Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Database

Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:

(1) The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
(2) The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications.
(3) A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to:

Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Dataset URLs:METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:GIS-VA-PIEGIS.01
Dataset Title:Data file of latitude and longitude for all PIE LTER sampling sites
Investigator 1: 
First Name:Joe
Last Name:Vallino
Address line 1:Ecosystems Center
Address line 2:MBL
Address line 3:7 MBL St
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Associate Investigators:Hap Garritt, Nat Weston
Keywords:PIE LTER, latitude, longitude, sampling locations
Abstract:Latitude and longitude of sampling locations
Contact: Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Lab
7 MBL St
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone (508) 289 7485
Email: pie_im@mbl.edu
Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MAP/data/GIS-VA-PIEGIS.dat
Data File Name GIS-VA-PIEGIS
Beginning Date 1/1/1992
End Date 7/27/2000
Number of Data Records 108
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status Type 1
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:
RESEARCH LOCATION: Site 1
Geographic Description Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Location Bounding Box
West Bounding Coordinate -71.22
East Bounding Coordinate -70.75
North Bounding Coordinate 42.89
South Bounding Coordinate 42.5
OR if single point location
Latitude
Longitude
Methods:

Data Table

Variable Name Variable Description Units Measurement Scale Code Infomation Number Type DateTime Format Missing Value Code Missing Value Code Explanation
Station Name of sampling station   nominal         blank cell
Type Type of research location   nominal         blank cell
State X State plane X coordinates meter interval   real     blank cell
State Y State plane Y coordinates meter interval   real     blank cell
Lat Latitude degree interval   real     blank cell
Lon Longitude degree interval   real     blank cell
Notes Comments about specific data   nominal         blank cell