Raw Foraminiferal Data for Chincoteague Bay and the Marshes of Assateague Island and the Adjacent Vicinity, Maryland and Virginia

Foraminiferal samples were collected from Chincoteague Bay, Newport Bay, and Tom’s Cove as well as the marshes on the back-barrier side of Assateague Island and the Delmarva (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) mainland by USGS researchers from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in March, April (14CTB01), and October (14CTB02) 2014. Samples were also collected by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center in July 2014 and shipped to the St. Petersburg office for processing. The dataset includes raw foraminiferal and normalized counts for the estuarine (G), terrestrial (S), and inner shelf (G) samples. For further information regarding data collection, processing methods, or related data sets, please refer to USGS Data Series 2017-XXXX (http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds2017xxxx), USGS Open-File Report 2015•1219 (http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219), and USGS Open-File Report 2015-1169 (http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169). Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets, and formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata.

美国地质调查局（USGS）圣彼得堡海岸与海洋科学中心的研究人员于2014年3月、4月（样本编号14CTB01）及10月（样本编号14CTB02），从钦科蒂格湾、纽波特湾、汤姆湾以及阿萨蒂格岛障壁岛后侧的湿地和德尔马瓦（特拉华-马里兰-弗吉尼亚）大陆沿岸采集了有孔虫样本。2014年7月，伍兹霍尔海岸与海洋科学中心亦采集了相关样本，并将其运送至圣彼得堡办公室开展处理工作。本数据集涵盖河口（G）、陆源（S）及内陆架（G）样本的原始有孔虫计数数据与标准化计数数据。如需了解数据采集、处理方法或相关数据集的更多信息，请参阅美国地质调查局数据系列报告2017-XXXX（http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds2017xxxx）、美国地质调查局公开文件报告2015-1219（http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219）以及美国地质调查局公开文件报告2015-1169（http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169）。可下载的数据格式为Excel电子表格及符合联邦地理数据委员会标准的正式元数据。