Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
        (SCCWRP)
      Publication_Date: 20040402
      Publication_Time: 20040402
      Title: 2003 Bight03 Coastal Ecology Stations
      Edition: 1.0
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Costa Mesa, California
        Publisher:
          Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
          (SCCWRP)
      Online_Linkage:
	http://www.sccwrp.org/data/2003_bight_survey.html [Download this Data with Associated Data Files]
  Description:
    Abstract:
      The Southern California Bight , an open embayment
      in the coast between Point Conception and Cape
      Colnett (south of Ensenada), Baja California, is
      an important and unique ecological resource.  The
      SCB is a transitional area that is influenced by
      currents from cold, temperate ocean waters from
      the north and warm, tropical waters from the
      south.  In addition, the SCB has a complex
      topography, with offshore islands, submarine
      canyons, ridges and basins, which provide a
      variety of habitats.  The mixing of currents and
      the diverse habitats in the SCB allow for the
      coexistence of a broad spectrum of species,
      including more than 500 species of fish and
      several thousand species of invertebrates.  The
      SCB is also a major migration route, with marine
      bird and mammal populations ranking among the most
      diverse in north temperate waters.  The coastal
      zone of the SCB is a substantial economic
      resource.  Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor is the
      largest commercial port in the United States, and
      San Diego Harbor is home to one of the largest US
      Naval facilities in the country.  More than 100
      million people visit southern California beaches
      and coastal areas annually, bringing an estimated
      $9B into the economy.  Recreational activities
      include diving, swimming, surfing, and boating,
      with about 40,000 pleasure boats docked in 13
      coastal marinas within the region (NRC 1990).
      Recreational fishing brings in more than $500M per
      year.  The SCB is one of the most densely
      populated coastal regions in the country, which
      creates stress upon its marine environment.
      Nearly 20 million people inhabit coastal Southern
      California, a number that is expected to increase
      another 20% by 2010 (NRC 1990).  Population growth
      generally results in conversion of open land into
      non-permeable surfaces.  More than 75% of southern
      Californian bays and estuaries have already been
      dredged and filled for conversion into harbors and
      marinas (Horn and Allen 1985).  This hardening of
      the coast increases the rate of runoff and can
      impact water quality through addition of sediment,
      toxic chemicals, pathogens and nutrients to the
      ocean.  Besides the impacts of land conversion,
      the SCB is already home to fifteen municipal
      wastewater treatment facilities, eight power
      generating stations, 10 industrial treatment
      facilities, and 18 oil platforms that discharge to
      the open coast.  Each year, local, state, and
      federal agencies spend in excess of $31M to
      monitor the environmental quality of natural
      resources in the SCB (Schiff et al 2001).  At
      least 75% of this monitoring is associated with
      National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
      (NPDES) permits and is intended to assess
      compliance of waste discharge with the California
      Ocean Plan and the federal Clean Water Act, which
      set water quality standards for effluent and
      receiving waters.  Some of this information has
      played a significant role in management decisions
      in the SCB.  While these monitoring programs have
      provided important information, they were designed
      to evaluate impacts near individual discharges.
      Today, resource managers are being encouraged to
      develop management strategies for the entire SCB.
      To accomplish this task, they need
      regionally-based information to assess cumulative
      impacts of contaminant inputs and to evaluate
      relative risk among different types of stresses.
      It is difficult to use existing data to evaluate
      regional issues because the monitoring was
      designed to be site-specific and is limited to
      specific geographic areas.  The monitoring
      provides substantial data for some areas, but
      there is little or no data for the areas in
      between.  Beyond the spatial limitations, data
      from these programs are not easily merged to
      examine relative risk.  The parameters measured
      often differ among programs.  Even when the same
      parameters are measured, the methodologies used to
      collect the data often differ and interlaboratory
      quality assurance (QA) exercises to assess data
      comparability are rare.  Previous Regional
      Monitoring Studies  To begin addressing these
      concerns, there have been two previous regional
      monitoring efforts.  The first regional monitoring
      survey in 1994, called the Southern California
      Bight Pilot Project (SCBPP), was a compilation of
      12 agencies that cooperatively sampled 261 sites
      along the continental shelf between Point
      Conception and the United States/Mexico border.
