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Data sets were provided by the Arctic LTER. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-981022, 9211775, 8702328; #OPP-9911278, 9911681, 9732281, 9615411, 9615563, 9615942, 9615949, 9400722, 9415411, 9318529; #BSR 9019055, 8806635, 8507493.

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Dataset URLs:	METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:	2008AKLakes_physcem.03
Dataset Title:	Physical and chemical data for various lakes near Toolik Research Station, Arctic LTER Summer 2008.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Anne
Last Name:	Giblin
Organization:	Marine Biological Laboratory
Address line 2:	Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:	7 MBL Street
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	United States of America
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Christopher
Last Name:	Luecke
Organization:	Utah State University
Address line 2:	Department of Watershed Science
Address line 3:
City:	Logan
State:	UT
Zip Code:	84322-5210
Country:	United States of America
Investigator 3:
First Name:	George
Last Name:	Kling
Organization:	University of Michigan
Address line 2:	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
City:	Ann Arbor
State:	MI
Zip Code:	48109-1048
Country:	United States of America
Investigator 4:
First Name:	Dan
Last Name:	White
Organization:
Address line 2:
Address line 3:
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State:
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Associate Investigators:
Keywords:	chemistry, hydrolab, depth, pH, conductivity, temperature, PAR, light, dissolved oxygen, DO, chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, aquatic, aquatic ecosystems, arctic, freshwater, irradiance, lakes, limnology, oxygen, photosynthetically active radiation, physical, specific conductivity,
Abstract:	Yearly file describing the physical/chemical values recorded at various lakes near Toolik Research Station. Sample site descriptors include site, date, time, depth. Depth profiles of physical measures collected in situwith Hydrolab Datasonde in the field include temperature, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen in both percent saturation and mg/l, SCUFA chlorophyll-a values in both volts and µg/l, and PAR.
For questions about the Metadata and data contact the Investigators. For information about this web site contact:	Arctic LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7496 Email: arc_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL	http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.10131&urlTail=lakes/physchem/data/2008_ArcticLTER_Lakes_physcem.csv
Data File Name	2008_ArcticLTER_Lakes_physcem
Beginning Date	6/20/2008
End Date	9/15/2008
Number of Data Records	811
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	Entered metadata into new metadata form.
	Version 2: Updated site names CH 14Feb13
	Version 3: Updated metadata form to newer version with site sheet. CH March 2013.

