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-VA-rainfall.xls, WAT-VA-rainfall.txt
DOCUMENTATION FILE: WAT-VA-rainfall.doc
YEAR: 2000-2001
PI: Charles Hopkinson
OTHERS: Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Jeff Evans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: 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
SITE TYPE: Watershed
RESEARCH LOCATION: Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Topsfield, MA) and the PIE-LTER weather station at the Governor Dummer Academy (South Byfield, MA)
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS:
NOTES AND COMMENTS:
VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:
DATE = date (dd-mmm-yyyy)
SAMPLE SITE = location where samples were taken
Volume = mm
Event/Cumulative = shows whether sampling was for an event or cumulative period
pH = negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration of an aqueous solution
H = Hydrogen ion concentration (µM)
NO3 = nitrate + nitrite (µM)
NH4 = ammonium (µM)
DIN = dissolved inorganic nitrogen (µM)
TDN = total dissolved nitrogen (µM)
DON = dissolved organic nitrogen (µM)
PO4 = soluble reactive phosphorus (µM)
TDP = total dissolved phosphorus (µM)
Cl = chloride (µM)
SO4 = sulfate (µM)
Ca = calcium (µM)
Mg = magnesium (µM)
K = potassium (µM)
Na = sodium (µM)
COMMENTS = additional information pertaining to individual samples
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Michael Williams
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543
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: