Plum Island Ecosystem LTER Database

http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE

 

 

 

Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that:

·        The Principal Investigator should 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

 

 

PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEM LTER DATABASE

 

DATA FILE: Data file is available as both an Excel spreadsheet (version 2000) and a text (tab-delimited) file.

WAT-IP-1998Monthly.xls, WAT-IP-1998Monthly.txt

 

DOCUMENTATION FILE:                WAT-IP-1998Monthly.doc

 

YEAR:  1998-1999

 

PI: Charles Hopkinson

 

OTHERS: Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans

 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: 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

 

SITE TYPE: Watershed

 

RESEARCH LOCATION:

River km = Distance starts at Sylvania Dam which is set at 0 km

X and Y coordinates (meters) are given in Massachusetts State Plane NAD83

Station ID

Location

River km

Town

Location

 

Main Stem Ipswich River

 

 

STATE X

STATE Y

IP00

Woburn Street

50.486

Wilmington

229261

922641

IP01

Mill Street

46.471

Reading

231973

923476

IP03

Central Street

43.924

North Reading

233673

924718

IP04

Route 62

41.709

North Reading

235314

925186

IR-PS

Pumping Station

38.67

North Reading

237134

924693

IP06

Bostik

36.728

Middleton

238657

924466

Hilldale

Hilldale Avenue

34.698

Middleton

240318

923859

IP08

Log Bridge Road (West St.)

31.317

Middleton

241607

925387

IP10

Route 62

28.072

Middleton

241318

927369

IP11

Peabody Street

24.85

Middleton

241264

929664

IP13

Rowley Bridge Road

21.374

Topsfield

243730

930853

IP14

Salem Road

19.487

Topsfield

245138

930709

IR-97

Route 97

17.988

Topsfield

246323

930525

IP16

IRWS - Boat Launch

15.309

Topsfield

247653

930787

IP18

Asbury Road

9.857

Topsfield

248221

933850

IP20

Winthrop Street

7.341

Ipswich

249961

934438

IP22

Mill Road

4.054

Ipswich

252322

934396

IP24

Sylvania Dam

0

Ipswich

254279

936547

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Stem Tributaries

 

 

 

 

MB01

Martins Brook at Park St.

44.906

North Reading

232739

924632

BB

Boston Brook at Peabody St.

25.683

Middleton

240744

929741

FB-BV

Fish Brook at Brookview Rd.

21.468

Boxford

238700

935037

FB-MI

Fish Brook at Middleton Rd.

21.468

Boxford

240634

934316

FB-WA

Fish Brook at Washington St.

21.468

Boxford

243166

931249

HB-01

Howlett Brook at Ipswich Rd.

9.878

Topsfield

247794

933994

MR-1A

Miles River at County Rd.

2.176

Ipswich

253852

934390

GC

Green wood Creek

 

Ipswich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upper Ipswich River Tributaries

 

 

 

 

LB

Lubbers Brook at Glen Rd.

56.116

Wilmington

226040

923979

MMB

Maple Meadow Brook at Wildwood St.

52.054

Wilmington

228204

922522

 

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS:

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

 

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

DATE = date (dd-mmm-yyyy)

STATION = station name

STATE X = x coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83

STATE Y = y coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83

NO3 = nitrate + nitrite (µM)

NH4 = ammonium (µM)

PO4 = soluble reactive phosphorus (µM)

TDN = total dissolved nitrogen (µM)

TDP = total dissolved phosphorus (µM)

Cl = chloride (µM)

SO4 = sulfate (µM)

River km = kilometers upriver from the Sylvania dam in downtown Ipswich

 

CALCULATIONS:

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Michael Williams

Ecosystems Center

Marine Biological Laboratory

7 MBL Street

Woods Hole, MA 02543

mailto:mikewilliams@mbl.edu

 

OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:

 

REFERENCE CITATIONS:

 

DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS:

Type 3

ARCHIVE INFORMATION:

Date of entry: July 21, 2001

Data entered by: M. Williams

Comments: