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Information Management Plan Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Survey (Bight’08) Information Management Plan Prepared by: Bight’08 Information Management Committee Prepared for: Commission of Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Version Date: July 30, 2008 Bight 08 Information Management Plan Disclaimer: While we strive to make the Information Management Plan as accurate as possible when we publish it, there may be times at which we may find it necessary to make some minor changes. Please check the data submission website at www.sccwrp.org\datasubmission\bight08 for the most current version of the Information Management Plan and most current values in a given lookup list. If a value seems appropriate for a field but is not listed, please contact the Information Management Officer to discuss its inclusion. 2 Bight 08 Information Management Plan INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CHAIR: Shelly Moore Southern California Coastal Water Research Project INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CO-CHAIRS Shelly Walther Los Angeles County Sanitation District Lisa Haney Los Angeles County Sanitation District INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Bruce Bealer Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Cheryl Brantley Los Angeles County Sanitation District Curtis Cash City of LA, Environmental Monitoring Division Susan Chang City of LA, Environmental Monitoring Division Larry Cooper Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Andrea Crumpacker Weston Solutions Mike Mengel Orange County Sanitation District Hai Nguyen Orange County Sanitation District Diane O’Donohue City of San Diego, Metropolitan Wastewater Department Chi-Li Tang Los Angeles County Sanitation District Karin Wisenbaker Aquatic Bioassay Consultants ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The Information Management Committee wishes to thank those members of the Field Methods, Chemistry and Toxicity Committees that participated in collaborative process essential to the creation of the Bight’08 Information Management Plan. In particular, we wish to thank Mike Kelly, Darrin Greenstein, Keith Maruya, Rich Gossett, Michael Hoxsey, Lee King, Brent Bowman, Lisa Sabin, Will McCully, Janice Chen, Vanh Phonsir and Valerie Raco-Rands. 3 Bight 08 Information Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION TO BIGHT‘08 ................................................................................ 7 II. APPROACH TO INFORMATION MANAGEMENT .................................................. 8 A. STANDARDIZED DATA TRANSFER PROTOCOLS .......................................................... 9 B. FIELD COMPUTER .................................................................................................. 11 III. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................... 12 A. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER (IMO) ............................................................ 12 B. AGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (AIM) CONTACT INFORMATION ........................ 13 C. DATA FLOW ........................................................................................................... 13 D. DATA REVISION ..................................................................................................... 15 E. SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................. 15 IV. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ................................................................................... 16 A. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 16 B. HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ............................................................................... 17 C. DATA SUBMISSION PROTOCOLS .............................................................................. 18 D. DATA ENTRY TEMPLATES ....................................................................................... 19 V. DATA ACCESS ...................................................................................................... 19 A. DATA RELEASE PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................. 19 B. METADATA ............................................................................................................ 20 V. DATA TABLES ....................................................................................................... 20 A. COMMON TABLES .................................................................................................. 21 tblStations ............................................................................................................ 21 tblStationOccupation ........................................................................................... 22 B. COASTAL ECOLOGY ............................................................................................... 24 tblSedimentGrabEvent ........................................................................................ 24 tblChemistryBatchData ........................................................................................ 26 tblChemistryResults ............................................................................................. 27 tblInfaunalAbundance .......................................................................................... 31 tblToxicityBatchInformation ................................................................................. 33 tblToxicityResults ................................................................................................. 34 tblToxicityWQ ....................................................................................................... 35 tblToxicitySummaryResults ................................................................................. 36 tblTrawlAssemblageEvent ................................................................................... 37 tblArchivalDataTag .............................................................................................. 40 tblTrawlDebris ...................................................................................................... 41 tblTrawlFishAbundance ....................................................................................... 42 tblTrawlFishBiomass ............................................................................................ 44 tblTrawlInvertebrateAbundance ........................................................................... 45 tblTrawlInvertebrateBiomass ............................................................................... 46 B. ROCKY HABITAT .................................................................................................... 47 tblDiveEvent ........................................................................................................ 47 tblDiveFishAbundance ......................................................................................... 49 tblDiveUniformPointContact ................................................................................ 51 tblDiveSwath ........................................................................................................ 52 tblDiveUrchins...................................................................................................... 53 APPENDIX 1. LOOKUP LISTS ...................................................................................... 55 4 Bight 08 Information Management Plan luList01_AgencyCodes ........................................................................................ 55 luList02_CTDMethodCodes ................................................................................ 56 luList03_EquipmentCodes ................................................................................... 56 luList04_SampleTypes ........................................................................................ 57 luList05_OrdinalDirections ................................................................................... 57 luList06_SedimentCompositionCodes ................................................................. 58 luList07_OdorCodes ............................................................................................ 58 luList08_WeatherCodes ...................................................................................... 58 luList09_SpeciesList ............................................................................................ 59 luList10_TissueTypes .......................................................................................... 77 luList11_QualifierCodes ...................................................................................... 77 luList12_SizeDescriptors ..................................................................................... 78 luList13_TidalStage ............................................................................................. 78 luList14_TestMatrices .......................................................................................... 78 luList15_ParameterCodes ................................................................................... 78 luList16_SeaStates .............................................................................................. 83 luList17_MeasurementBasisCodes ..................................................................... 83 luList18_SedimentColors ..................................................................................... 83 luList19_CurrentDirections .................................................................................
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