The Oracle data base at URI is constructed and maintained in Oracle and operates from a windows NT enviroment.
A description of the database is shown below.
Additional information on this data base can be obtained by contacting Peter Garrahan by email at petebob@gso.uri.edu.Note:Our program's Data Acknowledgement Policy requires that any person making substantial use of a data set must communicate with the investigators who acquired the data prior to publication and anticipate that the data collectors will be co-authors of published results.
The database is designed as a hierarchy. The least changing variables are in higher order tables (e.g., cruise id, year, month, etc.), while variables that change the most are in the lower order tables (e.g., time of collection, net number, taxon collected, etc.) There are five levels (master tables) within the database: CRUISES, STATIONS, TOWS, NETS, and M3_COUNTS. The information in the relational database is contained only once as opposed to being repeated as header information. Unique identification numbers are given to each table entry and these links are then used to track relationships between and among tables. For example, all stations from a particular cruise will have its Master Cruise Data identifier (MCD_ID) and subsequent data that link to those stations will also link to that cruise. Searches and selections of data can include information from any or a ll tables, as necessary.
Table names, variable names and descriptions are given in the following tables. Most column variable names and instrument names were taken from the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank data thesaurus; those that were not, follow the GLOBEC data protocols. The taxonomic code variable (TAXCOD) is from the National Oceanographic Data Center's Taxonomic List, version 8. Taxonomic information is built into these ten-digit codes as they reflect the systematic nomenclature.
Data derived from the RAW_COUNTS (numbers per cubic meter and numbers per square meter of water column) are set up as views. These views are recreated as they are accessed and show the most recent data. Provisions were made in the database to also include zooplankton data from Process cruises as well as data from other instruments (CTD data or fluorometry).
| TABLE | Column Variable | Format | Description |
| CRUISES | DOU | SYSDATE | Date Of Update. Date stamp of last entry or correction. |
| MCD_ID | NUMBER(3) | Master Cruise Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| CRUISEID | CHAR(6) | Cruise Identifier. (e.g., AL9607, EN276, OC275) Note: three digit cruise numbers begin with "0" on the database at URI but are reformated without the leading zero here. | |
| CRUISE_TYPE | CHAR(3) | Type of cruise. BSS - Broadscale Survey; PRO - Process Cruise; MOR - Mooring Cruise | |
| MONTH_ID | CHAR(3) | Month of Collection. (e.g., JAN) If cruise spans two months, ID is of greater time spent on survey. | |
| YEAR_ID | NUMBER(4) | Year of collection. (e.g., 1995) | |
| SHIP | VARCHAR(20) | Ship Name. (e.g., Albatross IV, Columbus Iselin, Endeavor, Oceanus ) | |
| CRDATE_BEGIN | DATE | Cruise Date - Beginning. | |
| CRDATE_END | DATE | Cruise Date - End. |
| TABLE | Column Variable | Format | Description |
| STATIONS | DOU | SYSDATE | Date Of Update. Date stamp of last entry or correction. |
| MSD_ID | NUMBER(4) | Master Station Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| MCD_ID | NUMBER(3) | Master Cruise Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| STATION | NUMBER(3) | Consecutive station number during cruise. | |
| STATION_STD | NUMBER(3) | Standard Broadscale station number. | |
| DEPTH_W | NUMBER(4) | Water depth, in meters |
| TABLE | Column Variable | Format | Description |
| TOWS | DOU | SYSDATE | Date Of Update. Date stamp of last entry or correction. |
| MTD_ID | NUMBER(4) | Master Tow Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| MSD_ID | NUMBER(4) | Master Station Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| EVENT | CHAR(11) | Event or operation number. Unique ID. | |
| INST | VARCHAR(15) |
Instrument used to collect or process data. MOC1 - 1 meter square MOCNESS Bongo - 61 cm diameter Bongo Pump - zooplankton pump |
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| TOW | NUMBER(3) | Tow or haul number. | |
| LAT_BEGIN | NUMBER(6,3) | Latitude at Beginning of measurement, in decimal degrees. (south is negative) | |
| LON_BEGIN | NUMBER(6,3) | Longitude at Beginning of measurement, in decimal degrees. (west is negative) | |
| TIME_UTC _BEGIN | DATE | Date and Time (UTC) at beginning of measurement | |
| TIME_UTC_END | DATE | Date and Time (UTC) at end of measurement | |
| NOTES_TOW | VARCHAR(255) | Notes for tow information | |
| ALLSORT_FLAG | CHAR(3) | Flag for sorting. Default = "n". When all nets for particular tow are sorted, flag = "y". |
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TABLE |
Column Variable |
Format |
Description |
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NETS |
DOU |
SYSDATE |
Date Of Update. Date stamp of last entry or correction. |
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NTD_ID |
NUMBER(5) |
Net Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) |
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MTD_ID |
NUMBER(4) |
Master Tow Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) |
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GERCOD |
CHAR(3) |
Gear Code - used by NMFS. Three digit code that specifies gear and mesh size of net.
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VOL_NET |
NUMBER(7,3) |
Volume of water filtered by net, in cubic meters. |
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NET |
CHAR(1) |
Net number. |
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DEPTH_BEGIN |
NUMBER(5,1) |
Depth of sampler at beginning of measurement, meters. |
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DEPTH_END |
NUMBER(5,1) |
Depth of sampler at end of measurement, meters. |
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COUNT_FLAG |
VARCHAR(8) |
Counting method flag for sorting. Default = "none".none = not sorted at present time |
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COUNTER |
VARCHAR(20) |
Initials of sorter and date sorted. |
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NOTES_NET |
VARCGAR(255) |
Notes for net information. |
| TABLE | Column Variable | Format | Description |
| M3_ COUNTS | ZPD_ID | NUMBER(6) | Zooplankton Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) |
| NTD_ID | NUMBER(5) | Net Data identification number. Unique ID number. (TABLE LINK) | |
| TAXCOD | NUMBER(10) | Taxonomic Code. Ten digit number from NODC Taxonomic List, v. 8. | |
| TAXON | VARCHAR(30) | Taxon name. | |
| M3_FEM | NUMBER(10,9) | Meter3 copepod females counted. | |
| M3_MAL | NUMBER(10,9) | Meter3 copepod males counted. | |
| M3_COP | NUMBER(10,9) | Meter3 Total Copepodites counted. | |
| M3_C1 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Copepodite stage 1 (C1) | |
| M3_C2 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Copepodite stage 2 (C2) | |
| M3_C3 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Copepodite stage 3 (C3) | |
| M3_C4 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Copepodite stage 4 (C4) | |
| M3_C5 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Copepodite stage 5 (C5) | |
| M3_NPL | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Total Nauplii (N1-N6) | |
| M3_N1 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 1 (N1) | |
| M3_N2 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 2 (N2) | |
| M3_N3 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 3 (N3) | |
| M3_N4 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 4 (N4) | |
| M3_N5 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 5 (N5) | |
| M3_N6 | NUMBER(4) | Meter3 count of Nauplius stage 6 (N6) | |
| M3_NOT | NUMBER(10,9) | Meter3 count of non-copepod taxa counted. |
You may also contact the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Data Management Office for additional help.