Dataset title: Diatom Species Abundance Data from LTER Caribbean Karstic Region (CKR) study (FCE) in Yucatan, Belize and Jamaica during 2006, 2007, 2008 Dataset ID: ST_PP_Lahee_001 Research type: Short-term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Evelyn Gaiser Position: Primary Investigator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: 11200 S.W. 8th Street Miami, Florida 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6145 Fax: 305-348-4096 Email: gaisere@fiu.edu URL: http://serc.fiu.edu/periphyton/ 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 Several studies have shown that within the Florida Coastal Everglades, periphyton mat properties, (incuding biomass, nutrient and organic content, and community composition) vary predictably in response to water quality.The Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) wetland system is very similar with respect to climate, geology, hydrology and vegetation, to wetlands found in Jamaica, the Yucatan region of Mexico and parts of Belize. This study was therefore conducted to ascertain (i) the level of similarity between the periphyton diatom communities from karstic wetland sites in Belize, Mexico, Jamaica and comparable sites within the FCE, (ii) the relationship between periphyton biomass, TP levels and diatom community composition at these sites, and (iii) the feasibility of employing diatoms as indicators of water quality at these sites, using models relating diatom community composition to water quality from comparable sites within the FCE. Multiple wetland sites in Jamaica, the Yucatan region of Mexico and parts of Belize were visited between 2006 and 2008, during wet and dry seasons. At each site physico-chemical data were collected along with periphyton samples. The periphyton samples were processed in accordance with standard methods to obtain biomass, organic content and TP measures, and to identify and enumerate diatom and soft algae species. Various aspects of the diatom communities were then compared to previously compiled data on diatom communities from various parts of the FCE. SIMI analysis was used to determine the level of similarity between the systems and Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling was used to identify relationships between diatom communities and water quality. Dataset Purpose This study was conducted and the data compiled to ascertain (i) the level of similarity between the periphyton diatom communities from karstic wetland sites in Belize, Mexico, Jamaica and comparable sites within the FCE, (ii) the relationship between periphyton biomass, TP levels and diatom community composition at these sites, and (iii) the feasibility of employing diatoms as indicators of water quality at these sites, using models relating diatom community composition to water quality from comparable sites within the FCE. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description This study was conducted within multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands displaying similar characteristics in three countries. The areas visited included the New River Lagoon in Lamanai Outpost, Indian Church, Belize, the Slip River, Black River Morass, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica and the Sian Ka'an national Park, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Each wetland area was visited on two occasions intended to represent wet and dry seasons. The Mexico sites were visited in December 2006 ( which is typically a dry period but experienced high rainfall during 2006 and so served as a wet season sampling session) and March 2008 (which is typically a wet period but experienced low rainfall during 2008 and so served as a dry season sampling session). The Belize sites were visited in May 2007 (which served as a dry season sampling session and November 2007 (which served as a wet season sampling session). The Jamaica sites were visited in December 2007 (which served as a dry season sampling session) and March 2008 (which served as a wet season sampling session). Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands within the Sian Ka'an National Park, Quintana Roo, Mexico West bounding coordinate: -87.960 East bounding coordinate: -87.510 North bounding coordinate: 19.872 South bounding coordinate: 18.787 Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands within the Sian Ka'an National Park, Quintana Roo, Mexico West bounding coordinate: -87.960 East bounding coordinate: -87.510 North bounding coordinate: 19.827 South bounding coordinate: 18.787 Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands adjacent to the New River Lagoon in Lamanai Outpost, Indian Church, Belize West bounding coordinate: -88.653 East bounding coordinate: -88.633 North bounding coordinate: 17.785 South bounding coordinate: 17.735 Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands adjacent to the New River Lagoon in Lamanai Outpost, Indian Church, Belize West bounding coordinate: -88.64 East bounding coordinate: -88.63 North bounding coordinate: 17.78 South bounding coordinate: 17.62 Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands adjacent to the Slipe River, Black River Morass, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica West bounding coordinate: -77.81 East bounding coordinate: -78.78 North bounding coordinate: 18.05 South bounding coordinate: 18.03 Geographic description: Physico-chemical data and Periphyton mat samples were collected from multiple calcareous, shallow, short-hydroperiod, Eleocharis-dominated wetlands adjacent to the Slipe River, Black River Morass, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica West bounding coordinate: -77.81 East bounding coordinate: -78.78 North bounding coordinate: 18.05 South bounding coordinate: 18.03 All Sites Geographic Description:BEL2-Eddie's Lagoon2-May 2007 Longitude:-88.633 Latitude:17.780 Geographic Description:BEL3-Eddie's Lagoon3-May 2007 Longitude:-88.646 Latitude:17.785 Geographic Description:BNC2-Nico's Creek2-May 2007 Longitude:-88.652 Latitude:17.735 Geographic Description:BNRL1-New River Lagoon1-May 2007 Longitude:-88.654 Latitude:17.738 Geographic Description:BNRL2-New River Lagoon2-May 2007 Longitude:-88.641 Latitude:17.755 Geographic Description:BDC3-Dawson's Creek3-November 2007 Longitude:-88.641 Latitude:17.759 Geographic Description:BDC4-Dawson's Creek4-November 2007 