Water physical, chemical, and benthic organisms data from current meter and bottle casts from the H.J.W. FAY and CAPE HENLOPEN as part of the Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS - Mid Atlantic) project, 03 November 1976 - 15 September 1977 (NODC Accession 7800319)

Water physical, chemical, and benthic organisms data were collected using current meter and bottle casts from the H.J.W.FAY and CAPE HENLOPEN from November 3, 1976 to September 15, 1977. Data were submitted by Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Gloucester Point, as part of the Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS - Mid Atlantic) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Water Physical and Chemistry (F014) and Benthic Organisms (F132) format. Full format descriptions are available from NODC homepage at http://www.noaa.nodc.gov.

The F014 format is designed to support studies of physical and chemical observations on the water column. Reported are measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, orthophosphate, and organic carbon. The format consists of four data record types, 80 characters in length, sorted by station and sequence numbers for proper order. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is an unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field an unique NODC identifier for internal use.

The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments.

1976年11月3日至1977年9月15日期间，研究人员借助海流计与采水器，在H.J.W.FAY号与CAPE HENLOPEN号科考船上采集了水体物理化学数据与底栖生物数据。该批数据由弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所（Virginia Institute of Marine Science）——格洛斯特角分部提交，作为大西洋大陆架——中大西洋（Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic，OCS-Mid Atlantic）项目的组成部分。美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）已将数据处理为符合其标准的《水体物理与化学数据格式（F014）》及《底栖生物数据格式（F132）》。完整的格式说明可从NODC官方网站http://www.noaa.nodc.gov获取。

F014格式旨在支撑水柱物理与化学观测相关研究，收录的测量指标包括温度、盐度、电导率、溶解氧、硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐、氨、正磷酸盐与有机碳。该格式包含4类数据记录，单条记录长度为80字符，按测站与序列号排序以确保数据顺序合规。所有记录的前9列分别用于标识文件类型（第1-3列）与文件标识符（第4-9列）：文件标识符由数据提交方指定，为每次数据提交分配唯一的来源标识；数据提交至NODC后，该字段将被重新分配为供内部使用的唯一NODC标识符。

F132格式收录底栖海洋生物的野外采样或调查数据，涵盖物种丰度、分布与生物量相关信息。数据可通过定点采样（抓斗或岩芯采样）、拖网作业（疏浚、拖网或网具）、摄影调查或其他方式采集。每份调查需记录的信息包括：航次相关信息（如作业船舶、起止日期、负责人及所属机构/单位）、测站编号、位置与时间，以及所用设备与采集方法。各采样点需上报的环境数据可涵盖气象与海表状况、表层与底层温盐、溶解氧，以及沉积物特征。需分别记录每个物种的个体数量与总生物量，同时可附加文本记录用于备注说明。