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Annual Water Quality in Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, West Florida Shelf, and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, USA: 1994-2019


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Authors: Paul Julian
Time period: 1994-05-01 to 2019-04-30
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1248.1

How to cite:
Julian, P.. 2022. Annual Water Quality in Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, West Florida Shelf, and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, USA: 1994-2019. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b2c8e104ecac44a44bcc02ffef3dc6f3. Dataset accessed 2024-05-07.

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  • Dataset Creator(s)
    • Name: Dr Paul Julian 
    • Position: Hydrologic Modeler
    • Organization: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
    • Address: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
      PO Box 839
      Sanibel, FL 33957 United States
    • Email: pjulian@sccf.org

  • Dataset Abstract
    Annual (water year basis) geometric mean concentrations of total phosphorus (TP), soluble-reactive phosphorus (SRP), total nitrogen (TN), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN; calculated as nitrate + nitrite + ammonia), chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), and total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations across Everglades National Park (ENP), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), West Florida Shelf and Florida Bay. This dataset is composed of data from multiple sources including Florida Coastal Everglades, Florida International University Southeast Research Center (FIU SERC), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (NOAA AOML). All values reported less than the laboratory minimum detection limit (MDL) were set to one-half the MDL. Annual geometric mean concentrations were computed for monitoring locations with greater than five years of data and four samples per year with a minimum of one sample in the wet and dry seasons. This dataset was created to evaluate long-term spatial and temporal trends in nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and total organic carbon at the landscape scale relative to freshwater and marine ecosystems.
  • Geographic Coverage
    Bounding Coordinates
    Everglades National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and West Florida Shelf.
    N: 25.904, S: 24.366, E: -80.038, W: -83.1

  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Annual (water year) geometric mean nutrient, chlorophyll-a and total organic carbon concentrations
      Attribute Name:
      STATION
      Attribute Label:
      STATION
      Attribute Definition:
      monitoring location name/identifier
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      monitoring location name/identifier
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      WY
      Attribute Label:
      WY
      Attribute Definition:
      Florida water year (May - April)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: Year
      Number Type: integer
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      TN
      Attribute Label:
      TN
      Attribute Definition:
      total nitrogen concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      DIN
      Attribute Label:
      DIN
      Attribute Definition:
      dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration (nitrate+nitrite+ammonia)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      TP
      Attribute Label:
      TP
      Attribute Definition:
      total phosphorus concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: microgramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      SRP
      Attribute Label:
      SRP
      Attribute Definition:
      soluable reactive phosphorus concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: microgramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      Chla
      Attribute Label:
      Chla
      Attribute Definition:
      chlorophyll a concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: microgramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      TOC
      Attribute Label:
      TOC
      Attribute Definition:
      total organic carbon concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      NA (missing/no data)

      Attribute Name:
      Region
      Attribute Label:
      Region
      Attribute Definition:
      generalized ecosystem region
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Coastal_Mangroves= Coastal Mangrove fringe along the western coast of Everglades National Park
      ENP= Freshwater portion of Everglades National Park
      FLBay= Florida Bay
      Keys= Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
      Shelf= West Florida Shelf, offshore of Everglades National Park, north of the Florida Keys archipelago
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      source
      Attribute Label:
      source
      Attribute Definition:
      original data source
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      LTER= Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
      NOAA= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (NOAA AOML)
      SERC= Florida International University Southeast Research Center (FIU SERC)
      WMD= South Florida Water Management District
      Missing Value Code:
       


  • Methods
    Method Step

    Description
    Geometric mean nutrient, chlorophyll-a, and total organic carbon concentrations were estimated for monitoring locations across the study area to evaluate changes in long-term trends. Data were analyzed using Mann-Kendall trend analysis and the Thiel-Sen slope was estimated for each monitoring location with suitable data for each parameter. Spatial and temporal generalized additive models were developed for the region using total phosphorus and nitrogen to evaluate the change in bulk nutrients across space and time relative to discrete disturbance events.


