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The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) compiled the Delaware Bay database containing 1667 records of discrete water quality observations, collected on 40 oceanographic cruises between May 1978 and October 1985. Each record contains 169 fields, listing hydrographic, chemical, and biological data measured for each observation. A reference number (L00614 to L00653) was assigned to each cruise.

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Record Type:DATA SET

Product Published Date:11/01/1985

Record Last Revised:12/10/2002

Record ID: 4577

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Title :THE DELAWARE BAY DATA BASE: CHEMICAL, HYDROGRAPHIC AND BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY DATA (1978-85)

Data Use & Constraints :The database is written as a sequential ASCII file on a set of 4 double sided, double density, 5.25 inch floppy disks for use with the IBM PC and compatible microcomputers running under MS-DOS. The documentation at NODC with the data set includes utility programs for converting the data to be used with LOTUS 1-2-3, DBASE-III, and REFLEX.