Dataset title: Temperatures,salinities, and dissolved oxygen levels in the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) , from May 2005 to May 2014 Dataset ID: LT_TDCS_Heithaus_003 Research type: Long-Term Dataset Creator Name: Dr Michael Heithaus Organization: Florida International University, BBC Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-5234 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: heithaus@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~heithaus/ Name: Philip Matich Organization: Florida International University, BBC Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-4263 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: pmati001@fiu.edu Name: Adam Rosenblatt Organization: Florida International University, BBC Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-4263 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: arose007@fiu.edu URL: http://adam.rosenblatt.googlepages.com/home 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 This dataset provides information on the environmental conditions in the Shark River Slough including dissolved oxygen, water temperature, and salinity. Data suggest that environmental parameters vary spatially and temporally within the system, especially during transition periods between the wet and dry seasons. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the FCE Shark River Slough research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: DR (Down River generally near SRS6) West bounding coordinate: -81.160 East bounding coordinate: -81.099 North bounding coordinate: 25.357 South bounding coordinate: 25.328 Geographic description: SRS5 West bounding coordinate: -81.04 East bounding coordinate: -81.01 North bounding coordinate: 25.39 South bounding coordinate: 25.37 Geographic description: TB (generally near SRS4) West bounding coordinate: -80.99 East bounding coordinate: -80.96 North bounding coordinate: 25.42 South bounding coordinate: 25.41 Geographic description: UR (Up River, throughout Rookery Branch) West bounding coordinate: -80.92 East bounding coordinate: -80.87 North bounding coordinate: 25.45 South bounding coordinate: 25.45 FCE LTER Sites: SRS4, SRS5, SRS6 All Sites Geographic Description:DR (Down River generally near SRS6) Longitude:-81.099 Latitude:25.328 Geographic Description:SRS5 Longitude:-81.01 Latitude:25.37 Geographic Description:TB (generally near SRS4) Longitude:-80.96 Latitude:25.41 Geographic Description:UR (Up River, throughout Rookery Branch) Longitude:-80.87 Latitude:25.45 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2005-05-11 End Date: 2014-05-18 Data Table Entity Name: LT_TDCS_Heithaus_003.txt Entity Description: Temperatures, salinities, and dissolved oxygen levels in the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park Object Name: LT_TDCS_Heithaus_003.txt Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Year Attribute Label: Year Attribute Definition: Year of Sample Collection Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Year of Sample Collection Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: DayofYear Attribute Label: DayofYear Attribute Definition: Day of Year sample collected Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Day of Year sample collected Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Time Attribute Label: Time Attribute Definition: Time of day sample collected Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: LatitudeDD Attribute Label: Latitude_DD Attribute Definition: Latitude Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Latitude Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LongitudeDD Attribute Label: Longitude_DD Attribute Definition: Longitude Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Longitude Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: WaterTemp Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: water temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Data not collected) Attribute Name: Salinity Attribute Label: Salinity Attribute Definition: water salinity Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: partsPerThousand Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Data not collected) Attribute Name: DO Attribute Label: Dissolved oxygen Attribute Definition: water dissolved oxygen Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerLiter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: DO% Attribute Label: Dissolved Oxygen Percentage Attribute Definition: percent saturation of dissolved oxygen Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AirTemp Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: air temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Data not collected or unreliable) Methods Sampling Description Dissolved oxygen collected during sampling Method Step Description Dissolved oxygen collected during sampling Instrumentation YSI85 Method Step Description Water Temperature collected during sampling Instrumentation YSI85 Method Step Description Salinity collected during sampling Instrumentation YSI85 Quality Control Data are checked against field notes and datasheets after entry. Data are visually inspected by graduate students and the PI to determine if any values are obviously in error. Distribution Online distribution: https://fce-lter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_TDCS_Heithaus_003.txt Intellectual 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. 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Dataset Keywords salinity water temperature dissolved oxygen freshwater inorganic nutrients FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring FCE LTER Shark River Slough Everglades National Park South Florida water long term Data Submission Date: 2014-10-21 Maintenance This is a long-term environmental dataset and subsequent data will be appended. Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Fax: 305-348-4096 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Submission Date 2014-10-21 Data Submission Notes Please Note that there were numerous sampling locations that were included within research location boxes described under the sampling site locations within the metadata. Information Management Notes Information Manager (April 16, 2013) 1) Changed column names to Date, Year, DayofYear, Time Latitude_DD, Longitude_DD, Latitude_DMS Longitude_DMS, WaterTemp, Salinity, DO, DO %, AirTemp 2) Coded missing values with -9999 and 3) This is a long-term environmental dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of LT_TDCS_Heithaus_003 (original) and (v1). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.