Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Database

Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:

(1) The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
(2) 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.
(3) A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to:

Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Dataset URLs:METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant)
DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:MON-PR-MBYSI2006.01
Dataset Title:Year 2006, 15 minute interval, water quality measurements of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, and depth in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Road Bridge, Newbury, MA.
Investigator 1: 
First Name:Charles
Last Name:Hopkinson
Address line 1:Ecosystems Center
Address line 2:MBL
Address line 3:7 MBL St
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Associate Investigators:Hap Garritt
Keywords:PIE LTER, primary production, disturbance, temperature, oxygen, conductivity, salinity, depth, saturation, gas, Parker River, monitoring, PIE, LTER
Abstract:15 minute readings of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen and depth in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Rd Bridge, Newbury, MA
Contact: Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Lab
7 MBL St
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone (508) 289 7485
Email: pie_im@mbl.edu
Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MON/data/MON-PR-MBYSI2006.dat
Data File Name MON-PR-MBYSI2006
Beginning Date 4/4/2006
End Date 11/28/2006
Number of Data Records 22577
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status Type 1
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes: Version 01, EML Metadata available via Excel EML spreadsheet template
 
RESEARCH LOCATION: Site 1 Site 2
Geographic Description Middle Road Bridge (Thurlow’s Bridge, Byfield, Massachusetts)  
Location Bounding Box    
West Bounding Coordinate    
East Bounding Coordinate    
North Bounding Coordinate    
South Bounding Coordinate    
OR if single point location    
Latitude 42.75089  
Longitude -70.90089  
Elevation    
     
     
 
TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Taxonomic Protocols
Organisms studied
 
Methods:Measurements are made using a YSI 6600 water quality sonde with internal datalogging capabilities. YSI Sonde sensors consist of 6562 dissolved oxygen probe (rapid pulse – Clark type,polarographic), 6560 conductivity/temperature probe (thermistor), vented level depth sensor (stainless steel strain gauge).

Data Table

Variable Name Variable Description Units Measurement Scale Code Information Number Type DateTime Format Missing Value Code Missing Value Code Explanation
Date Date of sampling   datetime     dd-mmm-yyyy   blank cell
Time Time of sampling (eastern standard time EST), 24 hr   datetime     hh:mm:ss   blank cell
Station Name of sampling station   nominal         blank cell
Temp Temperature of water celsius interval   real     blank cell
SpCond Specific conductivity of water millisiemensPerCentimeter ratio   real     blank cell
Cond Conductivity of water millisiemensPerCentimeter ratio   real     blank cell
Salinity Salinity of water partsPerThousand interval   real     blank cell
DO% Percent dissolved oxygen saturation of water percent ratio   real     blank cell
DO Conc Dissolved oxygen concentration of water milligramsPerLiter ratio   real     blank cell
DO Charge Dissolved oxygen sensor charge dimensionless ratio   real     blank cell
Depth Water column depth above sonde pressure transducer meter ratio   real     blank cell
Comments Comments about specific data   nominal         blank cell