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Time-series of high-frequency profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton spectral groups in Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA 2014-2023

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

edi.1101.5

Title:

Time-series of high-frequency profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton spectral groups in Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA 2014-2023

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

Depth profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton biomass were sampled using a bbe Moldaenke FluoroProbe during 2014 to 2023 in five drinking water reservoirs in southwestern Virginia, USA. These reservoirs are: Beaverdam Reservoir (Vinton, Virginia), Carvins Cove Reservoir (Roanoke, Virginia), Falling Creek Reservoir (Vinton, Virginia), Gatewood Reservoir (Pulaski, Virginia), and Spring Hollow Reservoir (Salem, Virginia). Beaverdam, Carvins Cove, Falling Creek, and Spring Hollow Reservoirs are owned and operated by the Western Virginia Water Authority as primary or secondary drinking water sources for Roanoke, Virginia, and Gatewood Reservoir is a drinking water source for the town of Pulaski, Virginia. The dataset consists of depth profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton biomass measured at the deepest site of each reservoir adjacent to the dam, except in Falling Creek Reservoir, where depth profiles were also taken at four upstream sites ranging from the riverine to the lacustrine zone during 2016-2019. Casts were taken approximately weekly from May-October and monthly from November-April. Casts were collected at Beaverdam and Falling Creek Reservoirs during all years (2014-2023); casts were collected at Carvins Cove Reservoir during 2014-2016 and 2018-2023; casts were collected at Spring Hollow Reservoir during 2014-2016 and 2019; and casts were collected at Gatewood Reservoir in 2015-2016.

Publication Date:

2024-02-02

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2014-05-04

End:

2023-11-14

People and Organizations
Contact:	Carey, Cayelan C. (Virginia Tech) [ email ]
Creator:	Carey, Cayelan C. (Virginia Tech)
Creator:	Breef-Pilz, Adrienne (Virginia Tech)
Creator:	Lofton, Mary E. (Virginia Tech)
Creator:	Delany, Austin D. (Virginia Tech)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	FluoroProbe_2014_2023.csv
Description:	Reservoir FluoroProbe dataset
Data Table Name:	site_descriptions.csv
Description:	Sampling site descriptions
Data Table Name:	FluoroProbe_maintenancelog_2014_2023.csv
Description:	FluoroProbe maintenance log
Other Name:	FluoroProbe_qaqc_2014_2023.R
Description:	data aggregation and quality control script
Other Name:	FluoroProbe_inspection_2014_2023.Rmd
Description:	data visual inspection script

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


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Definition:

Three-letter code corresponding to sampled reservoir

Sampling site within each reservoir; see site_descriptions.csv provided in this data package for further information regarding sampling sites

Date and time of sampling. All data were collected in the eastern time zone of the U.S.A., with daylight savings time observed

unique identifier for each cast

Water depth where the sample was collected or sensor reading was measured

Green algae concentration

Bluegreen algae (cyanobacteria) concentration

Brown algae concentration

Mixed algae (sometimes referred to as cryptophytes) concentration

Total phytoplankton concentration

Yellow substances (an offset meant to correct for humic compounds) concentration

Water temperature in Celsius

Percent transmission of the water at 700 nm; 100% is pure water and 0% is black water

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 370 nm

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 470 nm

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 525 nm

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 570 nm

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 590 nm

Relative fluorescence units of excitation in response to light wavelength of 610 nm

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Data flag for bluegreen algae

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Data flag for yellow substances

Data flag for total phytoplankton

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Three-letter code corresponding to sampled reservoir

Sampling site within each reservoir

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Site longitude

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Three-letter code corresponding to sampled reservoir

Sampling site within each reservoir; see site_descriptions.csv provided in this data package for further information regarding sampling sites

Water depth where the sample was collected or sensor reading was measured

Nickname for each data package; for this package it is Flora

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Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data (\"Data User\" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available \"as is.\" The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
carey lab controlled vocabulary	Carey Lab, Virginia Tech, Western Virgina Water Authority, Falling Creek Reservoir, Beaverdam Reservoir, Spring Hollow Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, Stream Team, profiler, LTREB, Virginia Reservoirs LTREB, Virginia Reservoirs, FCR, BVR, CCR, SHR, GWR
cuahsi controlled vocabulary	Reservoir, Lake
lter controlled vocabulary	Lakes, fluorescence, phytoplankton, plankton, biomass, algae, water temperature

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

DATA PACKAGE CONTENTS This data package includes a data file (FluoroProbe_2014_2023.csv), QAQC R script (FluoroProbe_qaqc_2014_2023.R), maintenance log (FluoroProbe_maintenancelog_2014_2023.csv), visual inspection R script (FluoroProbe_inspection_2014_2023.Rmd), and sampling sites description file (site_descriptions.csv). The QAQC script includes functions to process data, remove outliers, and apply the maintenance log to clean the data files included in the package, and the visual inspection script provides code for plotting the data files.

SAMPLING TIMES Sampling times are indicated in the DateTime column, and were collected in the America/New_York Eastern Time Zone, which observed daylight savings time from approximately March to November in 2014-2023. All date times are reported in local time.

SAMPLING INSTRUMENT Sampling was conducted using a bbe Moldaenke FluoroProbe. Casts were taken by slowly lowering the instrument on a rope to the bottom of the sampling site and then pulling it back up, with the aim of lowering at a velocity of ~0.1 m every three seconds (which is the measurement frequency of the FluoroProbe), resulting in a depth profile with a spatial resolution of ~0.1 m. The FluoroProbe was sent to bbe Moldaenke for calibration and maintenance yearly according to the standards and practices of bbe Moldaenke between December-April in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2019/2020. The probe was not sent for calibration during the winters of 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, or 2022/2023. The FluoroProbe uses fluorescence from six LED wavelengths (525 nm, 570 nm, 610 nm, 370 nm, 590 nm, 470 nm) to calculate biomass of four phytoplankton spectral groups (green algae, brown algae, bluegreen algae, and mixed assemblages) by comparing the sample spectrum to the fluorescence spectra of individual algal divisions measured during calibration. See Beutler et al. 2002 for an explanation of the principles of operation of the FluoroProbe. In 2017, all casts were reprocessed because of a bad calibrated after being set away for maintenance. These observations are flagged with the code 1 = data re-calibrated post-collection.

Beutler, M. et al. A fluorometric method for the differentiation of algal populations in vivo and in situ. Photosynth. Res. 72, 39–53 (2002).

CAVEATS OF FLUORESCENCE-BASED DATA Measurements taken near the water's surface may be less accurate due to quenching of photosynthetic pigments at high light intensities, such as might be experienced at shallow depths.

Due to differences in water color among different water bodies, a universal yellow substances offset may not be appropriate for all sampled water bodies. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the reservoirs reported here tends to be low (2-5 mgL), but direct comparisons of phytoplankton biomass values among reservoirs should be treated with caution. Measurements taken near the bottom of the water column or during high-turbidity events may be less accurate due to interference of high amounts of particulate matter with the fluorescence signal.

TEMPERATURE DATA The temperature sensor was malfunctioning in 2017-2018 and so the 2017-2018 temperature data are not reported for these years. In addition, three days of data in 2019 and one day in 2020 have compromised temperature data: 02Sept19, 04Sept19, 11Sept19, and 24Aug20. Note that temperatures at shallow depths may be less accurate as the sensor adjusts to the water temperature. It is recommended that temperature values in the first ~1 m of the water column be treated with caution.

TRANSMISSION DATA On 28Aug19, the transmission sensor malfunctioned and so values from this point on in 2019 are not reported. These observations are flagged with the code 2 = instrument malfunction. In addition, any data collected in 2023 for which transmission was less than 90 percent are flagged with the code 3 = low transmission value.

WORKFLOW FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL OF DATA The file FluoroProbe_qaqc_2014_2023.R includes code for collating and conducting quality checks on FluoroProbe data from the most recent calendar year. Quality checks include ensuring that sampling location information is included with each cast and trimming the cast to eliminate observations that are compromised due to quenching at the water's surface or interference by particulate matter near the sediments. All QAQC is automated. Data issues due to maintenance or instrument malfunction are recorded as they arise in the Maintenance_Log_FluoroProbe_2014_2023.csv file, and this file is read in by the FluoroProbe_qaqc_2014_2023.R to execute the QAQC as specified in the maintenance log. The file FluoroProbe_inspection_2014_2023 combines historic data (prior to the most recent calendar year) with the current year's data into a single dataframe, as well as writes visualizations of each FluoroProbe cast collected during the most recent calendar year. These visualizations may be used to manually check biomass, temperature, and transmission profiles.

