FMWT: FMWT dataset

FMWTR Documentation

FMWT dataset

Description

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fall Midwater Trawl data.

Usage

FMWT

Format

a tibble with 266,694 rows and 23 variables

Source

Name of source dataset.

Station

Station where sample was collected.

Latitude

Latitude (decimal degrees).

Longitude

Longitude (decimal degrees).

Date

Date sample was collected.

Datetime

Date and time sample was collected.

Survey

Survey number, roughly corresponding to month.

Depth

Bottom depth (m).

SampleID

Unique sample identifier.

Method

Sampling method (Otter Trawl or Midwater Trawl).

Tide

Tidal stage.

Sal_surf

Surface salinity.

Temp_surf

Surface temperature in °C.

TurbidityNTU

Turbidity (NTU).

Secchi

Secchi depth (cm).

Secchi_estimated

Was Secchi depth estimated?

Tow_volume

Volume towed (m3).

Tow_direction

Tow direction relative to current.

Cable_length

Length of cable released when net deployed (m).

Taxa

Scientific name.

Length

Fork length from tip of the snout to a point at the fork of the caudal fin (mm).

Count

Estimated count for each sample, taxa, and length.

Length_NA_flag

Why is the length NA?

Details

More metadata and information on methods are available here.


sbashevkin/LTMRdata documentation built on Oct. 16, 2024, 7:09 p.m.