Arctic Ostracode Database

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Data_Quality_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Thomas M. Cronin
Originator: Thomas R. Holtz
Originator: Elisabeth M. Brouwers
Originator: William M. Briggs
Originator: Robin C. Whatley
Originator: Adrian Wood
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: Arctic Ostracode Database
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage:

http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/other/prism-arctic-ostracod/

Description:

Abstract:

The Arctic Ostracode Database provides species census data for about 100 species of benthic marine Ostracoda from modern surface and late Quaternary sediments from various parts of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Ostracodes are a microfossil group of bivalved Crustacea that secrete a calcareous shell commonly preserved in sediments in the Arctic region. Because many ostracode species have ecological limits controlled by temperature, salinity, oxygen, food and other factors, they can provide an important tool for paleoceanographic reconstruction in the Arctic. Some recent applications of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history include Briggs (1983), Reimnitz et al. (1983, 1992), McDougall et al. (1986), Clark et al.(1990), Pak et al. (1992), Brouwers et al. (1991), Cronin et al. (1993, 1994, 1995), Penney (1993a,b), Nurnberg et al. (1994), and Briggs and Mudie (in prep.).

Purpose:

Ostracodes are a microfossil group of bivalved Crustacea that secrete a calcareous shell commonly preserved in sediments in the Arctic region. Because many ostracode species have ecological limits controlled by temperature, salinity, oxygen, food and other factors, they can provide an important tool for paleoceanographic reconstruction in the Arctic.

Supplemental_Information:

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Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 52.78

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: paleontology
Theme_Keyword: ostracodes
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: benthos
Theme_Keyword: faunal and floral census (microscopic)
Theme_Keyword: Pliocene
Theme_Keyword: Pleistocene
Theme_Keyword: Holocene
Theme_Keyword: datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 1700 - Paleontology
Theme_Keyword: 0300 - Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: fOC10 = Arctic

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Arctic Ocean

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas M. Cronin
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

Mail Stop 918, National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 648-6363
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 648-6688
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tcronin@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

We are grateful to the shipboard scientists and crews of cruises who obtained Arctic cores and samples that provided the material for this database. We are also especially appreciative of the following colleagues who have freely and kindly provided material for ostracode study: Dr. J. T. Andrews, K. Foley, Prof. D. Fütterer, Dr. A. Grantz, Dr. S. Ishman, Dr. E. Reimnitz, Dr. P. Barnes, Dr. S. Lehman, Dr. A. Mackensen, Dr. D. Nurnberg, Dr. L. Polyak, Dr. R.Z. Poore, Dr. R. Spielhagen, Dr. R. Stein, Prof. J. Thiede, Dr. C. Vogt, Dr. J. Wollenburg. Much of the ostracode research was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Global Change and Climate History Program, in collaboration with INSTAAR (University of Colorado) and the Institute of Earth Studies, Aberystwyth, (University College, Wales), and with assistance from the Alfred Wegener Institute (Bremerhaven) and GEOMAR (Kiel). Most of the taxonomy of this database was agreed upon at a conference on deep-sea Ostracoda held in summer, 1993, at the USGS in Reston, Virginia, sponsored by the USGS Global Change and Climate History Program.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

The data set was compiled on a Macintosh IIci, using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Most of the 103 categories represent individual ostracode species; a few (i.e., Polycope) are genus-level categories, used because the taxonomy of a particular genus is not well understood. Category 100 represents "other", unidentified species. Category 101 includes ice- rafted ostracodes (IRO) representing shallow water species believed to be transported into deeper water sediments by Arctic Ocean sea- ice. Category 103 represents taxa from the Atlantic Ocean.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The contributors to the Arctic Ostracode Database generally agree on the taxonomic identification of most Arctic ostracodes, although additional work is required in some groups such as Cytheropteron. Readers are referred to the following sources and the references therein for formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic taxa: Sars (1866, 1922-28), Elofson (1941), Neale and Howe (1975), Joy and Clark (1977), Cronin (1981; 1988), Whatley (1982), Penney (1989), Hartmann (1992), Whatley and Coles (1987), and Whatley and Eynon (1995).