RESEARCH LOCATION:
Location Name	Toolik Central	E 01	E 05	E 06	I1	I2	I3	I4	I5	I6	I6 headwater lake	I7	I8	I swamp	N 01	N 02	S 06	S 07	S 11	NE 9B	Fog lake 2	Fog lake 4
Geographic Description	Toolik Lake, Main Station	Lake E1	Lake E5	Lake E6	Lake I1	Lake I2	Lake I3	Lake I4	Lake I5	Lake I6	Lake I6 Headwaters	Lake I7	Lake I8	Lake ISwamp	Lake N1	Lake N2	Lake S6	Lake S7	Lake S11	Lake NE9B	Fog 2	Fog 4
Location Bounding Box
West Bounding Coordinate
East Bounding Coordinate
North Bounding Coordinate
South Bounding Coordinate
OR if single point location
Latitude	68.629961	68.6261956028	68.642611	68.6434270583	68.5687130789	68.5713195633	68.5755366301	68.57956715	68.5873874391	68.5965924039	68.582062	68.6008747982	68.6101575207	68.610781	68.6398939358	68.6409472345	68.6293797816	68.6300627447	68.630148049	68.6526454831	68.6833333333333	68.68
Longitude	-149.612633	-149.555347706	-149.458079	-149.440564592	-149.58807625	-149.565881618	-149.583644456	-149.58405938	-149.589625877	-149.59264335	-149.622932	-149.596582063	-149.582211513	-149.600742	-149.606965643	-149.625086307	-149.641623295	-149.644441789	-149.650579145	-149.599473662	-149.1	-149.071666666667
Elevation	719	762	800	792	785	785	774	770	767	754	806	742	744	736	731	724	731	731	750	747	785	754
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TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied
Methods:	For field work and sampling protocols see "Sampling and Field Methods Protocol" on The Arctic LTER webpage (http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/) specific link found below. All measurements were taken with a DS5 Hydrolab Datasonde. Depth reading on sonde was calibrated in the field so that a depth of 0m was the water surface. For profiles, measurements were taken at surface (~0m), at ~0.5m depth, at ~1m of depth, then at 1m intervals until bottom. Measurements were recorded on a Surveyor 4a datalogger and also recorded in a field book. Values recovered from the Surveyor 4a datalogger were used except where values were either missing or highly suspect, in which case values from the fieldbook were used and noted under the "Notes" column. This file was created from a working file titled "2008AKLakes". History of the file is listed below: Date User Changes/Corrections 4-Sep-2008 Created 2008AKLAKES file from 2007AKLAKES file 11-Sep-2008 Added corrected and checked hydrolab data into Physchem08 worksheet 11-Sep-2008 Added extraction chlorophyll values to Nurtients08 worksheet 16-Sep-2008 Added Ammonium values to Nurtients08 worksheet 18-Sep-2008 Added phosphate values to Nurtients08 worksheet 25-Nov-2008 For Toolik Main on 25July08 discovered discrepancies between what was downloaded from the surveyor and what is recorded in the field book. I reconciled. 13-Jan-2009 Fixed calc. for E5 and E6 hydrolab Chlorophyll µg/l on 21Jun08 18-Feb-2009 Added Toolik Lake Bacteria counts to Nutrients08 page 26-Feb-2009 Added I Series Bacteria counts to Nutrients08 page 11-Mar-2009 Added late season Toolik Chlorophyll values on nutrient page - unlike all other chlorophyll numbers, for these samples the GFF filter was shipped back to WH where it was extracted and analyzed on a different fluorometer. 25-Mar-2009 Added column and data for uncorrected chlorophyll-a values 6-May-2009 Corrected some dates under "Physchem08" page

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
Site	Site Name: Name of the lake where measurements were taken. There are discrete sampling sites defined by water depth, generally they are at the point of maximum depth.	text			Toolik Main= the main sampling station on Toolik Lake's largest basin| E= lakes of the E-Series| I=lakes of the I-Series| N=lakes of the N-Series| S=lakes of the S-Series| Fog=lakes of the Fog-Series
Date	Date readings were taken on.	datetime		dd-mmm-yyyy
Time_hr_dst	Exact time that each reading was recorded in Alaska Daylight Savings Time (1 hour ahead of Alaska Standard Time: if 13:00 DST than 12:00 AST)	datetime		hh:mm:ss		.
IBVSvr4a_V	Internal Battery Voltage of the Surveyor 4a Datalogger.	number	volt			.
Temp_C	Water temperature at depth.	number	celsius			.
Cond_uS	Electrical conductivity of the water at depth.	number	microsiemenPerCentimeter			.
Dep_m	Depth of water measurement taken at starting from the surface as 0.	number	meter			.
pH	pH (opposite of the log of the hydrogen ion concentration).	number	dimensionless			.
DO_Sat	The percent saturation of dissolved oxygen at depth.	number	percent			.
DO_mg/l	The concentration of dissolved oxygen at depth.	number	milligramPerLiter			.
Chl_V	In Vivo measurement of chlorophyll-a concentration.	number	volt			.
Chl_ug/l	In Vivo measurement of chlorophyll-a concentration.	number	microgramPerLiter			.
PAR_uEm2s	PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) measured below the water surface.	number	microEinsteinPerMeterSquaredPerSecond			.
refPAR_uEm2s	PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) measured with Deck unit to correct for changes in ambient light.	number	microEinsteinPerMeterSquaredPerSecond			.
Secchi_m	Measure of water transparency by depth a Secchi Disk is visible to.	number	meter			.
Hydrolab	This field indicates which Hydrolab Datasonde instrument was used to take measurements	text			1=Arctic LTER Hydrolab Datasonde DS5| 2=Toolik Field Station Datasonde DS5
Notes	Any additional information pertaining to measurments made for a particular depth, place and time.	text				.
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