WAT-YSI-SWAMP-2009.02 Wilfred Wollheim

Morse Hall UNH 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/ Joe Thouin additional investigator 2009 Continuous measurements, every 15 minutes, were made of stage and water temperature in a small headwater stream draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetland + 36% wetland). Discharge is determined from stage using discharge vs stage regressions. PIE LTER disturbance Cedar Swamp Bear Br wetland discharge water temperature water stage 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-YSI-Swamp-2009.html YSI-CS -71.0909 -71.0909 42.5495 42.5495 2009-01-01 2009-09-28 Periodic with improvement of rating curve, particularly as more high discharge events are incorporated. Updated in Jan 2010 Version 01, 22Jan2010 keyword update and new data Version 02, 31Mar2010 date data update 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/ HOBO data loggers were used exclusively this year to monitor stage height and water temperature HOBO: Depth and water temperature are recorded by the HOBO data logger. Depths are corrected for barometric pressure changes using readings in an additional HOBO datalogger deployed at Marshview Farm. The HOBO is deployed in a a PVC tube, which was attached to ree-bar driven into the stream bed. The PVC tube has holes drilled to allow adequate water circulation. NOTES AND COMMENTS: Velocity measurements were made using a Marsh McBirney current meter. Discharge estimates in Cedar Swamp (Bear Br.) are based on a power rating curve that contains measurements up to a depth of 0.9 meters, as standardized to depth measured with the HOBO datalogger (Column = HOBO_Depth), which is above bankfull stage. Rating curve has been standardized to HOBO_Depth to allow application of a single rating curve across years. Rating curve has an R2 of 0.96 using 10 measurements between 2005 and 2007. All files in this series are currently standardized to HOBO_depth. The column Depth_Device is included when combining files from several years, over which several different devices were used to calculate depth. HOBO_Depth is the depth that is standardized across all measurement devices so that a single rating curve can be applied. CALCULATIONS: Discharge rating curve : Discharge (l/s) = 1085.3 (depth) ^ 4.5944 where depth is HOBO_Depth Measurements from 2008 and 2009 suggest that the rating curve has not changed since 2007. However, the rating curve is subject to change in the future as we obtain additional measurements. 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 uid=PIE,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read WAT-YSI-Swamp-2009.dat Year 2009, 15 minute measurements of stage, water temperature in a small headwater stream draining draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetlands/swamp + 36% forest), Bear Br., draining Cedar Swamp, Reading, MA. WAT-YSI-Swamp-2009.dat 1 column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/WAT/data/WAT-YSI-Swamp-2009.dat Date Date date (yyyy-mm-dd) yyyy-mm-dd Time Time time (hh:mm) 24 hour hh:mm Temp Temp water temperature (oC) celsius real HOBO_Depth HOBO_Depth stage height standardized to HOBO depth (m) meter real Depth_Device Depth_Device depth measurement device used to determine discharge YSI YSI depth sonde SIGMA Sigma autosampler depth sonde TEMP_HOBO HOBO depth sonde deployed in temporary stilling well HOBO HOBO depth sonde deployed in permanent stilling well Discharge Discharge discharge litersPerSecond real