Completeness_Report:

Water depths are not available for the following samples:

Alaska 66
S5-77-BS-29
S5-77-BS-16
S5-77-BS-18
S5-77-BS-27
Alpha-H #9
Alpha-H #4
Bart. LT 27 Hazel 8
AW-EH-2
Barnes 44-80
Barnes 45-80
Eluitkit Pass
AW-R-1
Thule, N. Sta.Bay (2)
AW-CF

Neither geographic location nor water depth is available for core Pl88-AR-BC22

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Station data are given in sources

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Core data are given in sources

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Briggs, W.M., Jr.
Publication_Date: 1983
Title:

Ice rafting of ostracodes and other microfauna, Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
Issue_Identification: 96th Annual Meeting, page 532

Publication_Information:

Publisher: The Geological Society of America
Publication_Place:

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1983

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Briggs (1983)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Briggs, W.M., Jr.
Originator: Mudie, P.
Publication_Date:Title: Ostracodes from the Axel Heiberg CESAR cores

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: in prep.

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Briggs and Mudie (in prep.)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Brouwers, E.M.
Originator: Jorgensen, N.O.
Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Publication_Date: 1991
Title:

Climatic significance of the ostracode fauna from the Pliocene Kap Kobenhavn Formation, north Greenland

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Micropaleontology
Issue_Identification: 37(3): 245-267

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Brouwers et al. (1991)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Clark, D.L.
Originator: Chern, L.A.
Originator: Hogler, J.A.
Originator: Mennicke, C.M.
Originator: Atkins, E.D.
Publication_Date: 1990
Title: Late Neogene climate evolution of the central Arctic Ocean
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Geology
Issue_Identification: 93: 69-94.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1990

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Clark et al. (1990)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Publication_Date: 1981
Title:

Paleoclimatic implications of Late Pleistocene marine ostracodes from the St. Lawrence Lowlands

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Micropaleontology
Issue_Identification: 27(4): 383-418.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1981

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin (1981)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Publication_Date: 1988
Title:

Paleozoogeography of postglacial Ostracoda from northeastern North America

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 1988
Originator: N.R. Gadd, ed.
Title: The Late Quaternary development of the Champlain Sea Basin
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper
Issue_Identification: 35: 125-144.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1988

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin (1988)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Originator: Briggs, W.M. Jr.
Originator: Brouwers, E.M.
Originator: Whatley, R.C.
Originator: Wood, A.
Originator: Cotton, M.A.
Publication_Date: 1991
Title: Modern Arctic podocopid ostracode database
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 91-385

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1991)
Source_Contribution:

Described a Modern Arctic Ostracode Database (MAOD) that included mostly shallow water samples from four repository laboratories: Aberystwyth (Institute of Earth Studies, University College Wales, R.C. Whatley and A. Wood), Boulder, Colorado (INSTAAR, University of Colorado, W.M. Briggs, Jr.), Denver, Colorado (U.S. Geological Survey, E.M. Brouwers), Reston, Virginia (U.S. Geological Survey, T.M. Cronin). MAOD gave the longitude, latitude, water depth of the samples and the repository for each. Most of the shallow water samples from MAOD containing more than 20 individual specimens of ostracodes are included in this modern sample database (several sites from latitudes below 50°N were excluded); taxonomy for a few species was updated and a few typographical errors were corrected.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Originator: Whatley, R.
Originator: Wood, A.
Originator: Tsukagoshi, A.
Originator: Ikeya, N.
Originator: Brouwers, E.M.
Originator: Briggs, W., Jr.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:

Evidence for elevated mid-Pliocene temperatures in the Arctic Ocean based on marine Ostracoda

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Paleoceanography
Issue_Identification: 8, 161-173.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1993)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Originator: Holtz, T.R., Jr.
Originator: Whatley, R.C.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:

Quaternary paleoceanography of the deep Arctic Ocean based on quantitative analysis of Ostracoda

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Geology
Issue_Identification: 119, 305-332.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1994)
Source_Contribution:

Provided species census data from 43 coretop samples obtained during the 1991 cruise of the Polarstern to the Arctic Ocean. A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cronin, T.M.
Originator: Holtz, T.R., Jr.
Originator: Stein, R.
Originator: Spielhagen, R.
Originator: Fütterer, D.
Originator: Wollenburg, J.
Publication_Date: 1995
Title:

