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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
	set	data	graph		files	CAGES Alabama Data		F   I   M	background			Southeast Fisheri...	CAGES_Alabama

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acknowledgment	String	The authors would like to thank the field crews who collected the data and the biologists who analyzed the samples at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Alabama Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Southern Alabama, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. We would like to thank Phil Caldwell of the NOAA Galveston Lab for his assistance with GIS and construction of figures. We also would like to thank Michael Harden, Harry Blanchet, and Marty Bourgeois at the LDWF for their assistance with the Alabama data. Chris Stafford and Kerry Flaherty at FFWCC provided assistance in compiling the Florida Data and Harriet Perry at FFWCC provided valuable guidance.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Point
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	For Abundance calculations : Conversion factor / Tow duration (min) X Number caught = #/ha. Conversion factor = 46.84; From: see associatedReferences
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_country	String	USA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_email	String	jim.ditty at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_institution	String	Southeast Fisheries Science Center
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	Jim Ditty
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_phone	String	+1-409-766-3782
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role	String	contributor
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role_vocabulary	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_type	String	person
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_url	String	https://www.noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3, IOOS-1.2
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Country	String	USA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_address	String	4700 Avenue U
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_city	String	Galveston
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_country	String	USA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	ralf.riedel at usm.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_institution	String	Southeast Fisheries Science Center
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	Harmon Brown (NOAA), Thomas J Minello, Ralf Riedel
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_phone	String	+1-228-818-8804
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_postalcode	String	77551
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_role	String	other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_sector	String	academic
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_state	String	Texas
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.usm.edu/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2025-04-24T16:30:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_metadata_modified	String	2025-04-24T16:30:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2025-04-24T16:30:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-87.39833333333
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	featureType	String	Point
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_bounds_crs	String	EPSG:4326
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs	String	EPSG:5831
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	30.679666666666
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	30.161666666666
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-87.39833333333
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-88.387
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_positive	String	down
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_resolution	String	unknown
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_units	String	m
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping__FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping_epsg_code	String	EPSG:4326
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping_inverse_flattening	double	298.257223563
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping_longitude_of_prime_meridian	double	0.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping_name	String	latitude_longitude
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	grid_mapping_semi_major_axis	double	6378137.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	CAGES_Alabama
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30670
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	Southeast Fisheries Science Center
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instrument	String	Otter trawl
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instrument_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords Version 9.1.5
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	Alabama, CAGES, catch, CPUE, cpue, Dissolved oxygen, DO, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, fish species, fisheries, fishery, latitude, length, Length Measurement, longitude, measured, measurement, Number Measured, ocean, oceans, practical salinity, Salinity, sample, science, scientific name, ScientificName, sea, sea_water_practical_salinity, seawater, species, station, Temperature, unit effort, Water Temperature, weight
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords Version 9.1.5, CF Standard Names v72
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_link	String	https://gcoos4.tamu.edu/erddap/tabledap/CAGES_Alabama.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	sfsc.noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	ncei_template_version	String	NCEI_NetCDF_Trajectory_Template_v2.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	30.679666666666
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform	String	ship
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform_id	String	other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform_name	String	other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform_vocabulary	String	https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	Geophysical units from raw data
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_address	String	3146 TAMU, Eller O&M Building
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_city	String	College Station
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_country	String	USA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_email	String	data at gcoos.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_institution	String	GCOOS at Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_name	String	CGOOS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_phone	String	+1-979-845-7662
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_postalcode	String	77843
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_state	String	Texas
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processor_url	String	https://gcoos.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	product_version	String	v0.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	program	String	Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES).
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES).
