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Surface pelagic total nitrogen concentrations in Lake Sunapee, USA 2009 to 2012

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:edi.15.2
Title:Surface pelagic total nitrogen concentrations in Lake Sunapee, USA 2009 to 2012
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Total nitrogen concentrations were sampled from 2009 to 2012 in Lake Sunapee (Sunapee, NH, USA). The dataset consists of total nitrogen with two to three lab replicates measured at two pelagic sites in Lake Sunapee: 1) Station 210 (S210) of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Volunteer Lake Assessment Program, and 2) the LSPA-GLEON buoy (Buoy) in the main basin of the lake. The samples were collected at the surface, five to six times per year, ranging from June to September each year. The mean total nitrogen concentration with its standard deviation from lab replicates is presented.

Publication Date:2020-05-15

Time Period
Begin:
2009-07-02
End:
2012-09-18

People and Organizations
Contact:Cottingham, Kathryn L (Dartmouth College) [  email ]
Creator:Cottingham, Kathryn L (Dartmouth College)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Total nitrogen
Description:
Total nitrogen
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/15/2/85061703ef1d0dc5a7365328e0ad18df
Name:Total nitrogen
Description:Total nitrogen
Number of Records:21
Number of Columns:6

Table Structure
Object Name:TN.csv
Size:1079 bytes
Authentication:aa1bc9cb06390478be4aa3fb5b2bfe67 Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:\r\n
Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter:,

Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:Lake  
Site  
Date  
TN_ugL  
TN_sd  
nrep  
Definition:Lake nameSampling location within the lake; Buoy = LSPA-GLEON buoy, S210 = Station 210 of NH DES VLAPdatemean total nitrogen concentrationstandard deviation of lab replicatesnumber of lab replicates
Storage Type:string  
string  
date  
float  
float  
float  
Measurement Type:nominalnominaldateTimeratioratioratio
Measurement Values Domain:
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeSunapee
DefinitionLake Sunapee
Source
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeBuoy
DefinitionLSPA-GLEON Buoy
Source
Code Definition
CodeS210
DefinitionStation 210 of NH DES VLAP
Source
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision
UnitmicrogramsPerLiter
Typereal
Min127.44 
Max191.29 
UnitmicrogramsPerLiter
Typereal
Min3.76 
Max42.75 
Unitdimensionless
Typenatural
Min
Max
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Carey LabLake Sunapee
LTER Controlled Vocabularylakes, total nitrogen

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:

Water was collected from the surface of Lake Sunapee in acid-washed 125 mL bottles and frozen until analysis. Replicate TN samples were analyzed in the Cottingham Lab at Dartmouth College with spectrophotometric methods after basic persulfate digestion (Crumpton et al. 1992; MDL = 74 mg/L). Reference: Crumpton, W. G., T. M. Isenhart, and P. D. Mitchell. 1992. Nitrate and organic N analyses with second-derivative spectroscopy. Limnology & Oceanography 37:907-913.

People and Organizations

Creators:
Individual: Kathryn L Cottingham
Organization:Dartmouth College
Email Address:
kathryn.l.cottingham@dartmouth.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-5047
Contacts:
Individual: Kathryn L Cottingham
Organization:Dartmouth College
Email Address:
kathryn.l.cottingham@dartmouth.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-5047

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
2009-07-02
End:
2012-09-18
Geographic Region:
Description:Sunapee
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  43.430745Southern:  43.321744
Western:  -72.083095Eastern:  -72.030408
Sampling Site: 
Description:S210
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -72.058192Latitude (degree): 43.390865
Sampling Site: 
Description:Buoy
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -72.0576Latitude (degree): 43.3913

Project

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:completed
Frequency:
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