Longitude:-88.641 Latitude:17.751 Geographic Description:BNC3-Nico's Creek3-November 2007 Longitude:-88.626 Latitude:17.733 Geographic Description:BNC4-Nico's Creek4-November 2007 Longitude:-88.627 Latitude:17.730 Geographic Description:BBC1-Bomb Crater1-November 2007 Longitude:-88.627 Latitude:17.719 Geographic Description:BBC2-Bomb Crater2-November 2007 Longitude:-88.634 Latitude:17.715 Geographic Description:BEL4-Eddie's Lagoon4-November 2007 Longitude:-88.633 Latitude:17.784 Geographic Description:BEL5-Eddie's Lagoon5-November 2007 Longitude:-88.641 Latitude:17.779 Geographic Description:BCC1-Crab Catcher1-November 2007 Longitude:-88.643 Latitude:17.664 Geographic Description:BCC2-Crab Catcher2-November 2007 Longitude:-88.634 Latitude:17.661 Geographic Description:BCC3-Crab Catcher3-November 2007 Longitude:-88.642 Latitude:17.663 Geographic Description:BLM1-Limonal1-November 2007 Longitude:-88.786 Latitude:17.619 Geographic Description:JDIGI-1-Digicel Tower Marsh1-May 2008 Longitude:-77.783 Latitude:18.060 Geographic Description:JSL1-Slipe River1-May 2008 Longitude:-77.814 Latitude:18.064 Geographic Description:JSL10-Slipe River10-December 2007 Longitude:-77.814 Latitude:18.024 Geographic Description:JSL2-Slipe River2-May 2008 Longitude:-77.815 Latitude:18.026 Geographic Description:JSL3-Slipe River3-May 2008 Longitude:-77.810 Latitude:18.025 Geographic Description:JSL4-Slipe River4-May 2008 Longitude:-77.796 Latitude:18.026 Geographic Description:JSL5-Slipe River5-December 2007 Longitude:-77.796 Latitude:18.032 Geographic Description:JSL6-Slipe River6-December 2007 Longitude:-77.796 Latitude:18.032 Geographic Description:JSL7-Slipe River7-December 2007 Longitude:-77.813 Latitude:18.032 Geographic Description:JSL8-Slipe River8-December 2007 Longitude:-77.813 Latitude:18.025 Geographic Description:JSL9-Slipe River9-December 2007 Longitude:-77.692 Latitude:18.025 Geographic Description:YPETN-Peten North-December 2006 Longitude:-87.692 Latitude:19.801 Geographic Description:YPETS-Peten South-December 2006 Longitude:-87.510 Latitude:19.800 Geographic Description:YMARN-Marisma North Side-December 2006 Longitude:-87.713 Latitude:19.827 Geographic Description:YDAHS-Dahlbergia South-December 2006 Longitude:-87.960 Latitude:19.872 Geographic Description:YMAH17-Mahahual 17-December 2006 Longitude:-87.750 Latitude:18.972 Geographic Description:YMAH47-Mahahual 47-December 2006 Longitude:-87.510 Latitude:18.787 Geographic Description:YMARN-Marisma North Side-March 2008 Longitude:-87.960 Latitude:19.827 Geographic Description:YMAH17-Mahahual 17-March 2008 Longitude:-87.750 Latitude:18.972 Geographic Description:YMAH47-Mahahual 47-March 2008 Longitude:-87.000 Latitude:18.787 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2006-12-09 End Date: 2008-03-28 Data Table Entity Name: ST_PP_Lahee_001 Entity Description: Diatom Species Abundance Data from LTER Caribbean Karstic Region (CKR) study (FCE) in Yucatan, Belize and Jamaica Object Name: ST_PP_Lahee_001 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Region Attribute Label: Region Attribute Definition: Project Descriptor Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: B= BELIZE Y= YUCATAN,MEXICO J= JAMAICA Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Site_ID Attribute Label: Site_ID Attribute Definition: Collection Site ID Number Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: PELN = Peten North PELS = Peten South MARN = Marisma North Side DAHS = Dahlbergia South Side DC = Dawson's Creek NC = Nico's Creek EL = Eddie's Lagoon NRL = New River Lagoon BC = Bomb Crater CC = Crab Catcher LM = Limonal SL = Slipe River DIGI = Digicell Tower Marsh Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Replicate Attribute Label: Replicate ID Number Attribute Definition: 1 to 7 replicate samples were collected from each site Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: 1 to 7 replicate samples were collected from each site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: Sample date Attribute Definition: Sampling Collection Date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: ACEXSP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Achnanthes exigua ,Author=Grun. in Cleve & Grun.,Year Described=1880 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ACJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Achnanthes jmlsp01 cf minutissima Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ACMING Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Achnanthidium minutissimum,Author=Kutz.,Year Described=1833 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ACMISA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Achnanthidium minutissimum var saprophila Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ACPEPE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Achnanthes petersenii,Author=Hustedt,Year Described=1937 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMJLS3 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora jmlsp03 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMJLS6 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora jmlsp06 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMJLS7 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora jmlsp07 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMOVOV Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora ovalis,Author=(Kutz.) Kutz.,Year Described=1844 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AMSULS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Amphora sulcata,Author=Breb.,Year Described=1854 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ANJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Anomoeoneis jmlsp01 cf sphaerophora Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ANSPHA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Anomoeoneis sphaerophora,Author=(Ehrenb.) Pfitz.,Year Described=1871 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ATPARA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Actinella pararobusta,Author=Metzeltin and Lange-Bertalot,Year Described=1998 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: AUJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Aulacoseira jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: BRBREB Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Brachysira brebissonii,Author=R. Ross in Hartley,Year Described=1986 