      The second regional monitoring survey, called the
      Southern California Bight 1998 Regional Monitoring
      Project (Bight98), was comprised of 64 agencies
      that cooperatively sampled 416 sites between Point
      Conception and Punta Banda, Mexico.  In both
      surveys, assessments were made of water quality,
      sediment contamination, the status of biological
      resources and species diversity, and the presence
      of marine debris in depths of 10 to 200m, with
      some special emphasis in areas of anthropogenic
      inputs such as large publicly owned treatment
      works (POTWs) or large river and creek mouths.
      However, Bight98 extended what was done in 1994
      by adding additional habitats such as offshore
      islands and inshore areas like bays/harbors, as
      well as additional areas of anthropogenic inputs
      such as marinas, ports, and small POTWs.
      Moreover, a regional evaluation of shoreline water
      quality was added in 1998 that provided our first
      evaluation of the swimmability of southern
      California beaches during dry and wet weather.
      Benefits derived from both the SCBPP and Bight98
      also included the development of new useful
      technical tools that could only be developed with
      regional data sets and participation by multiple
      organizations.   For example, the project produced
      iron-normalization curves for the SCB, allowing
      distinction between natural and anthropogenic
      contributions of metals in sediments (Schiff and
      Weisberg 1998).  A Benthic Response Index was
      developed that integrates complex benthic infaunal
      data into an easily interpreted form that
      describes the degree of perturbation at a site
      (Bergen et al. 1998).  Newer, cheaper
      microbiological methods were tested and evaluated
      alongside traditional microbial measurement
      methods and now have been accepted by both the
      state health agencies for routine shoreline
      monitoring (ref).  Bight98 also improved the
      comparability among the major laboratories in the
      SCB as a result of the quality assurance and
      quality control (QA/QC) laboratory
      intercalibration exercises for chemistry and
      microbiology.  The project also produced a series
      of manuals containing standardized field,
      laboratory and data management activities that
      increased continuity of data and data reporting
      among participants, even after the regional
      monitoring surveys were completed.  2003 Survey
      The proposed Southern California Bight 2003
      Regional Monitoring Project (Bight03) is a
      continuation of the successful cooperative
      regional-scale monitoring begun in southern
      California during the 1990s.  Bight03 builds
      upon the previous successes and expands on the
      1998 survey by including new participants,
      sampling more habitats, and measuring more
      parameters or using new methods.  [Number]
      organizations, including international and
      volunteer organizations, have agreed to
      participate (Table I-1).  The inclusion of
      multiple participants, many of them new to
      regional monitoring, provides several benefits.
      Cooperative interactions among many organizations
      with different perspectives and interests,
      including a combination of regulators and
      dischargers, ensures that an appropriate set of
      regional-scale questions will be addressed by the
      study.  The additional resources brought by
      numerous participants also expands the number of
      habitats and indicators that will be sampled.
      Sampling for Bight03 will include all of the
      areas sampled in 1998, plus a new focus on
      nearshore habitats (coastal lagoons) and offshore
      habitats (inner continental slopes and basins).
      Several new technologies will be brought to bear
      in Bight03 including remote sensing from
      satellite, aerial, and land-based platforms, new
      microbial genetic and phenotypic source tracking
      techniques, and radiodating of sediments to
      determine age and accumulation of chemicals in
      sediments.
