Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: NOAA/PMEL GEM proposal, P.J.Stabeno and C.W. Mordy
      Publication_Date: 20030613
      Title: Surface Nutrients Over the Shelf and Basin in Summer - Bottom up Control of Ecosystem Diversity
      Edition: 1.0
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington, USA
        Publisher: NOAA/PMEL, Stabeno
      Online_Linkage: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/
  Description:
    Abstract:
      This proposal is for continuation of Project 030654 funded in FY03.  Our
      goal is to better understand the extraordinary variability of nutrients
      (spatial, interannual and decadal), and factors controlling nearshore
      communities and zooplankton and juvenile salmon distributions in the
      northern GOA.  We propose monitoring nitrate over the shelf and basin.
      Underway samples will be collected as part of the NMFS-OCC/GLOBEC salmon
      survey in July/August of 2004.  This survey includes a transit across
      the central GOA and 10 cross-shelf oceanographic and juvenile salmon
      transects from Yakutat to Kodiak Island.  This will be the broadest
      nutrient survey of the northern GOA.  Nutrient maps will be used to
      support NPZ models and satellite-derived models of nitrate and new
      production, to examine mechanisms of nutrient supply such as mixing over
      banks and transport up submarine canyons, and to assist resource
      management of salmon and other commercially important species.
    Purpose:
      Conduct a broad survey of nutrient concentrations in summertime in the
      northern Gulf of Alaska
    Supplemental_Information:
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  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20031001
        Ending_Date: 20040930
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: Planned
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 156
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 139.5
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 55
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: oceanography
      Theme_Keyword: nutrients
      Theme_Keyword: Exxon Valdez oil spill
      Theme_Keyword: GEM
      Theme_Keyword: Alaska Coastal Current
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Gulf of Alaska
    Temporal:
      Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Temporal_Keyword: 2004
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Permission of PI. Acknowledgment of NOAA/PMEL and GEM for publication and other use.
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: P.J. Stabeno
        Contact_Organization: NOAA/PMEL
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
        Address:
          7600 Sand Point Way NE
          Bldg. 3
        City: Seattle
        State_or_Province: Washington
        Postal_Code: 98115
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206.526.6453
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 206.526.6485
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Phyllis.J.Stabeno@noaa.gov
  Resource_Description: GEM data
  Distribution_Liability: User bears all responsibility for use of data in any further analyses or comparisons.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20031001
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: P.J. Stabeno
        Contact_Organization: NOAA/PMEL
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
        Address:
          7600 Sand Point Way NE
          Bldg. 3
        City: Seattle
        State_or_Province: Washington
        Postal_Code: 98115
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206.526.6453
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 206.526.6485
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Phyllis.J.Stabeno@noaa.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998