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Caloosahatchee River Estuary Optical Water Quality Data (May 2008 - May 2020)

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:edi.1455.1
Title:Caloosahatchee River Estuary Optical Water Quality Data (May 2008 - May 2020)
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This dataset is an aggregated dataset from various sources including the South Florida Water Management District and Lee County (Florida) Environmental Lab and includes parameters of optical water quality. Optical water quality samples were collected throughout the Caloosahatchee River Estuary from the head of the estuary to its outlet in San Carlos Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Parameters within the dataset include light attenuation coefficient, Secchi disk depth, chlorophyll-a concentration, turbidity, total suspended solid concentration, color, water temperature, specific conductivity, and salinity. Samples were collected from various agencies from May 2008 to May 2020. Other water quality parameters were also collected and some of the monitoring continued to present but is not presented here.

Publication Date:2023-07-05
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Time Period
Begin:
2008-05-01
End:
2020-05-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Julian, Paul (The Everglades Foundation, Biogeochemist) [  email ]
Creator:Julian, Paul (The Everglades Foundation, Biogeochemist)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
CRE_opticalWQ
Description:
Aggregated grab sample optical water quality data collected within the Caloosahatchee River Estuary from multiple data sources.
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/1455/1/46245a866567f950d4fedf11e666178a
Name:CRE_opticalWQ
Description:Aggregated grab sample optical water quality data collected within the Caloosahatchee River Estuary from multiple data sources.
Number of Records:3530
Number of Columns:17

Table Structure
Object Name:CRE_opticalWQ.csv
Size:453801 byte
Authentication:6c52794c196ace5c9050c679d10375cc Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
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Orientation:column
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Table Column Descriptions
 WYStation.IDregionsourceDD_latDD_longDateTime.ESTChlacolordepthK.parsecchiSPCtempTSSTurbsalinity
Column Name:WY  
Station.ID  
region  
source  
DD_lat  
DD_long  
DateTime.EST  
Chla  
color  
depth  
K.par  
secchi  
SPC  
temp  
TSS  
Turb  
salinity  
Definition:Florida Water Year (May - April)Monitoring station identifierRegion within the Caloosahatchee River Estuarydata sourcedecimal degree Latitude (WGS84)decimal degree Longitude (WGS84)date and time in eastern standard timezonechlorophyll-a concentrationapparent colorwater depthlight attenuation coefficentsecchi disk depthspecific conductivitywater temperaturetotal suspended solidsturbiditysalinity
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Measurement Type:rationominalnominalnominalratioratiodateTimeratioratioratioratioratioratioratioratioratioratio
Measurement Values Domain:
Unittime
Typeinteger
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Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
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Definitionfreshwater
Source
Code Definition
CodeEST
Definitionestuary
Source
Code Definition
CodeMAR
Definitionmarine
Source
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeChen et al 2015
DefinitionChen et al (2015) Estuaries and Coasts 38:1706–1718. doi: 10.1007/s12237-014-9916-0
Source
Code Definition
CodeLee County
Definitionhttps://www.leegov.com/naturalresources/EnvLab
Source
Code Definition
CodeSFWMD DBHYDRO
Definitionhttps://my.sfwmd.gov/dbhydroplsql/show_dbkey_info.main_menu
Source
Unitdecimal degrees
Typereal
Unitdecimal degrees
Typereal
FormatYYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Precision
UnitmicrogramPerLiter
Typereal
UnitPCU
Typereal
Unitmeter
Typereal
Unitm-1
Typereal
Unitmeter
Typereal
Unitmicrosiemens per centimeter
Typereal
Unitcelsius
Typereal
UnitmilligramPerLiter
Typereal
UnitNephelometric Turbidity Units
Typereal
UnitPSU
Typereal
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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:
LTER Controlled Vocabularylight, algae, seawater, seagrass, water quality

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 were aggregated from multiple sources to provide a synthesis of optical water quality conditions within the Caloosahatchee River Estuary using publicly available data sources (i.e. Agency online databases).

Data Source
South Florida Water Management District DBHYDRO Online Database
Data Source
Lee County (Florida, USA) Department of Natural Resources Surface Water Monitoring Program
Data Source
Data from "Mixing Behavior of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Potential Ecological Implication in the Caloosahatchee River Estuary, Florida"

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:Dr Paul Julian
Organization:The Everglades Foundation
Position:Biogeochemist
Email Address:
pauljulianphd@gmail.com
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-1354
Contacts:
Individual:Dr Paul Julian
Organization:The Everglades Foundation
Position:Biogeochemist
Email Address:
pauljulianphd@gmail.com
Web Address:
https://swampthingecology.org/
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-1354

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
2008-05-01
End:
2020-05-01
Geographic Region:
Description:The Caloosahatchee River Estuary
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  26.74651Southern:  26.42437
Western:  -82.12255Eastern:  -81.67286

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Optical Water Quality in the Caloosahatchee River Estuary
Personnel:
Individual:Dr Paul Julian
Organization:The Everglades Foundation
Position:Biogeochemist
Email Address:
pauljulianphd@gmail.com
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-1354
Role:Data Analyst

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:

This is the final dataset associated with pending publications.

Frequency:notPlanned
Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Additional Metadata

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