    Method Step

    Description
    This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
    This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

    Data Source
    Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), May 2001 - ongoing

    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-fce/1073/15
    Contact
    Organization name: Southeast Environmental Research Center
    Email: travieso@fiu.edu



    Method Step

    Description
    This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
    This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

    Data Source
    Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), from May 2001 to Present
    • Data Source Creator(s)
      • Name: Dr. Tiffany Troxler 
      • Position: Project Collaborator
      • Organization: Southeast Environmental Research Center
      • Address: Florida International University
        University Park
        OE 148
        Miami, FL 33199 USA
      • Phone: 305-348-1453
      • Fax: 305-348-4096
      • Email: troxlert@fiu.edu
      • URL: http://wetland.fiu.edu/

      • Name: Dr. Daniel Childers 
      • Position: Associate Director for Research| Professor
      • Organization: Global Institute of Sustainability| School of Sustainability
      • Address: Arizona State University
        PO Box 875402
        Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
      • Phone: 480-965-2320
      • Fax: 480-965-8087
      • Email: dan.childers@asu.edu


    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-fce/1075/12
    Contact
    Organization name: Southeast Environmental Research Center
    Email: estanden@fiu.edu



    Method Step

    Description
    This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
    This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

    Data Source
    Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), for August 1998 to November 2006
    • Data Source Creator(s)
      • Name: Dr. Tiffany Troxler 
      • Position: Project Collaborator
      • Organization: Southeast Environmental Research Center
      • Address: Florida International University
        University Park
        OE 148
        Miami, FL 33199 USA
      • Phone: 305-348-1453
      • Fax: 305-348-4096
      • Email: troxlert@fiu.edu
      • URL: http://wetland.fiu.edu/

      • Name: Dr. Daniel Childers 
      • Position: Associate Director for Research| Professor
      • Organization: Global Institute of Sustainability| School of Sustainability
      • Address: Arizona State University
        PO Box 875402
        Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
      • Phone: 480-965-2320
      • Fax: 480-965-8087
      • Email: dan.childers@asu.edu


    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-fce/1077/3
    Contact
    Organization name: Southeast Environmental Research Center
    Email: travieso@fiu.edu



    Method Step

    Description
    This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
    This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

    Data Source
    Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from September 1999 to Present
    • Data Source Creator(s)
      • Name: Dr. Tiffany Troxler 
      • Position: Project Collaborator
      • Organization: Southeast Environmental Research Center
      • Address: Florida International University
        University Park
        OE 148
        Miami, FL 33199 USA
      • Phone: 305-348-1453
      • Fax: 305-348-4096
      • Email: troxlert@fiu.edu
      • URL: http://wetland.fiu.edu/


    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-fce/1080/11
    Contact
    Organization name: Southeast Environmental Research Center
    Email: estanden@fiu.edu



  • Publications citing this dataset
    Julian, Paul, Jim Fourqurean, Stephan Davis, Donatto Surratt, Evelyn R Gaiser, John S Kominoski, Tiffany G Troxler, Joseph N Boyer, Serge Thomas, Henry O Briceño, Chris Madden, Enrique Montes, and Chris Kelble 2022. Long-term spatiotemporal patterns and trends in water quality reveal a coastal continuum of disturbance legacies. 

    DOI : 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1753636/v1

  • Keywords
    FCE LTER, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, Everglades National Park, water quality, water chemistry, nutrients, carbon
  • Dataset Contact
    • Name: Paul Julian 
    • Position: Hydrologic Modeler
    • Organization: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
    • Address: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
      PO Box 839
      Sanibel, FL 33957 United States
    • Email: pjulian@sccf.org

  • Data Table and Format
    Data Table:  Annual (water year) geometric mean nutrient, chlorophyll-a and total organic carbon concentrations

    Entity Name:
    20220521_WYGeomean
    Entity Description:
    Annual (water year) geometric mean nutrient, chlorophyll-a and total organic carbon concentrations
    Object Name:
    20220521_WYGeomean.csv
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    5979