{"datasetrec":{"DasID":3981,"Acronym":null,"StandardTitle":"NEFSC Benthic Database","OrigTitle":null,"OrigTitleLangID":null,"OrigTitleLangCode":null,"OrigTitleLang":null,"OrigTitleLangNL":null,"VersionName":"1","ContactEmail":null,"VersionDate":null,"VersionDay":20,"VersionMonth":12,"VersionYear":2012,"SizeReference":null,"EngAbstract":"Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA and Sandy Hook, NJ. The data includes the work by Wigley and Theroux on the macrofauna of the Northeastern United States. Other major studies include Ocean Pulse, the Northeast Monitoring Program, New York Bight, 12 Mile Dumpsite, Long Island Sound and Raritan Bay surveys. Parameters included in these surveys include depth, sediment type, gear type, number, weight, family, class, genus, species name, and abundance. A total of 21,000 sample sites are included in this data set with 4,000 meters being the maximum depth sampled.","EngDescr":"Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA (early years Bureau of Fisheries) and Sandy Hook, NJ (formerly with the Bureau of Sport Fisheries). Little data exists from 1881 to around 1955. After intensive sampling, data became sparse again after 1986. The data includes the work by Wigley and Theroux on the macrofauna of the Northeastern United States. Other major studies include Ocean Pulse, the Northeast Monitoring Program, New York Bight, 12 Mile Dumpsite, Long Island Sound and Raritan Bay surveys. Parameters included in these surveys include depth, sediment type, gear type, number, weight, family, class, genus, species name, and abundance. A total of 21,000 sample sites are included in this data set with 4,000 meters being the maximum depth sampled. Bottom temperature from MBTs and XBTs were measured from the 1960s to the present. These data are recorded on the Oracle database server of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Woods Hole. Hydrographic and chemical ancillary data, as well as some biological data can be found at the U.S. Geological Survey at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. \r\n\r\nNote: Some records in the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Benthic Database may also occur in the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey Dataset. OBIS-USA did not eliminate this possible duplication because each dataset is a published unit, and OBIS-USA chose to maintain each as a complete representation of the original data. This possible overlap is a consequence of decisions made by the developers of the datasets. If you encounter identical records when working with these datasets, note that they in fact refer to the same observation event.","OrigAbstract":null,"OrigDescr":null,"Comments":null,"ReleaseDate":null,"ReleaseDate0":null,"OrigDescrLang":null,"EmbargoDate":null,"OrigDescrLangNL":null,"OrigLangCode":null,"OrigLangCodeExtended":null,"OrigLangID":null,"DescrCompFlag":0,"DescrTransFlag":0,"Citation":"Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2010. NEFSC Benthic Database. Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA 02543.Retrieved from http://www.usgs.gov/obis-usa/","AccessConstraints":"<p>Prior to use of these records in any analysis or report, Steven Fromm must be notified and if used the provenance of the original data must be acknowledged. Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing NOAA databases and acknowledge the use of the OBIS-USA facility. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS-USA.<p>","UDate":"2012-12-20","CDate":"2012-12-20","CurrencyDate":null,"RevisionDate":null,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-06-06 01:41:58.123442","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"CheckedFlag":0,"PublicFlag":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"StatusID":1,"DasType":"Data","DasTypeID":1,"DasOrigin":"Data collection","Progress":"Completed","AccessConstraint":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrEN":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrDisplay":"<a rel=\"license\" href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border:0px;height:15px;width:80px;vertical-align:middle;\" src=\"https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/cc/by.png\" /></a> This dataset is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.","License":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","AccConstrDescription":"This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.","Lineage":null,"AccConID":21},"dois":null,"spcols":null,"keywords":null,"parents":null,"children":null,"othrel":null,"othrelrev":[{"DasID":4087,"Acronym":"OBIS-USA","StandardTitle":"US Ocean Biodiversity Informaton System","Relation":"Published dataset","RelationY":"Published in","RelID":13,"doi":null,"vlizDoi":null}],"ownerships":[{"OrderNr":1,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":"NEFSC","OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":3,"PersID":null,"InsID":12290,"FullInstitute":"Federal Government of the United States of America; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Northeast Fisheries Science Center","RoleID":20,"Role":"Data owner","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"Northeast Fisheries Science Center","FullAcronym":"NOAA-NEFSC","ORC":null,"ROR":null},{"OrderNr":2,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":"NEFSC","OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":3,"PersID":null,"InsID":12290,"FullInstitute":"Federal Government of the United States of America; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Northeast Fisheries Science Center","RoleID":68,"Role":"Data provider","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"Northeast Fisheries Science Center","FullAcronym":"NOAA-NEFSC","ORC":null,"ROR":null},{"OrderNr":3,"Surname":"Fromm","Firstname":"Steven","Initials":"S.","PerPublicFlag":1,"AdrID":153482,"Email":"steven.fromm@noaa.gov","InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":"NEFSC","OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":3,"PersID":26962,"InsID":12290,"FullInstitute":"Federal Government of the United States of America; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Northeast Fisheries Science Center","RoleID":24,"Role":"Contact","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"Northeast Fisheries Science Center","FullAcronym":"NOAA-NEFSC","ORC":null,"ROR":null}],"taxterms":null,"frameworks":null,"otherterms":null,"temporal":null,"geographical":null,"meastypes":null,"dasthemes":[{"DasThemeID":26,"DasTheme":"Biology > Benthos","DasTheme0":"Benthos","DutchTerm":"Benthos"}],"projects":null,"refs":null,"urls":[{"URL":"https://obis.org/dataset/e7c86904-aac7-4a17-a895-99a54c430d80","externalID":"e7c86904-aac7-4a17-a895-99a54c430d80","URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"Online dataset","URLTypID":19,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null}],"pictures":null,"urlmaps":null,"spatreps":null,"fileformats":null,"resmessage":"","complete":1}