Late Quaternary paleoceanography of the Eurasian Basin, Arctic Ocean

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Paleoceanography
Issue_Identification: 10(2): 259-281.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1995)
Source_Contribution:

Provided additional coretop ostracode census data from other deep water regions of the Arctic and the adjacent Nordic Seas obtained during several Polarstern and Meteor cruises and the 1992 Polar Star cruise to the Northwind Ridge region, Canada Basin. Describes the Modern Analog Technique of quantitative analyses A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Elofson, O.
Publication_Date: 1941
Title:

Zur kenntnis der marinen Ostracoden Schwedens, mit besonderer berucksichtigung des skagerrads

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala
Issue_Identification: 19, 215-534.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1941

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Elofson (1941)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Fütterer, D. (ed.)
Publication_Date: 1992
Title: Arctic'91: The expedition ARK-VIII/3 of RV "Polarstern" in 1991
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Berichte zur Polarforschung
Issue_Identification: 107, 1-267.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fütterer (1992)
Source_Contribution:

Station data for 43 coretop samples obtained during the 1991 cruise of the Polarstern to the Arctic Ocean

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Fütterer, D. (ed.)
Publication_Date: 1994
Title: The expedition ARCTIC '93 Leg ARK IX/4 of RV "Polarstern" 1993
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Berichte zur Polarforschung
Issue_Identification: 149: 1-244.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1944

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fütterer (1994)
Source_Contribution:

Surface sample data from the 1993 Polarstern cruise to the Barents and Laptev Seas

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hartmann, G
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:

Zur Kenntnis der rezenten und subfossilen Ostracoden des Liefdefjords (Nordspitzbergen, Svalbard).i.teil. Mit einer tabelle subfossil nachgewiesener Foraminiferen

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst.
Issue_Identification: 89, 181-225.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hartmann (1992)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joy, J.A.
Originator: Clark, D.L.
Publication_Date: 1977
Title:

The distribution, ecology and systematics of the benthic Ostracoda of the central Arctic Ocean

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Micropaleontology
Issue_Identification: 23, 129-154.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1977

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Joy and Clark (1977)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: McDougall, K.
Originator: Brouwers, E.M.
Originator: Smith, P.
Publication_Date: 1986
Title:

Micropaleontology and sedimentology of the PB borehole series, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Issue_Identification: 1598

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1986

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: McDougall et al. (1986)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Neale, J.W.
Originator: Howe, H.V.
Publication_Date: 1975
Title:

The marine Ostracoda of Russian Harbour, Novaya Zemlya and other high latitude faunas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Bulletin of American Paleontology
Issue_Identification: 65, 381-431.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1975

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Neale and Howe (1975)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Nurnberg, D.
Originator: I. Wollenburg
Originator: D. Dethleff
Originator: H. Eicken
Originator: H. Kassens
Originator: T. Letzig
Originator: E. Reimnitz
Originator: J. Thiede
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:

Sediments in Arctic sea ice: implications for entrainment, transport and release

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Geology
Issue_Identification: 119: 185-214.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Nurnberg et al. (1994)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Pak, D.K.
Originator: Clark, D.L.
Originator: Blasco, S.M.
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:

Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and micropaleontology of a part of the Eurasian Basin (=Fram Basin), central Arctic Ocean

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Micropaleontology
Issue_Identification: 20: 1-22.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Pak et al. (1992)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Penney, D.N.
Publication_Date: 1989
Title:

Recent shallow marine Ostracoda of the Ikerssuak (Bredefjord) district, Southwest Greenland

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Journal of Micropalaeontology
Issue_Identification: 8, 55-75.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1989

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Penney (1989)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Penney, D.N.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:

Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene ostracode stratigraphy and paleoclimate of the Lodin Elv and Kap Kobenhavn formations, East Greenland

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Issue_Identification: 101, 49-66.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Penney (1993a)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Penney, D.N.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:

Northern North Sea benthic Ostracoda: modern distribution, palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental significance

Series_Information:

Series_Name: The Holocene
Issue_Identification: 3, 241-254.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Penney (1993b)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Reimnitz, E.
Originator: McCormick, M.
Originator: McDougall, K.
Originator: Brouwers, E.M.
Publication_Date: 1983
Title:

Sediment export by ice rafting from a coastal polynya, Arctic Alaska, U.S.A.

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Arctic and Alpine Research
Issue_Identification: 25, 83-98.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1983

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Reimnitz et al. (1983)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Reimnitz, E.
Originator: Marincovich, L.
Originator: McCormick, M.
Originator: Briggs, W.M., Jr.
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:

Suspension freezing of bottom sediment and biota in the Northwest Passage and implications for Arctic Ocean sedimentation

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue_Identification: 29: 693-703.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Reimnitz et al. (1992)
Source_Contribution:

A recent application of ostracodes to understanding Arctic Ocean history

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Sars, G.O.
Publication_Date: 1866
Title: Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Vidensk. -Selsk. Forhandl. Christiania
Issue_Identification: 17 (for 1865), 1-130.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1866

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sars (1866)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Sars, G.O.
Publication_Date: 1922-1928
Title: An account of the Crustacea of Norway Volume IX, Ostracoda
Publication_Information:

Publisher: Bergen Museum
Publication_Place: Bergen, Norway

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1922
Ending_Date: 1928

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sars (1922-28)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Whatley, R.C.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title:

Littoral and sublittoral Ostracoda from Sisimiut, West Greenland

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Fox, A.D.
Originator: Stroud, D.A.
Publication_Date: 1982
Title:

Report of the 1979 Greenland White-Fronted Goose Study Expedition to Equalunqmiut Nunat, Western Greenland

Publication_Information:

Publisher: University of Wales Press
Publication_Place:

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1982

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley (1982)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Whatley, R.C.
Originator: G. Coles
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:

The late Miocene to Quaternary Ostracoda of Leg 94, Deep Sea Drilling Project

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologicia
Issue_Identification: 19 (1), 33-97.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1987

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley and Coles (1987)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Whatley, R.C.
Originator: M. Eynon
Publication_Date: in press
Title: Ostracoda from the Greenland Sea
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Micropalaeontology
Issue_Identification:

Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: in press

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley and Eynon (1995)
Source_Contribution:

Contains and refers to formal taxonomic treatment of Arctic ostracode taxa

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Compilation of the sample data and faunal census data
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin (1981)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin (1988)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1991)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Elofson (1941)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fütterer (1992)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fütterer (1994)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hartmann (1992)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Joy and Clark (1977)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Neale and Howe (1975)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Penney (1989)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sars (1866)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sars (1922-28)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley (1982)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley and Coles (1987)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Whatley and Eynon (1995)
Process_Date: 1995
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1994)
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Cronin et al. (1995)

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 402

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01
Longitude_Resolution: 0.01
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Depth_Datum_Name: core top
Depth_Resolution: 1
Depth_Distance_Units: centimeters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Ostracode assemblage
Entity_Type_Definition:

Numerical census of ostracode shells found in a sediment sample.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site
Attribute_Definition:

Core or sample identifier (text following a variety of coding schemes)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Top (cm)
Attribute_Definition: Depth in core of the top of the sampled interval
Attribute_Definition_Source: Cronin et al. 1995
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Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 389
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bottom (cm)
Attribute_Definition: Depth in core of the bottom of the sampled interval
Attribute_Definition_Source: Cronin et al. 1995
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 389
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: centimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of the sample site
Attribute_Definition_Source:Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 50.0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90.0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ? (literal question-mark)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The value is not known
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of the sample site
Attribute_Definition_Source:Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -180.0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 180.0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ? (literal question-mark)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The value is not known
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Water depth (m)
Attribute_Definition: Depth of the sea floor at the sample site
Attribute_Definition_Source:Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4426
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ? (literal question-mark)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The value is not known
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Total
Attribute_Definition: Total number of ostracode specimens counted
Attribute_Definition_Source:Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 20
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3175
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: individual specimens
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Each assemblage is further documented by the number of each of 101 taxa of ostracode specimens found in it. For each of these taxa, the label used in the data files is TaxonXXX where XXX is the number of the taxon, an arbitrary designation related to a more formal scientific reference in the file taxa.txt.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: taxa.txt

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N. Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

Mail Stop 954, National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 648-6533
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Columnar text (tab-delimited)
Format_Information_Content: Sample labels, taxon counts, and totals.
File_Decompression_Technique: unzip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/other/prism-arctic-ostracod/data.zip

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20160205
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N. Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position:

Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

Mail Stop 954, National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 648-6533
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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