MARiS HELP
Welcome to the MARIS help page. Please see the relevant section below for help.
Search Page
This is where you enter the criteria for your search of the MARIS data. The
following fields are mandatory for the search: either Region or Coordinates;
Sample Type and Tracer. The Submit button at the bottom of the pages will
remain disabled until the mandatory criteria have been selected.
To begin, select either the "Search by Region" or the "Search by Coordinates"
radio button. If you select to "Search by Region", the Region and Subregion
drop-down lists become active and you can select from these drop-downs.
Selecting a Subregion is optional and narrows down the number of results
returned. See next section on how to "Search by Coordinates".
Next select a "Sample Type" from the drop-down list. Changing the sample type,
causes the fields beneath the drop-down to change. This allows you to enter
criteria relevant to the selected sample type. You can further refine your
search by entering criteria in these fields but they are not mandatory.
Finally select a "Tracer" from the drop-down list. This is a mandatory field.
Search by Coordinates
If you would rather search by coordinates than by region, check the "Search by
Coordinates" radio button. This will enable the coordinates fields. You can
manually enter the degrees, minutes and direction into the fields or you can
use a map helper. Click on the "Select Map Coordinates" link. This will pop-up
a window displaying a map of the world. You can zoom in on the region that you
are interested in by drawing a rectangle with your mouse and releasing. As you
draw the rectangular area, the coordinates for that area are displayed on the
pop-up window status bar. Once you have selected your region, click the
"Return" button to close the pop-up window and return to the Search criteria
page. You will find that the coordinates that you selected in the map are now
automatically entered in the coordinates fields.
If you have already selected a sample type and tracer before you click the link
to open the map, then the map will highlight areas where the selected sample
type and tracer can be found.
Fields Tab
You can customise the data that is returned from the search by clicking the
"Fields" tab on the Search page and checking the checkboxes beside the fields
you require to be returned by the search. Some of the fields are auto-selected
but you can de-select these if you wish.
Fields Description
Most of the field names on the Fields tab are self-explanatory. The following
table gives a brief overview of each, organised by the grouping they appear in
on the Fields tab.
| Field name |
Description |
| Region |
Regional ocean/sea name |
| Sub-region |
Sub-region ocean/sea name |
| Station |
Sampling station name |
| Latitude |
Latitude in Degrees/Minutes/Direction |
| Longitude |
Longitude in Degrees/Minutes/Direction |
| Latitude |
Latitude in Degrees/Minutes/Direction |
| Longitude |
Longitude in Degrees/Minutes/Direction |
| Total Depth |
Total depth at sampling site |
| Sample Type |
Either Water, Suspended Matter, Sediment or Biota |
| Sampling Depth |
Sampling Depth |
| Salinity |
Sample salinity |
| Temperature |
Sample Temperature |
| Dissolved Oxygen |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| Sample Filtered |
Sample filtered or not filtered |
| Sampling Date (Start/Stop) |
Sampling date or, if sample collected over a time interval, date sampling
begins and ends (mm/dd/yy) |
| Decay Correction Date |
Date to which values are decay-corrected |
| Sediment Type |
Sediment type |
| Slice Top |
Top of core slice relative to surface (cm) |
| Slice Bottom |
Bottom of core slice relative to surface (cm) |
| Biological group |
Biological group |
| Species |
Species name |
| Body part |
Body part name |
| Plankton net size (µm) |
Plankton net size (micrometers) |
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| Field name |
Description |
| Nuclide |
Nuclide symbol |
| Value Type |
This field contains “=” if the value reported in the “Activity” field is above
detection limit and “<” if the minimum detectable activity is reported |
| Activity or MDA |
Activity or minimum detectable activity
|
| Uncertainty |
Absolute uncertainty associated to activity |
| Unit |
Unit in which activity and uncertainty are expressed |
| Country |
Country in which the lab is situated |
| Data provider |
Name (full or abbreviation) of the institute/laboratory having produced the
data |
| Source database provider |
Institute/laboratory providing source database |
| Database |
Source database name |
| Authors name |
First author’s name |
| Second Author |
Second Author |
| Third Author |
Third Author |
| Publication year |
Publication year |
| Title of paper |
Name of the journal
|
| Journal name |
Name of the journal
|
| Journal volume/number |
Journal volume or/and number |
| Book title |
Book title |
| First page no. |
First page of article |
| Editor(s) |
Editor(s) |
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Search Results
If the search criteria entered returns no results, then a message will be
displayed to inform you. In this case, broaden your search criteria and try
again.
If your search is successful, the search results will be displayed indicating
how many records the search returned. Records are displayed 15 per page and you
can scroll thru the pages using the "Prev" and "Next" links at the bottom of
the page. There is also an indication of how many pages of records have been
returned.
You can download the information by clicking on the 
button.
This will prompt you to either Open or Save the file. follow the instructions
on the dialog boxes.
You can return to the search page at anytime by either clicking on the 
button or the Back button on your browser.
Login
If you have not logged into the MARIS site and you try to access the search
page, you will be redirected to the Agency's login page. Enter you
username and password in the appropriate fields and click on the Submit
button. If your credentials are correct, then the search page will now be
displayed. Agency staff who are already logged into the internal network
are automatically logged in to MARIS.
If you are a new user, please see the Registration section below.
If you have forgotten your credentials, click on the "Forgotten Password" link.
Registration
If you are a new user to the site, and have not already registered (external
users only), when you are directed to the login page, click
the Registration tab and enter your information in the fields. Click
on the "Submit" button and you will be redirected to the search page if your
registration is successful. If there already exists a user with the same
username as you have requested, then you will be prompted to enter a different
username.
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