Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
Mineral Management Service / Phase 1
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
Minerals Management Service (MMS) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 1983-1986 Assessment of Long-Term Changes in Biological Communities in the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel (Phase I).
Among the major MMS-sponsored investigations of the benthic communities in the Southern California OCS Planning Area are the
1975-1978 Southern California Bight Baseline Program, the
1983-1986 Assessment of Long-Term Changes in Biological Communities in the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel (Phase I), the
1987-1989 Biological Reconnaissance of Seletced Benthic Habitata within Three California OCS Planning Areas (a.k.a. CARP, California Area Reconnaissance Program), and the
1968-1991 California Phase II Monitoring Program (CAMP).
The hard-bottom monitoring phase of CAMP has been continued as part of Phase III (1991-1995).
[Blake & Lissner (1993) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel].
Background
Information about the collection labels from Leslie Harris 2023-12-08:
“-TX” on the labels means “taxonomy”
The most common mesh size that was used in this collection is 1.0 mm. The second most common mesh size is 0.5 mm. Only a few grabs used the 5.0 mm mesh size.
In the station names there are numbers like 050-BSS-01 which means station 50, benthic soft sediment, replicate 1
Sometimes there was a replicate sample, but not always.
The BXX abbreviations refer to habitats: BSS (benthic soft sediment), BRA (rock), BSR (Leslie needs to look at notes to determine), BSV (replicate studies, important information is in the “Habitat” section)
Look at the summary on the old MBC list of expeditions to see if abbreviation explanations are in there. If not, Leslie has it
Collection Location and Dates
No information available.
Taxonomic Contents
No information available.
Documentation
Spreadsheet “MMS-Phase 1-CAMP-Psc Baroness-stations” in the WG-expedition-data Google Drive in the “MMS CAMP Stations” folder. VW 2023-01-10
Description of Collection
Wet lots that are found throughout the Polychaetes —*General collection. Many concentrated jars Wet lots on shelves ##-##-## in the Polychaetes – Survey section. VW 2023-01-10
Collection Inventory
No information available.
Collection Assets
| Date | View or Retrieve | File Information |
|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2023 | Visit | MMS OCS Santa Maria Basin & Western Santa Barbara Channel Study Phase 1 Reconnaissance |