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Metadata:   Salinity, temperature, pH and pCO2 measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, in the Shark River estuary, South Florida from October 2014 to September 2015

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Dataset title
Salinity, temperature, pH and pCO2 measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, in the Shark River estuary, South Florida from October 2014 to September 2015

Dataset ID
SFWSC_007

Dataset Creator
Name: Dr. Chiara Volta 
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Address: 1000 Pope Road
Marine Science Building (MSB)
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
Phone: 808-646-0663
Email: cvolta@hawaii.edu
URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/about/directory/chiara-volta/


Metadata Provider
Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
Address: Florida International University
University Park
OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA
Phone: 305-348-6054
Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu

Dataset Abstract
Determine DIC concentrations to estimate DIC fluxes and calculate CO2 emissions from the mangrove-dominated Shark River estuary

Dataset Keywords
SFWSC
South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project
Mangrove ecosystems
Estuaries
dissolved inorganic carbon
carbon dioxide
South Florida
Shark River Everglades
ecosystem service
water management
economic significance

Intellectual Rights
These data are classified as 'Type I' whereby original SFWSC experimental data collected by individual SFWSC researchers are available for scientific purposes 2 years after collection. Maximum lock period = 2 years. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. EAR-1204762 and the United States Department of Agriculture NIFA Award Number 2012-6003-19862. For a complete description of the SFWSC Data Distribution and Data User Agreement, please go to SFWSC Data Management Policy: http://eimc.fiu.edu/projects/SFWSC/SFWSC_DataManagementPolicy.pdf. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project, c/o Dr. Mike Sukop, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, ECS 347, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33199.

Geographic Coverage

Study Extent Description
Gunboat Island in the Shark River estuary

Bounding Coordinates
Geographic description West bounding coordinate East bounding coordinate North bounding coordinate South bounding coordinate
South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project Study Area -81.132 -80.902 25.500 25.354

All Sites
Geographic Description Longitude Latitude
Gunboat Island in the Shark River estuary -81.029217 25.378791

Temporal Coverage
Start Date:   2014-10-23
End Date:   2015-09-30

Maintenance
This is a short-term physical data set

Dataset Contact


Methods

Sampling Description
Gunboat Island in the Shark River estuary

Method Step

Description
Measurements every 10 minutes and averaged every hour

Instrumentation
Sea-Bird SBE37

Method Step

Description
Measurements every hour

Instrumentation
Honeywell Durafet

Method Step

Description

Instrumentation
Equilibrator coupled to a NDIR analyzer (LI-COR LI-820)

Quality Control
Calibration every six/nine months

Data Table
Entity Name:  SFWSC_007
Entity Description:  Salinity, temperature, pH and pCO2 measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, in the Shark River estuary
Object Name:  SFWSC_007


Data Format
Number of Header Lines: 1
Attribute Orientation: column
Field Delimiter: ,
Number of Records: 5110

Attributes
Attribute Name Attribute Label Attribute Definition Storage Type Measurement Scale Missing Value Code
DateTime dateTime Collection date and time datetime  
Water Salinity salinity Water Salinity data Units: PSU
Precision: 0.0001
Number Type: real
-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
Water Temperature temperature Water Temperature data Units: celsius
Precision: 0.0001
Number Type: real
-9999.000 (Value will never be recorded )
Water pH pH Water pH data Units: dimensionless
Precision: 0.001
Number Type: real
-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )
Water pCO2 pCO2 Water pCO2 data Units: microAtmosphere
Precision: 0.01
Number Type: real
-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )
Air pCO2 pCO2 Air pCO2 data Units: microAtmosphere
Precision: 0.01
Number Type: real
-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )

 
  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR-1204762 and the United States Department of Agriculture NIFA Award Number 2012-67003-19862.
  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.