Dataset title: Florida Bay Physical Data, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from January 2001 to February 2002 Dataset ID: PHY_Frankovich_001 Research type: Physical Dataset Creator Name: Mr. Thomas Frankovich Position: Project Post Doctoral Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center 98630 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA Phone: 305-852-2668 Email: frankovich@virginia.edu URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/ 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 Florida Bay physical data that includes surface temperature and salinity at Duck Key, Bob Allen Keys, and Sprigger Bank, Florida Bay in Everglades National Park, South Florida. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the FCE Florida Bay research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected in Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.938 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.177 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 Geographic description: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 FCE LTER Sites: TS/Ph9, TS/Ph10, TS/Ph11 All Sites Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph9 Longitude:-80.490 Latitude:25.177 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph10 Longitude:-80.681 Latitude:25.025 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph11 Longitude:-80.938 Latitude:24.913 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2001-01-14 End Date: 2002-02-12 Data Table Entity Name: PHY_Frankovich_001 Entity Description: Florida Bay Physical Data, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida Object Name: PHY_Frankovich_001 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of LTER site Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Name of LTER site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Date of collection Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Time Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Time of Collection Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Temperature Attribute Label: Temperature Attribute Definition: Water Temperature Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Units celsius Precision:1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Salinity Attribute Label: Salinity Attribute Definition: Salinity Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Units: PSU Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description TS/Ph 9, 10 and 11 represent the range of salinity environments encountered across Florida Bay.Measurements taken at variable intervals, minimally monthly. Method Step Description Temperature-glass alcohol thermometer, Salinity -refractometer, baseline checked with tap water. Instrumentation Glass alcohol thermometer Refractometer Quality Control Salinity measured on refractometer zero-corrected with tap water. Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_Frankovich_001.txt Intellectual Rights These data are classified as 'Type I" whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE 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 Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreement #DEB-9910514. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Office, LTER Program Manager, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, OE 148, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199. For a complete description of the FCE LTER Data Distribution and Data User Agreement, please go to FCE Data Management Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/DataMgmt.pdf and LTER Network Data Access Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html. Dataset Keywords FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Florida Bay Everglades National Park salinity temperature water water temperature freshwater pH ecosystems processes estuarine Data Submission Date: 2002-02-15 Maintenance This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Frankovich_001 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: LTER Network Office Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA Phone: 505 277-2535 Fax: 505 277-2541 Email: tech-support@lternet.edu URL: http://www.lternet.edu 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 Project permits LTER permit number EVER-2001-SCI-0071. Dataset Submission Date 2002-02-15 Information Management Notes Information Manager (February 15, 2002) 1) Changed Column Field Names to SITENAME, Date, Time, Temp, Salinity 2) Deleted Lat and Long Field and 3) Coded missing values with -9999. This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Frankovich_001 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.