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: BRJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Brachysira jmlsp 01 SKMARN 4 MAR 208 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: BRNEON Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Brachysira neoexilis Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CACARI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Caponea caribbea Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CAJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Caloneis jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CMJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Cymbella jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CNJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Centric jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: COPLAC Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Cocconeis placentula,Author=Ehrenb.,Year Described=1838 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CRJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Craticula jmlsp01 cf cuspidata Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CRJLS3 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Craticula jmlsp03 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CYJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Cyclotella jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: CYMENM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Cyclotella meneghiniana,Author=Kutz.,Year Described=1844 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIJLS2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis jmlsp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIJLS3 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis jmlsp03 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIJLS4 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis jmlsp04 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIJLS6 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis jmlsp06 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIJLS7 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis jmlsp07 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIOBL2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis oblongella_2 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIOBLO Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis oblongella,Author=(Naegeli ex Kutz.) R. Ross,Year Described=1947 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: DIPARP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Diploneis parma,Author=Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ECJLSP1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonopsis jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ECMICM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonopsis microcephala Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ECSUMI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonopsis subminuta Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ENEVEE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonema evergladianum Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ENFTSP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonema ftsp Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ENSILE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Encyonema silaciacum,Author=(Bleisch in Rabenhorst) Mann,Year Described=1990 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EPJLS2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Epithemia jmlsp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUCAMC Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia camelus_1 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUFLEF Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia flexuosa,Author=Kutz,Year Described=1849 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUJLS2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia jmlsp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUJLS5 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia jmlsp05 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUJLS6 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia jmlsp06 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUJLS9 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia jmlsp09 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUKARN Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia karenae Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUMONM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia monodon_a,Author=Ehrenb.,Year Described=1843 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EUPIRL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia pirla_b,Author=Carter et Flower,Year Described=1988 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: EURABE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Eunotia rabenhorstiana Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FANANN Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria nanana Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FASYNS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria syngrotesca Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FAULND Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria ulna Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FLCAGR Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria capucina var gracilis,Author=Desm.,Year Described=1825 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FLCONS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria construens,Author=(Ehrenb.) Grun.,Year Described=1862 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FLJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Frustulia jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FLPYGM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fallacia pygmaea,Author=(Kutz.) Stickle & Mann,Year Described=1990 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FRFASC Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria fascicula,Author=(Agardh) Lange-Bertalot sensu lato,Year Described=1980 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FRJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Fragilaria jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: FRRHOSP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Frustulia rhomboides var. crassinervia Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOAFFA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema affine,Author=Kutz.,Year Described=1844 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOGRAG Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema gracile,Author=Ehrenb.,Year Described=1838 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOINTV Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema intricatum var. vibrio ,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1894 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOJLS2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema jmlsp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOMACL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema maclaughlinii Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOPARV Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema parvulum,Author=(Kutz.) Kutz.,Year Described=1849 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: GOVIBV Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Gomphonema vibrioides Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: HASPEC Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Hantzschia spectabilis,Author=(Ehrenb.) Hust.,Year Described=1959 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: JLSP02 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Unknown sp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: JLSP05 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Unknown sp05 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: JLSP10 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Unknown sp10 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: JLSP11 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Unknown sp11 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: JLSP12 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Unknown sp12 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MABRA1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia braunii,Author=Grun.,Year Described=1863 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MABRA2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia cf braunii_2 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MAELDA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia elliptica var danseii,Author=(Thwaites) Cleve,Year Described=1896 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MAELEL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia elliptica,Author=(Ag.) Cleve ex A. Schmidt,Year Described=1893 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MAJLS4 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia jmlsp04 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MALANL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia lanceolata,Author=Thwaites ex W. Sm.,Year Described=1856 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MASMIL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia smithii var lacustris,Author=Grun.,Year Described=1878 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: MASMIS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Mastogloia smithii,Author=Thwaites ex W. Sm.,Year Described=1856 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NABRAS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula brasiliana Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NACONS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula constans,Author=Hust. in Lange-Bertalot,Year Described=1980 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NACRYC Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula cryptotenella Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NADENS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula densilineolata Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAHEIM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula heimansioides Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAJLS5 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula jmlsp05 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAJLS6 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula jmlsp06 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAJLS7 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula jmlsp07 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAJLS8 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula jmlsp08 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAPALI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula palistinae Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAPSEU Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula pseudocressirotros Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NAPUSI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicella pusilla Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NARADR Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula radiosa,Author=Kutz.,Year Described=1844 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NASUBS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Navicula subtilissima Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NEDENS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Neidium cf densestriatum Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NEIMPL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Neidium cf impliatum Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NEJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Neidium jmlsp01 cf juba Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIAMPA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia amphibia f amphibia,Author=Grunow,Year Described=1862 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIDENT Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia denticula,Author=Grunow,Year Described=1880 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIJLS2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia jmlsp02 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIJLS4 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia jmlsp04 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIJLS5 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia jmlsp05 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIJLS6 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia jmlsp06 thermaloides Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIJLS7 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia jmlsp07 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NILACU Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia lacunarum,Author=Hust. in Lange-Bertalot,Year Described=1922 