1999 West EMAP Histology
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
(SCCWRP)
- Publication_Date: 20040402
- Publication_Time: 20000402
- Title: 1999 West EMAP Histology
- Edition: 1.0
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Costa Mesa, California
- Publisher:
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Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
(SCCWRP)
- Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.sccwp.org/pub/download
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The presence of contaminants in estuaries has been
identified in both the scientific and popular
press as a major problem contributing to degraded
ecological resources and restricted harvest of
fish and shell fish resources due to human health
concerns. Reducing contaminant inputs and
concentrations , therefore, is often a major focus
of regulatory programs for estuaries.
Contaminants include both inorganic (primarily
metals) and organic forms originating from many
sources, including atmospheric depostion,
freshwater inputs, land runoff and point sources.
These sources are poorly characterized , except in
the most well-studied estuaries. Most
contaminants that are potentially toxic to
indigenous biological resources tend to bind to
particles , which ultimaltely are deposited at he
bottom of estuaries. This binding changes the
form of contaminants and removes them from the
water column; consequently, contaminants
accumulate in estuarine sediments. Sediment
contaminant concentrations were measured to aid in
interpretation of the spatial patterns observed in
the condition of biolgical resources in the
estuaries of the West Coast. EMAP monitoring
efforts have focused on sediment contaminants
rather than measurement of water column
contaminants because concentrations of
contaminants in sediments are less variable and
the sediment integrates contaminant inputs to
estuartis over time (i.e. months and years).
Metals in the sediment are derived from
anthropogenic sources or from natural geochemical
processes of weathering and erosion of the earth's
crust. The difficulty arises in identifying which
portion of the total metal content of the sediment
was due to natural processes and which was due to
human activities. Several methods can be used to
determine whether measured metal concentrations in
estuarine sediments represent
anthropogenically-enriched or natural conditions.
- Purpose:
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The purpose of this table is to contain all of the
abundance data for trawl invertebrates collected
by trawl in this project.
- Supplemental_Information:
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OVERVIEW: In 1999 the US EPA contracted the states
of Washington, Oregon, and California to conduct a
West Coast Estuary survey. There were 210
stations in the sample design, 18 of which were
not able to be sampled for a total of 192
successful measurements. DATA TYPES: Grabs,
Trawls, and Water Quality casts were conducted at
each of the stations to yield Benthic infauna,
Sediment Toxicity, Sediment Chemistry, Trawl Fish,
Macro Invertebrate, Debris, water column
characterization at one meter increments from
surface to bottom, and sediment grain size data.
These data types can be aggregated using the
StationID variable in each table. Missing
numerical values have been coded as -99 Missing
text values have been coded as NR Missing date
values have been coded as 01/Jan/1999 Missing
time values have been coded as 23:00
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19990701
- Ending_Date: 19990831
- Currentness_Reference: Sampling was conducted in the summer of 1999.
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Description_of_Geographic_Extent: The west coast of the continental United States
- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.70778
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.12895
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.31995
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.63867
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: None
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Information Systems Manager
- Contact_Organization: SCCWRP
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110
- City: Costa Mesa
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 92626
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 714.755.3200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 714.438.1016
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: im_contact@sccwrp.org
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit: National Marine Fisheries Northwest Office
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Access Version 97
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Coordinates accurate to within 100 ft
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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These tables may all be joined using the StationID
field
- Completeness_Report:
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Only fish and invertebrates with anomalies were
reported in this table. It is a complete list of
anomalies in this project.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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The station locations were determined using a GPS
and are accurate with in a radius of 100 ft
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The depths expressed are accurate to 0.1 meters.
- Lineage:
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- Methodology:
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- Methodology_Type: Field
- Methodology_Description:
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Gross External Fish Pathology Any fish
pathologies (i.e. tumors) will photographed, then
excised and placed into an orange labeled
pathology cartridge, and put immediately into
Dietrich’s solution. Excised tissue must include
the entire pathology and some adjacent healthy
tissue. Pathology information including cartridge
number, fish species, size, station ID, trawl #,
pathology location, description, and sample depth
will be recorded onto the Cumulative Fish
Pathology Log. Cartridge numbers are to begin
with 00-1001 up to 00-1999. Up to 60 cartridges
can be placed in a 2 L Dietrich’s Container. The
pathology log will serve as the chain of custody
form to be delivered with the samples at the end
of field collection to Mark Meyers at NMFS/NOAA in
Seattle.
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: QA Checks Performed
- Process_Date: 20000801
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
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298.257
4.2.2.1 Depth Datum Name:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SampleDate
- Attribute_Definition: The date the sample was collected
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 19990719
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 19991014
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Species
- Attribute_Definition: The species of animal with the anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Species
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The affected species
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Crangon nigircauda
- Attribute_Definition: Grass Shrimp
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Attribute_Definition: Shrimp
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Paralichthys californicus
- Attribute_Definition: California halibut
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Platichthys stellatus
- Attribute_Definition: starry flounder
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Pleuronectes vetulus
- Attribute_Definition: English sole
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Pleuronichthys ritteri
- Attribute_Definition: spotted turbot
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 12
Fish Tissue Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FishSequenceNumber
- Attribute_Definition: A unique identifier for the animal
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: A unique identifier for the animal
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SizeClass
- Attribute_Definition: The length in centimeters of the animal
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: -9999
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 10
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition: A code for the anomaly from list 31
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: List 31 Fish Anomaly codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A coded list of anomalies
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Glugea spp xenoma
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: healed bite wound
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: no histopatholgy observed
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: parasitic copepod
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: parasitic isopod
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: trematode metacercariae
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
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West
EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: X-cell pseudotumor
- Attribute_Definition: Anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomaly Codes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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list 31
Anomaly Codes
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West
EMAP Information Plan
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SeverityIndex
- Attribute_Definition: A code for the severity of the anomaly
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
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- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Definition:
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A code for the amount of the animal covered by the
anomlay
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- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Comments
- Attribute_Definition: Any additional comments
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Additional remarks
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblHistoPath
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- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: EMAP StationID
- Attribute_Definition: The EMAP Station identifier
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
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- Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110
- City: Costa Mesa
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 92626
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 714.755.3200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 714.438.1016
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: im_contact@sccwrp.org
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
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Although these data have been processed
successfully on a computer system at SCCWRP, no
warranty expressed or implied is made regarding
the accuracy or utility of the data on any other
system or for general or scientific purposes, nor
shall the act of distribution constitute any such
warranty. This disclaimer applies both to
individual use of the data and aggregate use with
other data. It is strongly recommended that these
data are directly acquired from a MLML server, and
not indirectly through other sources which may
have changed the data in some way. It is also
strongly recommended that careful attention be
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associated with these data. MLML shall not be
held liable for improper or incorrect use of the
data described and/or contained herein.
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