    Purpose:
      The overall goal of the coastal ecology component
      of Bight03 is to assess the condition of the
      bottom environment and the health of the
      biological resources in the SCB.  To accomplish
      this goal, Bight03 will focus on two primary
      objectives:      1.Estimate the extent and
      magnitude of ecological change in the SCB,
      2.Determine the mass balance of pollutants that
      currently reside within the SCB.  The first
      objective, estimating the amount of area (i.e.,
      number of acres) in the SCB that ecological
      conditions differ from reference conditions, is a
      departure from traditional approaches to
      environmental monitoring, which generally focus on
      estimating average condition.  Estimating the
      areal extent of ecological change offers several
      advantages.  First, it provides a more direct
      assessment of status.  For instance, identifying
      that the average concentration of dissolved oxygen
      in the Bight is 6.7 ppm provides less useful
      information for environmental managers than does
      identifying what percentage of the area in the
      Bight fails to meet water quality standards.  A
      second advantage of estimating areal extent
      concerns trend detection.  If conditions in the
      Bight change over time such that some areas
      improve and others worsen, the average condition
      might not change.  By estimating the areal extent
      of alteration, we will be better able to describe
      these changes.  There are two subobjectives within
      the areal extent and magnitude objective.  The
      first subobjective is to determine if the areal
      extent and magnitude vary among geographic
      regions. If we answer this question, then managers
      can determine if specific areas are in worse
      condition than others, such as areas near
      anthropogenic inputs versus those areas distant
      from inputs.  Therefore, Bight03 will compare
      condition among 11 geographic areas of interest
      (Table II-1).  These subpopulations of our study
      area were selected to represent a range of natural
      and potentially affected habitats, and include all
      of the habitats sampled in 1998.  There are three
      new habitats to be sampled in Bight03.  The first
      two are located offshore of previously sampled
      habitats; the upper continental slope (200-500m)
      and the lower slope and inner basin (500-1000m).
      The break in deep water strata is a reflection of
      an ecotone between upper slope and lower slope
      biological communities.  The third habitat is
      inshore of previous sampled habitats and includes
      coastal lagoons.  Comparison of the relative
      condition among strata not only provides
      information about the geographic distribution of
      impacts, it also allows comparison of relative
      risk from a variety of point and non-point source
      discharges.  Comparison of conditions may be
      conducted by comparing the extent of area
      exceeding a threshold of concern or by comparison
      of mean condition.  The second subobjective within
      the areal extent and magnitude objective is
      assessing the relationship between biological
      responses and contaminant exposure. Such
      associations provide the information necessary for
      risk assessment, and for developing efficient
      regional strategies for protecting the environment
      by identifying the predominant types of stress in
      the SCB ecosystem.  Therefore, this subobjective
      will be accomplished by simultaneously collecting
      numerous measures of biological response,
      contaminant exposure and habitat condition (Table
      II-2) to better identify when exposure has reached
      a level of concern.  Measuring multiple indicators
      also permits us to identify the most likely type
      of exposure leading to biological response.  The
      second primary objective will create a mass
      balance of contaminants in the SCB.  This
      objective recognizes that local monitoring
      programs only address a portion of what is
      discharged to the SCB and that contaminant inputs
      to the SCB are cumulative both among sources and
      over time.  Ultimately, both environmental
      managers and the public want to know what fraction
      of the contaminants that are discharged remain in
      the SCB and what fraction leaves the SCB.
      Therefore, Bight03 will create an inventory of
      contaminants that reside in the SCB in sediment,
      water column, and biological compartments.  The
      total mass of contaminants in these compartments
      will be compared to estimates of mass discharged
      from land based activities.  Understanding how
      much mass is in the SCB will require some new
      measurements including measurements of not just
      sediment chemistry, but estimates of accumulation
      rates in sediments, as well as new measurements in
      the water column.