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIMICR Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia cf microcephala Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NINANN Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia nana Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIPALE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia palea,Author=(Kutz.) W. Sm.,Year Described=1856 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NISCAL Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia scalaris,Author=(Ehrenb.) W. Sm.,Year Described=1853 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NISEMI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia semirobusta Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NISERS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia serpentiraphe Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NITUBI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia tubicola Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NIVIVA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Nitzschia vivacior Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PAJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Parlibellus jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PGJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Plagiotropis jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIACRO Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia acrosphaeria 02,Author=(Breb.) Rabenh.,Year Described=1853 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIJLS4 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia jmlsp04 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIJLS7 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia jmlsp07 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIJLS8 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia jmlsp08 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIJLS9 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia jmlsp09 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIMJL1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf microstauron jmlsp01,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIMJL2 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf microstauron jmlsp02,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIMJL3 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf microstauron jmlsp03,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIMJL4 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf microstauron jmlsp04,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PIMJL5 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf microstauron jmlsp05,Author=(Ehrenb.) Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PINEOM Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia cf neomajor Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PISTOE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia stoermeri_2 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PISTOS Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pinnularia streptoraphe morph 01,Author=Cleve,Year Described=1891 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PLJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Pleurosigma jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: PRJLS1 Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Proschkina jmlsp01 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: RHGIBG Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Rhopalodia gibba,Author=(Ehrenb.) O. Mull.,Year Described=1895 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: ROLINE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Rossithidium lineare Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SBCURV Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Stenopterobia curvula Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SEEULE Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Seminavis eulensteinii Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SELALA Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Sellophora laevissima Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SEPUAQ Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Sellophora pupula var aquaeductae Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SEPUPP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Sellophora pupila,Author=(Kutz.) Mereschkowsky,Year Described=1902 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SLELEG Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Surrirella elegans,Author=Ehrenb.,Year Described=1843 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SSPIPI Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Staurosirella pinnata var pinnata,Author=(Ehrenb.) Williams & Round,Year Described=1987 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: STPHOP Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Stauroneis phoenicentron var jmlsp01,Author=(Nitzsch) Ehrenb.,Year Described=1943 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SUSMIN Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Stauroneis smithii var incisa,Author=Grun.,Year Described=1860 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SYACAN Attribute Label: Percent Abundance Diatom Species Attribute Definition: Synedra acus var angustissima,Author=Kutz.,Year Described=1844 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description Eleocharis wetland areas were located within the region of interest and before sampling was conducted, water chemistry measurements, including pH, conductivity, salinity and temperature, were taken. At each Eleocharis wetland site, seven 1m2 areas were sampled using 1m2 throw traps. At each plot, a photograph was taken to record the surface view of the quadrat and the cover of periphyton on dominant substrates estimated. Periphyton was then cleared from plot, placed onto a seine net and sorted to remove animals, plants and marl. Periphyton only samples were then measured using perforated 2000 ml graduated cylinder which excluded water, and the periphyton biovolume was recorded. Submersed plants were then measured in the graduated cylinder to produce a total biovolume (Periphyton plus submersed plant) biovolume. A subsample of 120 ml (volume of urine cup) of periphyton only material was removed and placed in a sterile sample bag and placed in a cooler with ice for transport to the lab. When no