Date: 20 March 2001

To  : Frank Mitchell

From: Sid Stillwaugh

Subj: Transfer of the 1998 NS&T (NOAA/WDOE) Puget Sound SedQual Data
      Sets and Report

Frank:

I have placed on the NODC anonymous ftp site, a total of 3 files,
including one .zip file, when opened, contains a total of 8 data
files in MS Excel format (see below).  These data sets represent
the 1998 (year 2 of 3 years) Puget Sound NS&T SedQual studies, 
including sediment and biota bioassays, marine chemistry, sediment
grain size analyses, infauna and the associated data report.  I've
also prepared a metadata entry form to accompany the data sets.
All data are in the formats as recently received from the Washington
State Dept. of Ecology (WDOE).  These are "coastal ocean" data
sets.

Files Sent:

1) Data Files

   wdoe_dta.zip   (2397 kb) when opened, find the following files,

a) Bioassay-Amphipod results.xls      (113 kb)
b) Bioassay-Cytochrome P450 RGS.xls   (24 kb)
c) Bioassay-Microtox.xls              (39 kb)
d) Bioassay-Urchin fertilization.xls  (78 kb)
e) Chemistry.xls                      (10, 239 kb)
f) Grain Size.xls                     (40 kb)
g) Infauna.xls                        (1,053 kb)
h) Qualifier code definitions.xls     (13 kb)

2) Metadata Entry Form

   cps98.inv    (1 kb)

3) Digital Data Report and Title Pages

a) 98final_rep.pdf   (3,487 kb) Adobe Acrobat document
b) title_pages.doc   (549 kb)   MS Word document


NODC Catalog Info ------------------------------------------------------

NODC Access. no.   :
Date Received      :
PI/Source          : Ms. Margaret Dutch, Washington State Dept. of
                     Ecology, Olympia, Wa.  (360)407-6021
                     (mdut461@ecy.wa.gov)
Project            : National Status and Trends
Data Type          : sediment and biota bioassays, sed. grain size 
                     analyses, chemistry, infauna species
Sampling Method    : grab samples
Obs. Date          : June 1 to July 1, 1998
Obs. Location      : NE Pacific, Central Puget Sound
Data Amount        : 8 files
Ship(s)/Cruise(s)  : M/V Kittiwake / 1998 Central Puget Sound ns&t studies

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Please acknowledge with an NODC accession no. as one is assigned.
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