The following table contains information about the MARIS fish database. Descriptions are linked to metadata pages containing state specific information concerning each MARIS field name
Table Name: INFOCPE
Field Name |
Data Type |
Description |
| MWBCODE | Text 7 | State Master Water Body Identification Code, unique code for each water body |
| SPECIESCODE | Text 3 | 3-letter code assigned each species |
| SAMPLEDATE | Date/Time | Date of data collection |
| GTMAJ | Text 2 | Major Gear Type (TN=Trap Net, GN=Gill Net, EL=Electrofishing, SE=Seine, OT=Other) |
| GTMIN | Text 25 | Minor Gear Type (state specific) |
| TOTCATN | Number (Double) | Total number of fish caught in sample (6 digits max) |
| TOTCATW | Number (Double) | Total weight of fish caught in sample (kg, 6 digits max) |
| EFFTIME | Number (Double) | Total duration of sampling effort |
| STDTIME | Text 5 | Time units for sampling effort (H=hours, D=days) |
| EFFSPACE | Number (Double) | Total lake area sampled |
| STDSPACE | Text 10 | Space units for sampling effort (ex. km) |
| CPUETN | Number (Double) | Catch Per Unit Effort Time (total number of fish caught per standard unit of time) |
| CPUESN | Number (Double) | Catch Per Unit Effort Space (total number of fish caught per standard unit of area) |
| CPUETB | Number (Double) | Catch Per Unit Effort Time Biomass (total weight of fish caught per standard unit of time) |
| CPUESB | Number (Double) | Catch Per Unit Effort Space Biomass (total weight of fish caught per standard unit of area) |
| TARGET | Text 3 | Species or species group code of fish targeted if the sampling effort was directed at a specific taxa; blank if a community sample |
Lake Information | Water Quality | CPUE | Species Codes | FIPS Codes
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The MARIS project is a prototype.
Data included in the databases are real, but may not be complete.
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using this data.
Last updated: September 08, 2005