observable periphyton mat was present, flocculent detritus was sampled non-quantitatively from the benthos and/or epiphytic fils were scraped from any macrophytes present. In the laboratory, each periphyton sample (in its sample bag) was weighed and a wet weight plus bag value recorded. The sample was then transferred to clean beaker, homogenized in a few ml distilled water (enough to fully moisten). The total volume of the homogenized sample was then measured in a graduated cylinder and this volume recorded as the Total Volume. The dried sample bag was then weighed and a bag weight recorded. From the homogenized Total volume, a 50 ml subsample was poured into a pre-weighed aluminum pan, dried in an oven for 24 hours and later removed and weighed to produce a Periphyton dry mass (DW). This sample was then placed in a muffle furnace for 3 hours and again weighed to produce an ash weight (AW). A 50 ml subsample was removed, placed in a labeled 120 ml cup and placed in an oven until dry. The dried contents were then ground and analyzed for nutrients (total phosphorus, total nitrogen, total carbon). A 1 ml subsample was removed and placed in a microvial for soft algae analysis. A 10 ml subsample was removed, put in vial and frozen until oxidized and analyzed for diatom analysis. A 1 ml subsample was removed and filtered through a GFF filter which was then analyzed for chlorophyll a. Method Step Description Eleocharis wetland areas were located within the region of interest and before sampling was conducted, water chemistry measurements, including pH, conductivity, salinity and temperature, were taken. At each Eleocharis wetland site, seven 1m2 areas were sampled using 1m2 throw traps. At each plot, a photograph was taken to record the surface view of the quadrat and the cover of periphyton on dominant substrates estimated. Periphyton was then cleared from plot, placed onto a seine net and sorted to remove animals, plants and marl. Periphyton only samples were then measured using perforated 2000 ml graduated cylinder which excluded water, and the periphyton biovolume was recorded. Submersed plants were then measured in the graduated cylinder to produce a total biovolume (Periphyton plus submersed plant) biovolume. A subsample of 120 ml (volume of urine cup) of periphyton only material was removed and placed in a sterile sample bag and placed in a cooler with ice for transport to the lab. When no observable periphyton mat was present, flocculent detritus was sampled non-quantitatively from the benthos and/or epiphytic fils were scraped from any macrophytes present. In the laboratory, each periphyton sample (in its sample bag) was weighed and a wet weight plus bag value recorded. The sample was then transferred to clean beaker, homogenized in a few ml distilled water (enough to fully moisten). The total volume of the homogenized sample was then measured in a graduated cylinder and this volume recorded as the Total Volume. The dried sample bag was then weighed and a bag weight recorded. From the homogenized Total volume, a 50 ml subsample was poured into a pre-weighed aluminum pan, dried in an oven for 24 hours and later removed and weighed to produce a Periphyton dry mass (DW). This sample was then placed in a muffle furnace for 3 hours and again weighed to produce an ash weight (AW). A 50 ml subsample was removed, placed in a labeled 120 ml cup and placed in an oven until dry. The dried contents were then ground and analyzed for nutrients (total phosphorus, total nitrogen, total carbon). A 1 ml subsample was removed and placed in a microvial for soft algae analysis. A 10 ml subsample was removed, put in vial and frozen until oxidized and analyzed for diatom analysis. A 1 ml subsample was removed and filtered through a GFF filter which was then analyzed for chlorophyll a. Citation Welschmeyer, N A 34501. Fluorometric analysis of chlorophyll a in the presence of chlorophyll b and pheopigments. Limnology and Oceanography, 39(8): 1985-1992. Instrumentation Portable pH/Conductivity/Temperature meter Waterproof digital camera Portable GPS Periphyton methods: Biohomogenizer Hand held blender Fume hood Hot plate oven muffle furnace Gilman fluorometer Spectrophotometer Carbon and Nitrogen analyzer (TC/TN, Perkin Elmer 2400 CHNSO) Method Step Description Eleocharis wetland areas were located within the region of interest and before sampling was conducted, water chemistry measurements, including pH, conductivity, salinity and temperature, were taken. At each Eleocharis wetland site, seven 1m2 areas were sampled using 1m2 throw traps. At each plot, a photograph was taken to record the surface view of the quadrat and the cover of periphyton on dominant substrates estimated. Periphyton was then cleared from plot, placed onto a seine net and sorted to remove animals, plants and marl. Periphyton only samples were then measured using perforated 2000 ml graduated cylinder which excluded water, and the periphyton biovolume was recorded. Submersed plants were then measured in the graduated cylinder to produce a total biovolume (Periphyton plus submersed plant) biovolume. A subsample of 120 ml (volume of urine cup) of periphyton only material was removed and placed in a sterile sample bag and placed in a cooler with ice for transport to the lab. When no observable periphyton mat was present, flocculent detritus was sampled non-quantitatively from the benthos and/or epiphytic fils were scraped from any macrophytes present. In the laboratory, each periphyton sample (in its sample bag) was weighed and a wet weight plus bag value recorded. The sample was then transferred to clean beaker, homogenized in a few ml distilled water (enough to fully moisten). The total volume of the homogenized sample was then measured in a graduated cylinder and this volume recorded as the Total Volume. The dried sample bag was then weighed and a bag weight recorded. From the homogenized Total volume, a 50 ml subsample was poured into a pre-weighed aluminum pan, dried in an oven for 24 hours and later removed and weighed to produce a Periphyton dry mass (DW). This sample was then placed in a muffle furnace for 3 hours and again weighed to produce an ash weight (AW). A 50 ml subsample was removed, placed in a labeled 120 ml cup and placed in an oven until dry. The dried contents were then ground and analyzed for nutrients (total phosphorus, total nitrogen, total carbon). A 1 ml subsample was removed and placed in a microvial for soft algae analysis. A 10 ml subsample was removed, put in vial and frozen until oxidized and analyzed for diatom analysis. A 1 ml subsample was removed and filtered through a GFF filter which was then analyzed for chlorophyll a. Citation Solaranzo, L , J H Sharp. 