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Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688)

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Data from a set of studies that ran from 1977-1978, and 1980-1982, around the site of Gaillard Island, Mobile Bay, Alabama, before, during, and after its construction (1979-1981). Extant data from the MESC Data Management System include sediment particle size distribution (001), identification and enumeration of benthic fauna (002), discrete hydrography and turbidity (003) during and after island construction, and discrete hydrography and turbidity before island construction (004).
  • Cite as: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium; Hopkins, Thomas S.; Dauphin Island Sea Lab (2014). Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0117688. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 1977-11-03 to 1982-08-25
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West:-88.071
East:-87.573
South:30.27
North:30.776
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2014-04-23
  • revision: 2018-05-04
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed - NCEI Accession 0117688 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made.
Supplemental Information
Project Manager: Thomas S. Hopkins

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Purpose Gaillard Island is an artificial island in Mobile Bay, Alabama, at the intersection between the Theodore ship channel and the Mobile Bay ship channel. It was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1979-1981 while dredging the Theodore ship channel. Field data were collected from 50 sampling stations in 7 categories of station types around the construction site before, during, and after construction of the island (1977-1982) to describe the area's sedimentology, benthic biology, and hydrography, and to ascertain the environmental impact of the construction.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium; Hopkins, Thomas S.; Dauphin Island Sea Lab (2014). Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0117688. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
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Acknowledgments
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUSNODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUSWMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science KeywordsProvider Keywords
  • benthic fauna
  • benthic macroinfauna
  • benthic macroinvertebrates
  • benthic sediments
  • bottom grab samples
  • coelenterates
  • conductivity
  • environmental monitoring
  • epifauna
  • estuarine sediments
  • grain size
  • hydrography
  • infauna
  • sediment chemistry
  • sediment particle size distribution characteristics
  • sediment quality
  • sediment samples
  • sedimentology
  • soft-bottom
  • suspended particulate matter (SPM)
  • suspended solids
  • total organic carbon
  • total reducing substances
  • turbidity
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUSNODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUSGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUSGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument KeywordsProvider Instruments
  • Hydrolab Corporation 6-D surveyor water quality instrument
  • Peterson grab
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUSGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location KeywordsProvider Place Names
  • Alabama
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)
  • Gaillard Island
  • Mobile Bay
  • Pelican Island
  • Theodore ship channel
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • RGNTPM
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium; Hopkins, Thomas S.; Dauphin Island Sea Lab (2014). Baseline Data Collection Experimental Monitoring Program (MESC-COE Gaillard Island 1977-1982): Hydrography, Sediments, and Benthic Fauna (NCEI Accession 0117688). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0117688. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 2014-04-23T15:50:06Z -NCEI Accession 0117688 v1.1 was published.
  • 2018-05-04T18:18:12Z -NCEI Accession 0117688 was revised and v2.2 was published.
    Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 -NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • laboratory analysis
  • sediment sampler - grab
  • sediment sieve
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