    Supplemental_Information:
      This table was generated from random GIS selection
      by EPA's ORD office in Corvalis Oregon.  The GIS
      layers used for the sample draw were created by
      Larry Cooper at SCCWRP.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20030714
        Ending_Date: 20040301
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: COMPLETE
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Southern California Bight
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.60963
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.11617
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.46529
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.48047
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      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
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      Theme_Keyword: Inclusion Propability
      Theme_Keyword: Area Weight
      Theme_Keyword: Strata
      Theme_Keyword: Region
      Theme_Keyword: POTW
      Theme_Keyword: Island
      Theme_Keyword: southern California Bight
      Theme_Keyword: Fish assemblage
      Theme_Keyword: Infauna
      Theme_Keyword: Chemistry
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment Chemistry
      Theme_Keyword: Tissue
      Theme_Keyword: Tissue Chemistry
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment Toxicity
      Theme_Keyword: Biomarkers
      Theme_Keyword: Interstital Water
      Theme_Keyword: Acid volitile sulfides
      Theme_Keyword: Rivers
      Theme_Keyword: Bays
      Theme_Keyword: Estuaries
      Theme_Keyword: Marinas
      Theme_Keyword: Inner Self
      Theme_Keyword: Coastal Ecology
      Theme_Keyword: Benthos
      Theme_Keyword: Fish Community
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment Toxicity
      Theme_Keyword: Sediment Chemistry
      Theme_Keyword: Infauna
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Southern California Bight
      Place_Keyword: Santa Monica Bay
      Place_Keyword: Orange County
      Place_Keyword: Los Angeles County
      Place_Keyword: Ventura County
      Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara County
      Place_Keyword: San Diego County
      Place_Keyword: Palos Verdes shelf
      Place_Keyword: San Diego harbor
      Place_Keyword: Marina Del Rey
      Place_Keyword: Los Angeles Harbor
      Place_Keyword: Long Beach harbor
      Place_Keyword: Channel Islands Harbor
      Place_Keyword: Channel Islands
      Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara
      Place_Keyword: Mexcio
      Place_Keyword: Agua Hedionda Lagoon
      Place_Keyword: Alamitos Bay
      Place_Keyword: Anaheim Bay
      Place_Keyword: Ballona Creek
      Place_Keyword: Batiquitos
      Place_Keyword: Bolsa Chica Estuary
      Place_Keyword: Dana Point
      Place_Keyword: Dominguez Channel
      Place_Keyword: San Gabriel River
      Place_Keyword: Southern California Bight
      Place_Keyword: West Coast
      Place_Keyword: San Pedro Shelf
      Place_Keyword: Santa Ana River
      Place_Keyword: Santa Clara River
      Place_Keyword: Baja California
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Information Systems Manager
        Contact_Organization:
          Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
          (SCCWRP)
      Contact_Position: Information Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: physical address
        Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110
        City: Costa Mesa
        State_or_Province: California
        Postal_Code: 92626
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 714.755.3200
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 714.438.1016
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: im_contact@sccwrp.org
      Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
      Contact_Instructions: email preferred
  Data_Set_Credit: Bight03 Participants
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Access Version 2000
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Coordinates accurate to within 100 ft
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    The tables may be related by the StationID field
    or the SampleID field where applicable.
  Completeness_Report:
    The following stations were abandoned for Trawls.
    StationID FailureReason Comments 4010
    Obstructions     Station is under a marina, we
    couldn't get within     420 m of the site. 4016
    Comment Required     Permission not granted by
    Camp Pendleton to trawl     in harbor because of
    underwater cables 4018     Obstructions Cannot get
    within 100 m of site it is     located under the
    docks in Alamitos Bay 4020     Comment Required
    Depth along trawl track >10% 4022     Rocky Bottom
    Too rocky to trawl 4023 Rocky Bottom     Three
    fathometer runs each showed rocky bottom.     4024
    No Failure site was abandoned because near
    canyon.  The boat bathymetery was up and down.
    4044 Obstructions Inside sub base, Can't access
    4052 Obstructions Station located on land in
    Marina. Can sample benthics within 100 m, however,
    marina channel is to narrow to safely trawl.