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_address	String	3146 TAMU, Eller O&M Building
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_city	String	College Station
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_country	String	USA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_email	String	data at gcoos.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_institution	String	Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing System
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	GCOOS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_phone	String	+1-979-458-3274
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_postalcode	String	77843
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_state	String	Texas
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_url	String	https://gcoos.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sea_name	String	Gulf of America
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source	String	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	30.161666666666
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v72
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	subsetVariables	String	WaterBody
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2007-12-18
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1981-02-03
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	CAGES Alabama Data
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-88.387
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	3.500496E8, 1.1979792E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	calendar	String	gregorian
attribute	time	coverage_content_type	String	time
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Date
attribute	time	source_name	String	Date
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	standard_name_url	String	https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/parameter/time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	30.161666666666, 30.679666666666
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name_url	String	https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-88.387, -87.39833333333
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name_url	String	https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	SampleCode		int
attribute	SampleCode	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	SampleCode	actual_range	int	1, 11056
attribute	SampleCode	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	SampleCode	long_name	String	SampleCode
attribute	SampleCode	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	SampleCode	standard_name	String	samplecode
variable	StationCode		int
attribute	StationCode	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	StationCode	actual_range	int	1, 160
attribute	StationCode	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	StationCode	long_name	String	StationCode
attribute	StationCode	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	StationCode	standard_name	String	stationcode
variable	Station		int
attribute	Station	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	Station	actual_range	int	1, 766
attribute	Station	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	Station	long_name	String	Station
attribute	Station	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	Station	standard_name	String	station
variable	Description		String
attribute	Description	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	Description	long_name	String	Description
attribute	Description	standard_name	String	description
variable	WaterBody		String
attribute	WaterBody	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	WaterBody	long_name	String	WaterBody
attribute	WaterBody	standard_name	String	waterbody
variable	sea_water_salinity		float
attribute	sea_water_salinity	_FillValue	float	-9999.0
attribute	sea_water_salinity	actual_range	float	0.0, 38.0
attribute	sea_water_salinity	ioos_category	String	Salinity
attribute	sea_water_salinity	long_name	String	sea_water_salinity
attribute	sea_water_salinity	missing_value	float	-9999.0
attribute	sea_water_salinity	standard_name	String	sea_water_salinity
attribute	sea_water_salinity	standard_name_url	String	http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/sea_water_salinity
attribute	sea_water_salinity	units	String	PSU
variable	sea_water_temperature		float
attribute	sea_water_temperature	_FillValue	float	-9999.0
attribute	sea_water_temperature	actual_range	float	0.0, 34.0
attribute	sea_water_temperature	ioos_category	String	Temperature
attribute	sea_water_temperature	long_name	String	sea_water_temperature
attribute	sea_water_temperature	missing_value	float	-9999.0
attribute	sea_water_temperature	standard_name	String	sea_water_temperature
attribute	sea_water_temperature	standard_name_url	String	http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/sea_water_temperature
attribute	sea_water_temperature	units	String	degree_Celsius
variable	DissolvedOxygen		float
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	_FillValue	float	-9999.0
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	actual_range	float	0.0, 15.6
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	ioos_category	String	Dissolved O2
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	long_name	String	mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	missing_value	float	-9999.0
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	standard_name	String	mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	standard_name_url	String	http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
attribute	DissolvedOxygen	units	String	mg l-1
variable	GearCode		int
attribute	GearCode	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	GearCode	actual_range	int	1, 1
attribute	GearCode	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	GearCode	long_name	String	GearCode
attribute	GearCode	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	GearCode	standard_name	String	gearcode
variable	Gear		String
attribute	Gear	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	Gear	long_name	String	Gear
attribute	Gear	standard_name	String	gear
variable	SpeciesCode		long
attribute	SpeciesCode	_FillValue	long	-9999
attribute	SpeciesCode	actual_range	long	372802030100, 886103010100
attribute	SpeciesCode	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	SpeciesCode	long_name	String	SpeciesCode
attribute	SpeciesCode	missing_value	long	-9999
attribute	SpeciesCode	standard_name	String	speciescode
variable	ScientificName		String
attribute	ScientificName	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	ScientificName	long_name	String	ScientificName
attribute	ScientificName	standard_name	String	scientificname
variable	cpue		float
attribute	cpue	_FillValue	float	-9999.0
attribute	cpue	actual_range	float	0.0, 101806.7
attribute	cpue	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	cpue	long_name	String	cpue
attribute	cpue	missing_value	float	-9999.0
attribute	cpue	standard_name	String	cpue
attribute	cpue	standard_name_url	String	http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/cpue
attribute	cpue	units	String	number caught hectar-1
variable	Measured		int
attribute	Measured	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	Measured	actual_range	int	0, 100
attribute	Measured	description	String	Number of individuals per species in the sample that were measured.
attribute	Measured	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	Measured	long_name	String	Measured
attribute	Measured	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	Measured	standard_name	String	measured
attribute	Measured	units	String	1
variable	TotalNumber		int
attribute	TotalNumber	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	TotalNumber	actual_range	int	0, 21735
attribute	TotalNumber	description	String	Number of individuals per species in the sample.
attribute	TotalNumber	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	TotalNumber	long_name	String	TotalNumber
attribute	TotalNumber	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	TotalNumber	standard_name	String	totalnumber
attribute	TotalNumber	units	String	1
variable	TotalWeight		int
attribute	TotalWeight	_FillValue	int	-9999
attribute	TotalWeight	actual_range	int	0, 9999
attribute	TotalWeight	description	String	Total weight of individuals per species in the sample.
attribute	TotalWeight	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	TotalWeight	long_name	String	TotalWeight
attribute	TotalWeight	missing_value	int	-9999
attribute	TotalWeight	standard_name	String	totalweight
attribute	TotalWeight	units	String	g
variable	Commercial		String
attribute	Commercial	description	String	Is this a commercial species.
attribute	Commercial	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	Commercial	long_name	String	Commercial
attribute	Commercial	standard_name	String	commercial
variable	Length		float
attribute	Length	_FillValue	float	-9999.0
attribute	Length	actual_range	float	1.0, 1030.0
attribute	Length	ioos_category	String	Other
attribute	Length	long_name	String	Length
attribute	Length	missing_value	float	-9999.0
attribute	Length	standard_name	String	length
attribute	Length	units	String	mm

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