uid=PIE,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.03 Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program Wil Wollheim

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire 8 College Rd. Durham NH 03824 USA

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Hap Garritt additional investigator Catherine Caruso additional investigator 2000 USGS gauged discharge from the Parker River at Byfield, Massachusetts (Station 01101000), draining 55.1637 km2 of watershed. PIE LTER Plum Island Ecosystems Massachusetts Parker River disturbance discharge stream flow river Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that: The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions. The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/WAT/WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.html Parker River at Byfield, Massachusetts; on left bank 1,400 ft downstream from dam, 0.5 mi south of Byfield, 0.7 mi upstream from Wheeler Brook, and 5.5 mi southwest of Newburyport. -70.946111 -70.946111 42.752778 42.752778 1945-10-26 2012-01-08 Data is downloaded from USGS web site, approximately annually Version 01; EML metadata compiled in Excel Version 02; data update, 27-Jan-2011 Version 03: January 31, 2012, updated data and metadata. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 1/27/12 4:35 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0 Data Manager

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Data was downloaded from USGS web site: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/uv?dd_cd=01&dd_cd=03&dd_cd=14&format=gif&period=7&site_no=01101000 # ---------------------------------- WARNING ---------------------------------------- # The data you have obtained from this automated U.S. Geological Survey database # have not received Director's approval and as such are provisional and subject to # revision. The data are released on the condition that neither the USGS nor the # United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its use. # Additional info: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/help/?provisional # # File-format description: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/?tab_delimited_format_info # Automated-retrieval info: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/?automated_retrieval_info # # Contact: gs-w_support_nwisweb@usgs.gov LOCATION--Lat 42°45’10", long 70°56’46", Essex County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on left bank 1,400 ft downstream from dam, 0.5 mi south of Byfield, 0.7 mi upstream from Wheeler Brook, and 5.5 mi southwest of Newburyport. DRAINAGE AREA--21.3 mi2.PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: October 1945 to current year. October 1945 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1301.Water-quality records: Water years 2003–04.REVISED RECORDS--WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area; WDR MA-RI-00-1: 1999.GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 23.46 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by Massachusetts Department of Public Works).COOPERATION BY--Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Watershed Management, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation CALCULATIONS: Published data from USGS is in ft3 sec-1. We have converted this to m3 sec-1 by multiplying the data by the following conversion factor: 1ft3 = 0.0283168 m3 Anne Giblin

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7488 agiblin@mbl.edu Lead PI Hap Garritt

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu Information Manager The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is an integrated research, education and outreach program whose goal is to develop a predictive understanding of the long-term response of watershed and estuarine ecosystems at the land-sea interface to changes in climate, land use and sea level. The principal study site is the Plum Island Sound estuary, its coupled Parker, Rowley and Ipswich River watersheds and the adjacent coastal ocean, the Gulf of Maine. The PIE LTER focuses on how several aspects of global change influence organic matter and inorganic nutrient biogeochemistry and estuarine foodwebs. The inputs of organic matter and nutrients from land, ocean and marshes interact with the external drivers (climate, land use, river discharge, sea level) to dictate the extent and degree of nutrient and organic matter processing and determine the spatial patterns of estuarine productivity and trophic structure. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site, is located in northeastern Massachusetts, 42.72 N, 70.85 W. The PIE LTER lies at the interface of a thinly soiled, formerly glaciated New England land mass and the highly productive Gulf of Maine. Three watersheds comprise the estuarine drainage basin: Parker (155 km2), Rowley (26 km2) and Ipswich (404 km2). The Ipswich River watershed is highly urbanized with Boston "bedroom" communities encroaching in the headwater region while the Parker is less urbanized and retains a higher proportion of forest. -71.2198 -70.7568 42.8276 42.4965 0 100 meter WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.csv Parker River daily discharge, Byfield, MA WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.csv 1 \r\n column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/WAT/data/WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.csv Date Date date (dd-mmm-yyyy) dd-mmm-yyyy Q metric Q metric discharge (cubic meters per second) meterCubedPerSecond real Q english Q english discharge (cubic feet per second) footCubedPerSecond real Flag Flag data value qualification code Eqp Equipment malfunction A Approved for publication Processing and review completed P Provisional data subject to revision e Value has been estimated cubic meters per second cubic feet per second