    4059     Torn Net Torn net due to obstructions on
    ocean     floor. 4067 Torn Net Torn net due to
    obstructions     on ocean floor. 4069 Kelp Bed Due
    to kelp beds     cannot approach within 100m of
    coords 4076     Obstructions Station within San
    Diego Yacht Club     Marina. Too narrow to trawl
    4084 Obstructions     Ships, piers in navy site,
    no clear track, moving     station 100m, still no
    room for trawl 4089 Rocky     Bottom Too rocky to
    trawl 4093 Not within 10% of     Target Site Depth
    10% depth rule could not be met     4103 Rocky
    Bottom Three fathometer runs each     showed rocky
    bottom. 4108 Obstructions Next to     Broadway
    pier.  Not enough room to trawl. No clear
    trawl track. Depth near station varies by more
    than 10% 4111 Rocky Bottom Three fathometer runs
    each showed rocky bottom. 4126 No Failure
    Abandon     site due to coral reef. 4139
    Obstructions Site     located on the inside of the
    south Ventura Harbor     jetty.Both grabs and
    trawls unsafe due to boat     traffic and public
    recreation. 4140 Obstructions     In the middle of
    the Bay Club Hotel Marina 4146     Irregular
    Bottom depth differential greater than     10% and
    hump in trawl line. 4147 Obstructions Net
    torn; board broken on first trawl 4167
    Obstructions Doors, lotek, & net lost due to
    obstructions on ocean floor. 4169 Fouled Net Net
    and boards lost, snagged on rocks. 4175 Kelp Bed
    Kelp Bed, heavy oil slick 4178 Obstructions
    Station on Beach could not get within 1.4 km of
    target 4185 Comment Required crab traps as cause
    of failures 4192 No Failure site is on series
    of     reefs with heavy kelp. 4195 Rocky Bottom
    Three     fathometer runs each showed rocky
    bottom. 4226     Obstructions Hard bottom,
    Structure off edge of     oil Island- Station too
    close to oil Island 4247     Rocky Bottom Reef in
    all locations. Past     experience with lost trawl
    nets on same tracks.     Total of 6 grabs
    attempted with no luck. 4251 Torn     Net Torn net
    due to obstructions on ocean floor.     4266
    Obstructions Obstructions/obstacles on trawl
    route bottom 4278 Rocky Bottom Net snagged on
    bottom and ripped in half 4292 Kelp Bed Kelp bed
    w/in 1/2 mi. radius around site. Depth 21 m 4297
    Fouled Net Floats crushed. Abandon station.
    4301     Comment Required High relief and crab
    traps 4332     Obstructions Station is right in
    the midst of     wreck alley near an old navy
    tower. Lg. tower-like     obstruction seen in
    mulit. Approaches to the     station. 4358 Rocky
    Bottom Too rocky to trawl 4375     Comment
    Required 1 hour spent attempting grabs     with no
    luck. Reef throughout area. No good trawl
    tracks found. Nets lost in area on previous
    surveys. 4378 Rocky Bottom Unable to locate
    trawlable track free of rocky outcropping. 4379
    Rocky Bottom Three fathometer runs each showed
    rocky bottom. 4382 Comment Required Based on
    investigation of site during benthic sampling, it
    was determined that site is outside depth limit
    of     stratumn.  Unable to locate trawl track
    within 100     m  of target coordinates and within
    10% of the 500     m stratumn depth limit.   4386
    Obstructions Station     is proximate to the dock,
    could get to within 90 m     but with SW wind and
    boat traffic was unsafe.  The     captain made the
    decision that it was not safe to     trawl this
    site. 4388 Rocky Bottom Rocky bottom     4424
    Obstructions On beach- couldn't get within     240
    m of target, also vessel was directly offshore
    of Alamitos Bay fuel dock. 4425 Rocky Bottom Three
    fathometer runs each showed rocky bottom. 4442
    Comment Required Station depth during a 1.3 m
    tide     is 2.1 m. Unable to find a 3.0 m depth
    within 100     m of station. Also, station is
    located 50 m into a     No Powerboat Zone. 4510 No
    Failure " bottom was     full of metal debris
    which ripped up the net."     4512 Rocky Bottom
    Too rocky to trawl 4575 Rocky     Bottom Snagged
    and tore net 1ft diameter rocks in     net  The
    Following Stations were abandoned for     grabs:
    StationID FailureReason Comments 4013     Comment
    Required No Access 4014 Poor Closure Rocks     &
    hard clay prevented jaw from closing correctly.
