Metadata Dissemination Statement
(to be published on all data disseminated from the CDMO)

This data set was collected under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)
System-wide Monitoring Program. The principal investigator (PI) listed on the
enclosed metadata reporting statement retains the right to be fully credited for
having collected and processed the data. Following academic courtesy standards,
the PI and NERR site where the data were collected will be fully acknowledged in
any subsequent publications in which any part of this data set is used. Pursuant
to NOAA Administrative Special Award Condition #16 and ERD Special Award
Condition #4, manuscripts resulting from this NOAA/Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management-supported research and data collection effort that are
produced for publication in open literature, including refereed scientific
journals, will acknowledge that the research was conducted under an award from
the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.