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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: | LTE-TC-NUT.01 |
| Dataset Title: | Tidal creek nutrient sampling, 1998 - 2001 |
| Investigator 1: | |
| First Name: | Linda |
| Last Name: | Deegan |
| 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, Amy Chiuchiolo |
| Keywords: | tidal, creek, nutrients, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic, salinity, total, sweeney, club head, nelson, sand, shad, sawyer, west, mud, chlorophyll |
| Abstract: | Water column samples from a variety of tidal creeks in the Plum Island Estuary were sampled for nutrient concentrations. Dissolved and particulate forms of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon were analyzed. |
| 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/LTE/data/LTE-TC-NUT.dat |
| Data File Name | LTE-TC-NUT |
| Beginning Date | 7/1/1998 |
| End Date | 9/27/2001 |
| Number of Data Records | 200 |
| Other Files to Reference | |
| Availability Status | Type 1 |
| Quality Control Information | |
| Maintenance Description | |
| Log of Changes: | |
| RESEARCH LOCATION: | Site 1 |
| Geographic Description | LTE-TC-Club |
| Location Bounding Box | |
| West Bounding Coordinate | |
| East Bounding Coordinate | |
| North Bounding Coordinate | |
| South Bounding Coordinate | |
| OR if single point location | |
| Latitude | 42.73982372 |
| Longitude | -70.83803847 |
| Methods: | EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS: Water samples were collected and filtered (GF/F glass fiber), and frozen for later analysis. For laboratory analytical procedures, see ANALYTICAL METHODS. |
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Units | Measurement Scale | Code Infomation | Number Type | DateTime Format | Missing Value Code | Missing Value Code Explanation |
| Creek | creek sampled | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| STATE X | x coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83 | meter | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| STATE Y | y coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83 | meter | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| LAT | Latitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees) | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| LON | Longitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees) | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Date | date (dd-mmm-yyyy) | datetime | dd-mmm-yyyy | blank cell | ||||
| Time | time 24 hr (hh:mm) | datetime | hh:mm | blank cell | ||||
| Tide | stage and direction of tide when sample was collected | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| Branch | branch of creek sampled | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| Temp | temperature of the water | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Sal | salinity (ppt) | partsPerThousand | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| NO3 | nitrate + nitrite (然-N) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| NH4 | ammonium (然-N) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| PO4 | soluble reactive phosphorus (然-P) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| TDN | total dissolved nitrogen (然-N) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| DON | dissolved organic nitrogen (然-N) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| TDP | total dissolved phosphorus (然-P) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| DOP | dissolved organic phosphorus (然-P) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| DOC | dissolved organic carbon (uM-C) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Chla | chlorophyll a (ug/L) | microgramsPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Part C | particulate carbon (uM-C) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Part N | particulate nitrogen (uM-N) | microMolesPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Comments | comments about data | nominal | blank cell |