State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: William Bivin (Database Anal.)
Organization: AR Game & Fish Commission
State: AR
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME William M. Bivin
TITLE Database Anal.
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION AR Game & Fish Commission
ADDRESS220 S Locust Ave.
CITY, STATE, ZIP Fayetteville, AR 72701
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (501)442-3744
     Fax:
EMAIL/FTP/WWW 
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
DATABASE NAME Rotenone Standing Crop of Fishes
DATABASE ACRONYMS 
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Two '.dbf' files per lake/reservoir. One file contains a brief summary of the physical description of the sample site, dates, etc. The other file contains species, length group (25 mm groups), No./ha, and kg/ha.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
Management
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: August, 1972 - 1996, Present
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): Yes
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
Continuous on some lakes
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Annually Updated
Irregularly Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: 1995
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
Irregular: Some lakes have annual sampling and some have irregular sampling.
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):
 
Arkansas
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Population Levels/Density Fish  
Management    
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
Arkansas   Fisheries
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
Requests must be submitted in writing. Data will be sent on 3.5" diskette.
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
 
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
 
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
YES, by administrative boundary; see comments
YES, by place; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
Administrative Boundary: County
Place: Written description of site.
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
All fish species. Length, No./Ha, and Kg/Ha.
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
William M. Bivin, Fisheries Data Analyst
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
220 S. Locust
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone:(501) 442-3744 Fax
Email/FTP/WWW Address:
 
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
3.5 inch diskette. dBase III+ compatible files.
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
Approximately 10 Megabytes.
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: