Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Catalog of Data

WATERSHED

Name:	WAT-VA-StreamNutrient.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Jack Finn
Description:	Nutrient data set for time course rain events and various base flow samplings in 1992 and 1993 in watershed streams of the Plum Island Sound Estuary.
Keywords:	nutrient, loading, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, total, chloride, sulfate, magnesium, sodium, potassium, suspended, solid, particulate, stream, flow, storm, event, anion, cation

Name:	WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.htm
Scientists:	USGS
Description:	USGS gauged discharge from the Parker River at Byfield (01101000), draining 55.1637 km² of watershed.
Keywords:	discharge, stream, flow, Parker, river

Name:	WAT-IP-IpswichDischarge01101500.htm
Scientists:	USGS
Description:	USGS gauged discharge from the Ipswich River at South Middleton (01101500), draining 112.13 km² of watershed.
Keywords:	discharge, stream, flow, Ipswich, river

Name:	WAT-IP-IpswichDischarge01102000.htm
Scientists:	USGS
Description:	USGS gauged discharge from the Ipswich River near Ipswich (01102000), draining 317.56 km² of watershed.
Keywords:	discharge, stream, flow, Ipswich, river

Name:	WAT-VA-Inputs.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Greg Peterson
Description:	Dissolved nutrient and particulate concentrations of freshwater inputs to the Plum Island estuarine system, taken approximately monthly.
Keywords:	nutrient, loading, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, suspended, solids, isotope, particulate, chlorophyll, phaeopigment, organic

Name:	WAT-IP-catchments.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans
Description:	Nutrient data set of Ipswich River tributaries located in first- (F) and second- to fourth-order catchments (referred to as nodes - N). Data are for base-flow conditions (BASE) in all but the April 2000 set which was a storm event (EVENT). Samplings occurred from April 1999 to September 2000 and were collected and analyzed by MBL.
Keywords:	ammonium, calcium, carbon, chloride, dissolved, magnesium, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfate, total

Name:	WAT-IP-1998Monthly.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans
Description:	Nutrient data set for the Ipswich River main stem, major tributaries, and headwaters. Data are from base flow conditions. Samplings were from July 1998 to July 1999, and were collected and analyzed by MBL.
Keywords:	ammonium, dissolved, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, total

Name:	WAT-IP-MonthlySampling.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans
Description:	Nutrient data set for the Ipswich River main stem, major tributaries, and headwaters. Data are from base flow conditions (BASE), except were indicated as storm flow (EVENT). Samplings were from March 1999 to May 2001, collected by the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) and analyzed at MBL.
Keywords:	ammonium, chloride, dissolved, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, sulfate, total

Name:	WAT-VA-rainfall.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Jeff Evans
Description:	Solute data of wet deposition for the Ipswich River basin. Samples were collected on an event basis when possible, and otherwise collected on a weekly basis. Samplings are from May 2000 to June 2001, and were collected and analyzed by MBL.
Keywords:	ammonium, base cations, chloride, dissolved, hydrogen ion, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, pH, phosphorus, sulfate, total

MARSH

Name:	MAR-RO-Sedimentation.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Catherine Schmitt, Nat Weston
Description:	Sedimentation patterns along five transects in the Rowley River Estuary Marsh
Keywords:	sedimentation, marsh, elevation, organic, vegetation

Name:	MAR-VA-Porewater.htm
Scientists:	James T. Morris, Robert J. Daoust
Description:	Porewater nutrient concentration data [SRP, NH₄⁺, S^-2, Cl^-] from several sites along the Rowley and Parker Rivers, MA and Wells NEER, ME.
Keywords:	Spartina, alterniflora, patens, macrophyte, ammonium, chloride, sediment, marsh, phosphorus, sulfide, salinity, porewater, LTE-MP-LPP, LTE-MP-LPA, LTE-MP-ORT, MAR-RO-LawTr, MAR-RO-MorrisTr, MAR-PR-PD, MAR-WM-Little

Name:	MAR-VA-Transects.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Catherine Schmitt, Nat Weston
Description:	Marsh vegetation and sediment characteristics at three sites along five transects.
Keywords:	marsh, vegetation, biomass, density, organic, ammonium, vegetation, bulk, porosity, sediment

Name:	MAR-EX-ArgRMTr.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum (PIE-LTER); John Catena and Eric Hutchins of National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester
Description:	A description of the vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley.
Keywords:	Phragmites, australis, Spartina, alterniflora, salt marsh, restoration, tidal restriction, invasive species

Name:	MAR-EX-ArgRMVeg.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum (PIE-LTER); John Catena and Eric Hutchins of National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester
Description:	Plant species present along vegetation transects at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site (Ipswich) and Rough Meadows reference marsh (Rowley).
Keywords:	Phragmites australis, Spartina alterniflora, salt marsh, restoration, tidal restriction, invasive species

ESTUARY

Name:	EST-PR-NUT.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Greg Peterson, Josh Goldstein
Description:	Water-column nutrient and particulate transects along the Parker River Estuary.
Keywords:	water, column, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, carbon, nutrients, temperature, secchi, total, nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended, solid, particulate, isotope, light, extinction, chlorophyll, phaeopigment, conductivity, salinity

Name:	EST-PR-O2.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Joe Vallino, Greg Peterson, Pete Raymond, Byron Crump
Description:	Transects of the Parker River Plum Island Sound Estuary conducted at dawn and dusk, containing dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, percent saturation, pH, DIC and pCO2 data.
Keywords:	dissolved, oxygen, conductivity, gas, salinity gradient, metabolism, respiration, production, gross, primary, net, community, Parker, estuary

Name:	EST-PR-O2info.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Joe Vallino, Greg Peterson, Pete Raymond, Byron Crump
Description:	Information file for dissolved oxygen transect data, includes transect times, sunrise and sunset times, windspeed, solar radiation, and discharge from the Parker River.
Keywords:	dissolved, oxygen, conductivity, gas, salinity gradient, metabolism, respiration, production, gross, primary, net, community, Parker, estuary

BENTHOS

Name:	BEN-PR-Flux.htm
Scientists:	Anne Giblin, Charles Hopkinson, Jane Tucker, Hap Garritt, Nat Weston, Josh Goldstein, Greg Peterson, Sam Kelsey, Dave Vasiliou, Ishi Buffam
Description:	Rates of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Parker and Rowley Rivers of the Plum Island Sound estuary.
Keywords:	sediment, benthos, metabolism, respiration, nutrient cycling, sediment-water exchange, flux, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, methane, nitrous oxide, dissolved inorganic carbon, oxygen

Name:	BEN-PR-Sediment.htm
Scientists:	Anne Giblin, Charles Hopkinson, Jane Tucker, Hap Garritt, Nat Weston, Josh Goldstein, Greg Peterson, Sam Kelsey, Dave Vasiliou, Ishi Buffam
Description:	Sediment porewater nutrient, sulfide, pH, and alkalinity, sediment redox, and bulk sediment carbon, nitrogen, chlorophyll a and phaeopigments.
Keywords:	sediment, benthos, porewater, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, sulfide, pH, alkalinity, redox, organic carbon, organic nitrogen, chlorophyll, phaeopigments

HIGHER TROPHIC LEVELS

Name:	HTL-PR-Isotope.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen and sulfur) data for primary producers and consumer organisms in the Plum Island Sound Estuary.
Keywords:	isotope, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, food, web, trophic, fish, invertebrates, organic, particulate, marsh, vegetation

Name:	HTL-PIE-Survey-1993.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt
Description:	Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1993
Keywords:	macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

Name:	HTL-PIE-Survey-1994.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt
Description:	Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1994
Keywords:	macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

Name:	HTL-PIE-Survey-1997.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt
Description:	Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1997
Keywords:	macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

Name:	HTL-PIE-Survey-1998.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt
Description:	Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1998
Keywords:	macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

Name:	HTL-PIE-Survey-1999.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt
Description:	Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1999
Keywords:	macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS

Name:	LTE-TC-NUT.htm
Scientists:	Linda Deegan, Hap Garritt, Amy Chiuchiolo
Description:	Tidal creek nutrient sampling.
Keywords:	tidal, creek, nutrients, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic, salinity, total, chlorophyll, sweeney, club head, nelson, sand, shad, sawyer, west, mud

Name:	LTE-MD-VEGSTN.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon
Description:	A description of the two hayed and two reference areas used for vegetation studies in the haying project. Includes transects within the hayed areas.
Keywords:	salt marsh, haying, vegetation

Name:	LTE-MD-VEGTRANS.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, Wendy Dalia, Sue Olesko, April Ridlon, Liz Duff, Sam Gale Rosen, Madeline, Simon
Description:	Identification of vegetation along transects through two hayed and two reference sites.
Keywords:	salt, marsh, haying, vegetation

Name:	LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, Wendy Dalia, Sue Olesko, April Ridlon, Liz Duff, Sam Gale Rosen, Madeline, Simon
Description:	Vegetation % cover data from quadrats along transects through two hayed and two reference sites.
Keywords:	salt marsh, haying, vegetation

Name:	LTE-MD-EARLYVEG.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, Amy Chiuchiolo, Linda Deegan , Julie Horowitz, Maria Mensching, Governor Dummer Academy students
Description:	Biomass and shoot densities at hayed and reference sites for samples collected in June and early July 2000.
Keywords:	haying, salt marsh, vegetation

Name:	LTE-MD-EOYBIOM.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, Peter Britz, Wendy Dalia, Britta Magnuson, April Ridlon
Description:	End of growing season percent cover and biomass data for hayed and reference sites.
Keywords:	haying, salt marsh, vegetation, biomass

Name:	LTE-MD-BIRDDATA.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon
Description:	Birds observed in newly hayed and adjacent reference sites. August through September 2000.
Keywords:	salt marsh, haying, birds

Name:	LTE-MD-BIRDSTN.htm
Scientists:	Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon
Description:	The stations used for counting birds in the hayed and reference sites.
Keywords:	salt marsh, haying, birds

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

Name:	STP-PR-Mesocosm.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Linda Deegan, Anne Giblin, John Hobbie, Joseph Vallino, Ishi Buffam, Robert Garritt, Jane Tucker, Meredith Hullar, Mark Benfield, and Ee Lin Lim
Description:	Mesocosm experiment in which the effects of dissolved organic matter and nutrient additions on estuarine food webs were investigated.
Keywords:	mesocosm, trophic, food web, light, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, organic, carbon, nitrogen, respiration, production, community, fish, isotope, bacteria, chlorophyll

Name:	STP-VA-OMInterIsotope.htm
Scientists:	Robert Garritt, Linda Deegan, Chuck Hopkinson
Description:	Stable isotope data for estuarine functional groups and model predictions.
Keywords:	food, web, trophic, structure, stable, isotopes, carbon, nitrogen, suflur

Name:	STP-VA-OMIntercomparison.htm
Scientists:	Robert Garritt, Linda Deegan, Chuck Hopkinson
Description:	Organic matter budgets and C and N economies for a number of estuaries.
Keywords:	LMER, stable, isotopes, organic, matter, food, web, carbon, nitrogen

PHYSICS

Name:	PHY-PR-Dimensions.htm
Scientists:	Joe Vallino, Charles Hopkinson, Robert Garritt, Anne Giblin, Jane Tucker
Description:	High tide width, depth, distance (from the Parker River Dam), volume, and surface area data.
Keywords:	volume, area, width, depth, dimensions, physical, hydrology, geomorphology, bathymetry

Name:	PHY-PR-DYE.htm
Scientists:	Chuck Hopkinson, Joseph Vallino, Robert Garritt, Anne Giblin, Jane Tucker, Steve Carini, Nathaniel Weston
Description:	Rhodamine dye concentration transects (distances in meters from Parker River Dam) measured at high tide. Tidal cycle 1 is first high tide after addition of the dye.
Keywords:	advection, dispersion, exchange, dye, transect

Name:	PHY-PR-SF6.htm
Scientists:	Chuck Hopkinson, Joseph Vallino, Robert Garritt, Anne Giblin, Jane Tucker, Steve Carini, Nathaniel Weston
Description:	Eight SF6 concentration transects along the Parker River Plum Island Sound Estuary after the addition of SF6 to the estuary, and wind speed over the course of the study.
Keywords:	advection, dispersion, exchange, transect, wind, SF6, gas

MONITORING

Name:	2000MON-PR-Met15min.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Year 2000, 15 minute averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, photosynthetic, wind, pressure, air

Name:	2001MON-PR-Met15min.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Year 2001, 15 minute averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, photosynthetic, wind, pressure, air

Name:	2002MON-PR-Met15min.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Year 2002, 15 minute averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, photosynthetic, wind, pressure, air

Name:	MON-PR-MetHour.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Hourly averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, photosynthetic, wind, pressure, air

Name:	MON-PR-MetDay.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Daily averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, photosynthetic, wind, pressure, air

Name:	MON-PR-MetDay-PIEClimDB.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	Data for all LTER climate database, daily averages of meteorological station data
Keywords:	climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, air

Name:	MON-PR-MBYSI.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	15 minute readings of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, depth, and turbidity in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Bridge
Keywords:	temperature, oxygen, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, depth, dissolved, saturation, gas, Parker, monitoring

Name:	MON-PR-RT1AYSI.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	15 minute readings of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, depth, and turbidity in the lower Parker River Estuary at Rt. 1A.
Keywords:	temperature, oxygen, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, depth, dissolved, saturation, gas, Parker, monitoring

Name:	MON-SO-IBYCYSI.htm
Scientists:	Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt
Description:	15 minute readings of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, depth, and turbidity in Plum Island Sound at the Ipswich Bay Yacht Club.
Keywords:	temperature, oxygen, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, depth, dissolved, saturation, gas, Parker, monitoring

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