SITE DESCRIPTIONS The site_descriptions.csv provides details about each sampling site where FluoroProbe data are collected.

WHOLE-ECOSYSTEM EXPERIMENTS Multiple whole-ecosystem experiments have been conducted at Falling Creek Reservoir, including intermittent operation of hypolimnetic oxygenation (HOx) and pulsed epilimnetic mixing (EM) engineering systems. We encourage you to contact the lead author of the data package for more information.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Individual:

Adrienne Breef-Pilz

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

abreefpilz@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-0063

Individual:

Mary E. Lofton

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

melofton@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3270-1330

Individual:

Austin D. Delany

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

addelany@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-6300

Contacts:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2014-05-04

End:

2023-11-14

Geographic Region:

Description:

Beaverdam Reservoir is located in Vinton, Virginia, USA

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	37.322865	Southern:	37.311961
Western:	-79.824834	Eastern:	-79.813848

Geographic Region:

Description:

Carvins Cove Reservoir is located in Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	37.409127	Southern:	37.365345
Western:	-79.978642	Eastern:	-79.944052

Geographic Region:

Description:

Falling Creek Reservoir is located in Vinton, Virginia, USA

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	37.309589	Southern:	37.30266
Western:	-79.839249	Eastern:	-79.836009

Geographic Region:

Description:

Gatewood Reservoir is located in Pulaski, Virginia, USA

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	37.054358	Southern:	37.03819
Western:	-80.89188	Eastern:	-80.858492

Geographic Region:

Description:

Spring Hollow Reservoir is located in Salem, Virginia, USA

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	37.231092	Southern:	37.217594
Western:	-80.179076	Eastern:	-80.170407

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

No project title to report

Personnel:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

Western Virginia Water Authority

Related Project:

Title:

Collaborative Research: Consequences of changing oxygen availability for carbon cycling in freshwater ecosystems

Personnel:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation 1753639

Related Project:

Title:

Collaborative Research: CIBR: Cyberinfrastructure Enabling End-to-End Workflows for Aquatic Ecosystem Forecasting

Personnel:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation DBI-1933016

Related Project:

Title:

LTREB: Integrating real-time open data pipelines and forecasting to quantify ecosystem predictability at day to decadal scales

Personnel:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation DEB-2327030

Related Project:

Title:

Collaborative Research: URoL:ASC: Applying rules of life to forecast emergent behavior of phytoplankton and advance water quality management

Personnel:

Individual:

Cayelan C. Carey

Organization:

Virginia Tech

Email Address:

cayelan@vt.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation DEB-2318861

Related Project:

Title:

Collaborative Research: CIBR: Cyberinfrastructure Enabling End-to-End Workflows for Aquatic Ecosystem Forecasting

Personnel:

Individual:

Renato J. Figueiredo

Organization:

University of Florida

Email Address:

renato@acis.ufl.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-6060

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation DBI-1933102

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	ongoing
Frequency:

Additional Info

Additional Information:

AUTHORSHIP STATEMENT CCC developed and led the reservoir monitoring program, and oversaw FluoroProbe purchasing, use, and maintenance throughout 2014-present. ABP led the field crew, oversaw use of the instrument, and data processing in 2023. MEL assisted with troubleshooting and led data collation, QAQC, and publication in 2023. ADD assisted with development and maintenance of automated workflows and quality assurance protocols in 2023.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This data package has been iteratively updated over time and builds on the many historical contributions of co-authors listed in previous revisions. We thank the Western Virginia Water Authority for providing access to these sites, the Reservoir Group for contributing to fieldwork, Freya Olsson and Katie Hoffman for providing friendly reviews of these data and metadata, and Quinn Thomas for inspiring and leading workflow automation efforts in 2023.

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Time-series of high-frequency profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton spectral groups in Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA 2014-2023

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