Dataset: Stillwater Cove temperature time series

Name: Temperature time-series data from 4 depths in the Central California kelp forest, measured at the Stillwater Cove Mooring from 2010-2012 (Climate Change Kelp project)
Published: 2014-01-24
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.4049.1

Spatial Extent: N:36.560731 E:-121.9459 S:36.560731 W:-121.9459

Temporal Extent: 2010-06-14 - 2012-09-28

Project:

Effects of ocean climate change on recruitment of kelp populations (Climate Change Kelp)

Principal Investigator:

Michael H Graham (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Professor Christopher Harley (University of British Columbia, UBC-Zoo)

Contact:

Arley Muth (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2014-01-24

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/4049/data

Temperature time-series data from 4 depths in the Central California kelp forest, measured at the Stillwater Cove Mooring from 2010-2012 (Climate Change Kelp project)

Abstract:

Temperature data from 4 depths at the study site in the giant kelp forest habitat of the Central California Coast. Temperature was recorded every 5 minutes from June 2010 to October 2012.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2014-01-24	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.4049.1	2019-11-14

Description

Temperature data from 4 depths at the study site in the giant kelp forest habitat of the Central California Coast. Temperature was recorded every 5 minutes from June 2010 to October 2012.

Acquisition Description

Onset Stowaway Tidbits (+/- 0.2C) were positioned at 0.5, 4.8, 8, and 13.5 m along a mooring line at the study site. The loggers were set to record temperature every 5 minutes and were swapped out approximately every 3 months by divers.

Related publications and references:
Fox, M.D. 2013 Resource translocation drives d13C fractionation during recovery from disturbance in giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Journal of Phycology 49(5), 811-815. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12099

Processing Description

Data were downloaded in the lab and converted to tab delimited text files. Data were quality controlled and trimmed to fit accurate temperature recordings and cut to minimize the data gaps between collection and deployment of new loggers. After deployment the loggers took approximately 2 hours to equilibrate to ambient water temperature. Comparison between the temperature data on a logger just prior to collection and the temperature data at the time of deployment for a logger collected the following month were used to identify accurate data measurements and outliers were removed from the data set. Occasionally an entire record for a particular depth was lost due to instrument failure.

Files were named labeled with a letter indicating which depth in the water column they were collected (S=surface (0.5 m), T=top (4.8 m), M=Middle (8 m), B=bottom (13.5 m)). Dates in the file names indicate the dates of deployment to retrieving the tidbits.

Missing Dates:
Surface - June 2010 to September 2010
Top - July 2012 to September 2012
Mid - September 2011 to December 2011

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0752523

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
SCove_Moor_MHG		2010-06-14	Stillwater Cove Mooring	Michael H Graham (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Water Temperature Sensor

Supplied Description:

Onset Stowaway Tidbits (+/- 0.2C) were deployed at 0.5, 4.8, 8, and 13.5 meters depth.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Water Temperature Sensor

Acronym: Water Temp Sensor

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/134/

Generic Description:

General term for an instrument that measures the temperature of the water with which it is in contact (thermometer).

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Name of the study site.	text	site
site_descrip	Description of the study site.	text	site_descrip
lat	Latitude of the study site.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the study site.	decimal degrees	lon
depth	Depth in the water column at which the temperature logger was positioned.	meters	depth
depth_comment	Description of the depth within the water column at which the temperature logger was positioned.	text	depth_comment
month_local	2-digit month (Pacific Standard Time) of the temperature record in mm (01 to 12) format.	unitless	month_local
year_local	4-digit year (Pacific Standard Time) of the temperature record in YYYY format.	unitless	year
day_local	2-digit day (Pacific Standard Time) of the temperature record in dd (01 to 31) format.	unitless	day_local
time_local	Local time (Pacific Standard Time) in hours, minutes, and decimal minutes of the temperature record in HHMM.mm format.	unitless	time_local
temp	Water temperature in degrees Celsius.	degrees Celsius	temp
ISO_DateTime_Local	Date and time formatted to ISO8601 standard. Dates and times are local (Pacific Standard Time) in YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.ss format.	unitless	ISO_DateTime_Local
yrday_local	Local day and decimal time, as 326.5 for the 326th day of the year at noon, or November 22 at 1200 hours.	dimensionless	yrday_local