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National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Water Quality Monitoring Program

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Summary

Abstract: Water quality monitoring is conducted, for all 22 National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites, at two locations within or adjacent to the Reserve. These two locations monitor a reference non-impacted site (baseline condition) and a non-point source pollution site. The following parameters are measured at least every 30 minutes: water temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen ... (percent saturation and concentration mg/L), pH, turbidity, and water depth. All water quality data loggers (YSI's) are deployed from a known depth from the bottom at each site.

The National Estuarine Research Reserve data is collected to fulfill two major goals: to support state-specific non-point source pollution control programs by establishing local networks of continuous water quality monitoring stations in representative protected estuarine ecosystems; and to develop a nationwide database on baseline environmental conditions in the NERR system of estuaries.

The System-wide Monitoring Program seeks to &identify and track short-term variability and long-term changes in the integrity and biodiversity of representative estuarine ecosystems and coastal watersheds for the purposes of contributing to effective national, regional, and site specific coastal zone management&. This comprehensive program consists of three phased components: (1) abiotic factors (i.e. water quality & meteorological monitoring), (2) biodiversity monitoring, and (3) land use planning analysis. With the initial focus on phase (1), the NERR System-wide Monitoring Program will provide data necessary for site and inter-site baseline studies, trend analyses and impact assessment.

See individual National Estuarine Research Reserve sites for citation, time period of content, geographic descriptions, experimental design: ACE Basin, South Carolina; Apalachicola Bay, Florida; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia; Delaware NERR, Delaware; Elkhorn Slough, California; Great Bay, New Hampshire; Hudson River, New York; Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico; Jacques Cousteau/Mullica River, New Jersey; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; North Inlet-Winyah Bay, South Carolina; North Carolina NERR, North Carolina; Old Woman Creek, Ohio; Padilla Bay, Washington; Rookery Bay, Florida; Sapelo Island, Georgia; South Slough, Oregon; Tijuana River, California; Wells, Maine; Weeks Bay, Alabama; Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts.

Information for this metadata was taken from the Water Quality Data Dissemination Page and individual site pages which can be accessed at - http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 43.5

S: 18.0

E: -65.9

W: -117.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Ocean Coastal Resource Management, National Estuarine Research Reserve

Dataset Title: National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Water Quality Monitoring Program

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: Georgetown, South Carolina

Dataset Publisher: NOAA, NOS, Ocean and Coastal Resource Mgmt., National Estuarine Research Reserve

Data Presentation Form: spreadsheet

Online Resource: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > TURBIDITY

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Project

NERR > National Estuarine Research Reserve

GOMODP > Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Quality See section Number 10 and 11 for each year and each site listed at http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

Access Constraints Data collected in conjunction with the National Estuarine Research Reserve System's (NERRS) National Monitoring Program is considered public information. Please see site for further information: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

Use Constraints The principal investigator (PI) listed in the enclosed metadata reporting statement retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and processed the data. Please see: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

Ancillary Keywords

ACE BASIN, SOUTH CAROLINA

APALACHICOLA BAY, FLORIDA

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina

Data Center URL: http://www.northinlet.sc.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: TAMMY D. SMALL Phone: (843) 546-6219 Fax: (843) 546-1632 Email: tammy at belle.baruch.sc.edu Contact Address: University of South Carolina Baruch Marine Field Laboratory P.O. Box 1630 City: Georgetown Province or State: South Carolina Postal Code: 29442 Country: USA

Personnel

TAMMY D. SMALL

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (843) 546-6219

Fax: (843) 546-1632

Email: tammy at belle.baruch.sc.edu

Contact Address:

University of South Carolina

Baruch Marine Field Laboratory

P.O. Box 1630

City: Georgetown

Province or State: South Carolina

Postal Code: 29442

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-03-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-05-28

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