods Hole, NOAA NEFSC)

Howard Townsend (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, NOAA NCCOS COL)

Michael Wilberg (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/CBL)

Contact:

Thomas Miller (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/CBL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2016-10-18

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Species metadata associated with the NWACS CAMEO database

Abstract:

Metadata containing background information on the species included in the related data from commercial fishing catches (landings) and fishery independent surveys.

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Description

Metadata containing background information on the species included in the related data from commercial fishing catches (landings) and fishery independent surveys.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- replaced blanks with "nd";
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- replaced spaces with underscores.

Data Files

File
metadata_species.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 37.72 KB) MD5:0bcd58edae70452e549eb684938443c2 Primary data file for dataset ID 662312

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1041711

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
biome	Biome; boreal, temperate, sub-tropical	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
foraging_guild	Benthivore, Planktivore, Demersal Piscivore, Pel	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
common_name	Common name	unitless	common_name
family	Family	unitless	family
group	Fish, Mammal, Invertebrate, Zooplankton, Bird, Other, Habitat	unitless	animal_group
fishbase_trophic_level	FishBase trophic level	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
functional_group	Functional group	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
genus	Genus	unitless	genus
habitat	Habitat (e.g. pelagic or demersal)	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
id	ID number	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
ITIS_num	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) number	unitless	taxon_code
larval_duration	Larval duration; short <1 month, long > 1 month	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
length_class	Length class; Medium>50, Large>100	unitless	length
life_history	Life history; est-dependent, marine, estuarine/Both	unitless	stage
migratory_mode	Migratory mode; resident, migratory, high migratory	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
scientific_name	Scientific name	unitless	species
size	Size	?	length
spawning_mode	Spawning mode; estuary, coastal or both	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
species	Species	unitless	species_epithet

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Dataset: NWACS CAMEO Database - Species