    4016 Comment Required Permission not granted by
    Camp Pendleton to sample in harbor 4044 Comment
    Required Inside sub base can't access 4046
    Comment     Required Salinity < 19 PSU.  Equipment
    type used -     YSI 4054 Rocky Bottom Penetration
    could not be     obtained. 4078 Comment Required
    Salinity < 19 PSU.     Equipment type used - YSI
    4081 Comment Required     On Land 4082 Rocky
    Bottom Cobble & rocks     interfered with the
    proper closure to the jaw.     4112 Comment
    Required Target coordinates on land,     closest
    water is 0.1 mile away 4114 Comment     Required
    Too shallow to reach by boat, within     shallow
    water habitat 4136 Comment Required     Salinity
    <19 ppt 4139 Obstructions Site located on     the
    inside of the south Ventura Harbor jetty.Both
    grabs and trawls unsafe due to boat traffic and
    public recreation. 4174 Comment Required Salinity
    < 19 PSU.  Equipment type used - YSI 4175 Kelp
    Bed     Kelp Bed, heavy oil slick 4176 Comment
    Required     Salinity <19 ppt 4180 Comment
    Required To shallow     (2.5 m) depth at
    abandonment.  Could not get     closer than 0.337
    nm (624 m)  to site 4225 No     Failure
    Coordinates on land, offset 8 m. Station
    abandoned due to salinity less than 19 psu 4226
    Obstructions Cannot sample station. Navagation
    hazard. Cable and pipeline crossing area. 4245
    Comment Required No Access 4247 Rocky Bottom Reef
    in all locations. Past experience with lost
    trawl     nets on same tracks. Total of 6 grabs
    attempted     with no luck. 4289 Comment Required
    No Access 4292     Kelp Bed Kelp bed w/in 1/2 mile
    radius of site.     4293 Rocky Bottom Entire
    channel is rocky bottom,     unable to sample 4302
    Comment Required Salinity <     19 PSU.  Equipment
    type used - YSI 4310 Poor     Closure Hard clay
    prevented the jaw from     penetrating and/or
    closing. 4334 Rocky Bottom Poor     or no
    penetration occurred at all sites. 4353
    Comment Required Harbor seal sanctuary; access
    limited to canoes 4372 Comment Required Too
    shallow. Closest to site 2.365 nm (491 m). Depth
    at abandonment 3.0 m (edge of channel) 4373
    Comment Required No Access 4375 Poor Closure 7
    grabs attempted. None good. Reef, cobble and rock
    in all locations. Trawl tracks no good either,
    nets lost in area on previous occasions. 4382
    Comment Required Site outside depth limit of
    stratumn.  Unable to reoccupy within 100 m of
    target coordinates and within 10% of the 500 m
    stratumn depth limit 4387 No Failure Site located
    on land. Closest possible sampling site over
    100m     from nominal location. 4388 Rocky Bottom
    Rocky     bottom 4389 Comment Required steep angle
    rocky     bottom 96 m nominal  Abandoned: met grab
    attempt     requirement 4422 Comment Required
    Salinity <19 ppt     4442 Comment Required Station
    depth at a +1.3 m     tide is 2.1 m. A 3.0 m depth
    within 100 m of     station could not be found.
    Also station is     located app. 50m into a no
    power boat zone. 4468     Comment Required
    Salinity < 19 PSU.  Equipment     type used - YSI
    4508 Rocky Bottom Station on land.     Rocks and
    terrestrial debris prevented the jaw     from
    closing. 4528 Rocky Bottom No penetration
    occurred at all sites.  Station on land. 4532 >
    200m Station >140 meters out of water 4564
    Comment     Required Salinity < 19 PSU.  Equipment
    type used -     YSI 4728 Rocky Bottom 9 attempts
    across channel in     vicinity, none successful
    due to poor closure.     4948 Rocky Bottom Rocky
    bottom caused constant     poor closure/zero
    recovery 4999 Comment Required     Salinity <19
    ppt 5336 Comment Required Salinity     <19 ppt
    5723 No Failure Salinity below 20psu 5731     No
    Failure Salinity below 20psu 5763 No Failure
    Upstream of 5731, salinity below 20psu
  Lineage:
    Methodology:
      Methodology_Type: Field
      Methodology_Type: Lab
      Methodology_Description:
        The stations were selected at random using GIS
        software at the EPA's ORD office in Corvalis
        Oregon.  The manger responsible for the site
        selection was Dr. Anthony Olsen.
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: All data was processed through QA procedures.
      Process_Date: 20040301
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: .00001
      Longitude_Resolution: .00001
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
        298.257
        4.2.2.1 Depth Datum Name:
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Bight03 Information Management Plan
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: Bight03 Information Management Plan
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Bight03 Information Management Plan
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      Attribute_Definition:
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        belongs
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Bight03 Information Management Plan
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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