Microbiological Degradation Data From Ocean Cruises 1973-1980
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Description
Twelve data record types detail microbiological studies of bacteria, microbiota, and fungi from oceanographic cruises. Records include station information, position, time, and physical, chemical, and environmental parameters. The dataset was submitted to and managed by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) and NOAA NCEI, with a last documented update in 1979.
Use Cases
Analyze relationships between reported physical and chemical parameters and microbiological community data across stations.
Study temporal and spatial patterns of microbial data using station, position, and time record types.
Correlate environmental parameters with specific microbiological study results recorded in the data.
Strengths
Twelve distinct record types provide structured data categories
Each data record is a standardized 80 characters in length
Limitations
Data is historical, with coverage ending in 1980 and last updated in 1979
Specific row counts, column names, and sample sizes are unknown
Geographic coverage is unspecified beyond cruise-based collection
Provenance
Source
NOAA_NCEI (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental Information)
Collection Method
Collected during oceanographic cruises and submitted in a standard NODC format.
Time Range
1973-1980
Freshness
1979-08-21
Data uses a fixed-width format (80 characters per record) with specific sorting by station and sequence numbers; the unique file identifier field was reassigned by NODC for internal use.