National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Sites, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

This data set reports information regarding the nominal sampling locations for the National Status and Trends Benthic Surveillance Project sites. One record is presented per site. Each record reports the five letter site acronym, site sequence number, general and specific location information, state abbreviation, state name, degree-minute-second coordinates, decimal degree coordinates, and species information, among other things. The actual site coordinate information is recorded at the time of sampling, if samples were taken at a location other than the nominal site center. The five letter acronym is based on both the general location information and more specific location information (e.g. SFSM is San Francisco-San Mateo Bridge). The file also contains sequence numbers that facilitate geographic manipulation of the data. Sites are numbered sequentially from the northern most site on the U.S. East coast (i.e. Penobscot Bay-Pickering Island) and continue counter-clockwise around the country.

Tags: apalachicola bay, arlington channel, arroyo city, arroyo colorado, atlantic ocean, bacrian point, baltimore harbor, barataria bay, barataria pass, barbour island river, bayou d inde, beaufort sea, bering sea, biscayne bay, black point, boca de quadra, bodega bay, boggy bayou, boston harbor, brandywine shoal, brewerton channel, bridgeport, buzzards bay, calcasieu river, cape elizabeth, cape fear river, cape george, cape haze, casco bay, castro creek, cedar bayou, cerritos channel, chance island, charleston harbor, charlotte harbor, chemical contaminants, cherry island range, chesapeake bay, chester river, chicken key, chilkoot river mouth, choctawhatchee bay, chukchi sea, clarks point, clear lake, coastal, coastal monitoring, colt head island, columbia river, commencement bay, conanicut island, contaminant levels, contaminants, coos bay, coris_metadata, corpus christi bay, corpus christi channel, country/territory, cousins island, dana point, dana point harbor, deep, deer island, delaware bay, desdemona sands, destin harbor, dog hammock, dutch harbor, eagle point, earth science, east bay, east reach, east side, elba island, elizabeth river, elliott bay, englewood cliffs, environmental impacts, escatawpa river, estero bay, estuarine, farallon islands, florida, folger point, fort mchenry channel, frenchmans bay, galvestion bay, galveston bay, gibson island, goat islands, gravesend bay, great bay, great chebeague island, greens bayou, gulf of alaska, harbor island, head of passes, heald point, heron bay, high point, hog island, horseshoe shaol, hudson river, hull bay, human dimensions, humboldt bay, hunters point, indian head beach, indian island, inlet, inside harbor, intracoastal waterway, islais creek channel, islesboro island, james river, job island, johns bay, johnson creek, jones bay, kamishak bay, kent island, kuskokwim river, kvichak bay, laguna heights, lake pontchartrain, latitude, lavaca bay, lloyd point, long beach, long island, long island sound, long porcupine island, long reef, long sand shoal, longitude, lower bay, lower laguna madre, lutak inlet, machias bay, manhatten beach, massachusetts bay, merrimac river, mid harbor, military point, mission bay, mississippi river delta, mobile bay, mobile river, monterey bay, morgans point, mosquito point, moss landing, mouth, mystic river, nahku bay, narragansett bay, national city, new bedford harbor, new haven, niantic bay, nisqually reach, nome, north, north atlantic ocean, north bay, north bend, north point, north shore, northern tampa bay, norton sound, norwalk, ns&t, nsandt, numeric data sets, oak neck point, oakland enterance, oakland estuary, ocean basin, oceans, oceanside harbor, off shore, oliktok point, orange point, ortega river, outer harbor, outside, outside boston, pacific ocean, pamlico sound, pascagoula river, patuxent river, pemaquid neck, penobscot bay, pensacola bay, piney point, plum island, plymouth entrance, point comfort, port moller, port valdez, president roads, prien lake, prince william sound, prudence island, prudhoe bay, puget sound, quarantine island, quincy bay, raritan bay, red dog mine, redwood city, richmond island, rocky point, round island, salem harbor, san antonio bay, san diego bay, san francisco bay, san luis obispo bay, san pablo bay, san pedro bay, santa monica bay, sapelo sound, savannah river, seal beach, seven island, shelter island, simpson lagoon, site, site acronym, site location, skagway, skagway river, smith island, soldana beach, south, south channel, south newport river, south shore, southampton shoal, southeast, southeast pass, species, st. andrews bay, st. george island, st. johns river, st. lucie river, stuart, tampa bay, texas city, the shears, tomales bay, treasure island, trinity bay, trout river, twenty eighth street, u.s. exclusive economic zone, united states of america, upper bay, w. mill cove, wells island, west, west cove, west island, west reach, york river, youngs bay, yukon river
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce