CURRENT DIRECTION, turbidity and other data from FIXED PLATFORM and UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA in the North Pacific Ocean, Northwest Passage and other waters from 1979-01-01 to 1987-12-31 (NCEI Accession 9000069)

The accession contains microfiche data provided by the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans and taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences. The details of the data contained in the different microfiches are provided below:

Following are the microfiche data dealing with old physical/chemical data such as temperature and salinity data.

9000069 L105 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 52. The article is from: H.J Freeland, 1987. The article is entitled "Long Time-series of Filtered Current Records for the B.C. Coast 1979-82". (1/1 microfiche)

9000069 L105 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 51, vol 1. This article is from Buckingham, W.R. et al. 1987. The article is entitled "Current and sea-level measurements in northwest passage". (2/2 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1828 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 37, vol 3 (parts 1 and 2). This article is taken from Thomas, D.J. et al., 1986. The article is entitled "West coast data inventory and appraisal". (6/6 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 39, vol 3. This article is from Buckingham, W.R. et al. 1987. The article is entitled "Temperature and Salinity Measurements in the Northwest Passage". (4/4 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 39, vol 2. This article is from Buckingham, W.R. et al. 1987. The article is entitled "Temperature and Salinity Measurements in the Northwest Passage". (2/2 microfiche). [PLEASE NOTE there is discrepancy in the volume number for the above article! In previous paragraph the same data was referred to in vol 3 and here its its cited in being in vol 2! Please check the actual data when its online before uploading the abstract. On January 26, 2005 when this abstract was edited by Suchira Pande the data was offline.]

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 37, vol 2 (part 1). This microfiche is taken from Birch, J.R. et al., 1986. The article is entitled "West Coast Data Inventory and Appraisal". (6/6 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 5, vol 10. This microfiche is taken from Norton, P. et al., 1987. The article is entitled "Arctic Data Compilation and Appraisal". (5/5 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 5, vol 11. this microfiche is taken from Wainwright P.F. et al., 1987. The article is entitled "Arctic Data Compilation and Appraisal". (4/4 microfiche).

9000069 L130 1838 Microfiche data was taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 5, vol 9. this microfiche is taken from Woods, S.M. and B.D. Smiley, 1987. The article is entitled "Arctic Data Compilation and Appraisal". (5/5 microfiche).

Following are the microfiche data dealing with old biological benthos data.

9000069 L504 1838 Microfiche data taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 85. This microfiche is taken from R.O. Brinkhurst, ed. 1987. The article is entitled "Distribution and Abundance of Macrobenthic Infauna from the Continental Shelf off S. Western Vancouver Island, B.C". (1/1 microfiche).

9000069 L504 1838 Microfiche data taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 84. This microfiche is taken from Burd, B.J. et al., 1987. The article is entitled "Distribution and Abundance of Macrobenthic Infauna from Boundary and Mud Bays near the British Columbia / U.S. Border. (1/1 microfiche).

9000069 L504 1838 Microfiche data taken from the Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Sciences no. 88. This microfiche is taken from Burd, B.J. and R.O. Brinkhurst, 1987. The article is entitled "Macrobenthic Infauna from Hecate Strait, British Columbia. (2/2 microfiche).

Additional data submitted by the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans is filed under NODC reference numbers L00499-L00510.

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