29280. Determination of total dissolved phosphorus and particulate phosphorus in natural waters.. Limnology and Oceanography, 25: 754-758. Instrumentation Portable pH/Conductivity/Temperature meter Waterproof digital camera Portable GPS Periphyton methods: Biohomogenizer Hand held blender Fume hood Hot plate oven muffle furnace Gilman fluorometer Spectrophotometer Carbon and Nitrogen analyzer (TC/TN, Perkin Elmer 2400 CHNSO) Method Step Description Eleocharis wetland areas were located within the region of interest and before sampling was conducted, water chemistry measurements, including pH, conductivity, salinity and temperature, were taken. At each Eleocharis wetland site, seven 1m2 areas were sampled using 1m2 throw traps. At each plot, a photograph was taken to record the surface view of the quadrat and the cover of periphyton on dominant substrates estimated. Periphyton was then cleared from plot, placed onto a seine net and sorted to remove animals, plants and marl. Periphyton only samples were then measured using perforated 2000 ml graduated cylinder which excluded water, and the periphyton biovolume was recorded. Submersed plants were then measured in the graduated cylinder to produce a total biovolume (Periphyton plus submersed plant) biovolume. A subsample of 120 ml (volume of urine cup) of periphyton only material was removed and placed in a sterile sample bag and placed in a cooler with ice for transport to the lab. When no observable periphyton mat was present, flocculent detritus was sampled non-quantitatively from the benthos and/or epiphytic fils were scraped from any macrophytes present. In the laboratory, each periphyton sample (in its sample bag) was weighed and a wet weight plus bag value recorded. The sample was then transferred to clean beaker, homogenized in a few ml distilled water (enough to fully moisten). The total volume of the homogenized sample was then measured in a graduated cylinder and this volume recorded as the Total Volume. The dried sample bag was then weighed and a bag weight recorded. From the homogenized Total volume, a 50 ml subsample was poured into a pre-weighed aluminum pan, dried in an oven for 24 hours and later removed and weighed to produce a Periphyton dry mass (DW). This sample was then placed in a muffle furnace for 3 hours and again weighed to produce an ash weight (AW). A 50 ml subsample was removed, placed in a labeled 120 ml cup and placed in an oven until dry. The dried contents were then ground and analyzed for nutrients (total phosphorus, total nitrogen, total carbon). A 1 ml subsample was removed and placed in a microvial for soft algae analysis. A 10 ml subsample was removed, put in vial and frozen until oxidized and analyzed for diatom analysis. A 1 ml subsample was removed and filtered through a GFF filter which was then analyzed for chlorophyll a. Citation Hasle, G R , G A Fryxell. 25842. Diatoms: Cleaning and mounting for light and electron microscopy. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 89(4): 469-474. Instrumentation Portable pH/Conductivity/Temperature meter Waterproof digital camera Portable GPS Periphyton methods: Biohomogenizer Hand held blender Fume hood Hot plate oven muffle furnace Gilman fluorometer Spectrophotometer Carbon and Nitrogen analyzer (TC/TN, Perkin Elmer 2400 CHNSO) Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_PP_Lahee_001.txt Intellectual Rights These data are classified as 'Type II' whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE researchers to be released to restricted audiences according to terms specified by the owners of the data. Type II data are considered to be exceptional and should be rare in occurrence. The justification for exceptions must be well documented and approved by the lead PI and Site Data Manager. Some examples of Type II data restrictions may include: locations of rare or endangered species, data that are covered under prior licensing or copyright (e.g., SPOT satellite data), or covered by the Human Subjects Act, Student Dissertation data and those data related to the FCE LTER Program but not funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under LTER grants #DEB-9910514, and # DBI-0620409. Researchers that make use of Type II Data may be subject to additional restrictions to protect any applicable commercial or confidentiality interests. 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 Agreements #DEB-1237517, #DBI-0620409, and #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 Access Policy 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 productivity primary production periphyton biomass total phosphorus TP water quality organic content Belize Jamaica Yucatan Karstic wetlands diatoms species abundance communities pH water Data Submission Date: 2009-09-02 Maintenance This is a short-term primary production dataset and subsequent data wil be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Lahee_001 original. There is, at this time, no ongoing data collection for this project. Species information may periodically updated, and data files may be updated if the investigators think additional variables may be of use or if additional sampling sites are identified in the future. 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 Dataset Submission Date 2009-09-02 Data Submission Notes This file contains diatom species counts for each of the sample sites. Diatom counts of at least 500 cells were done for each site, the species abundances were relativised to total count and are represented here as the percent abundance. Information Management Notes This is a short-term primary production dataset and subsequent data wil be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Lahee_001 original. There is, at this time, no ongoing data collection for this project. Species information may periodically updated, and data files may be updated if the investigators think additional variables may be of use or if additional sampling sites are identified in the future. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.