Dataset: rocky intertidal biomimic

Name: Environmental data collected from biomimetic and other data loggers located in rocky intertidal zones of global oceans between July 1999 and October 2013
Published: 2015-04-13
Keywords: ecosystem, climate change, rocky intertidal, time series, water temperature, water depth, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, air pressure, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation, body temperature, thermal stress, biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.649882

Spatial Extent: N:50 E:150 S:-50 W:-150

Temporal Extent: 1999-07-01 - 2013-10-31

Project:

Environmental signal analysis: Monitoring the impacts of climate change on rocky intertidal ecosystem across a cascade of scales (Monitoring Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems)

Principal Investigator:

Brian Helmuth (Northeastern University)

Contact:

Francis Choi (Northeastern University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Robert C. Groman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

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

Version:

13 April 2015

Version Date:

2015-04-13

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Environmental data collected from biomimetic and other data loggers located in rocky intertidal zones of global oceans between July 1999 and October 2013

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2015-04-13	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.649882	2016-10-13
2015-04-13	Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE)		2016-11-13

Description

Environmental data (water temp, air temp, etc.) from biomimic devices and other loggers located in the rocky intertidal zone.

Methods & Sampling

Biomimetic loggers (instruments that closely mimic the thermal characteristics of animals) that can be deployed in the field, have been deployed at multiple sites along the west coast of North America. Data from these devices is recorded at regular time intervals.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO processing notes:
- Re-sorted data provided in original Excel file containing site metadata.
- Replaced "N/A" and missing values with "nd" to indicate "no data".
- Replaced spaces with underscores.
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.

Data Files

File
rocky_intertidal_biomimic.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 9.99 GB) MD5:eb8df91b079b7870767e5c9cc885423d Primary data file for dataset ID 555780

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0926581

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
rocky_intertidal_devices		1999-07-04	Helmuth_Lab		data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
latitude	Latitude of the site.	decimal degrees	lat
longitude	Longitude of the site.	decimal degrees	lon
value	Value of the data reported; data type and units is dependent on logger type. Refer to 'data_description' for type of data and units.	refer to data_description	no_bcodmo_term
microsite_id	Microsite identification number (where the first four characters indicate the type of logger, and the next six characters are the site_id). Logger type codes: ABAP = Air Pressure (atm) ABAT = Air Temperature (degrees C) ABDP = Dew Point (degrees C) ABGS = Gust Speed (mph) ABPL = Water Pressure (atm) ABRA = Precipitation (inches) ABRH = Relative Humidity (%) ABSR = Solar Radiation (W/m^2) ABWD = Wind Direction (degrees) ABWS = Wind Speed (mph) ABWT = Water Temperature (degrees C) BMRB = robobarnacle body temperature (degrees C) BMRC = robocoral body temperature (degrees C) BMRM = robomussel body temperature (degrees C) BMRO = robooyster body temperature (degrees C) BMRS = roboseastar body temperature (degrees C) BMRT = robotidepool body temperature (degrees C)	text	Site_ID
biomimic	Type of biomimic or logger.	text	no_bcodmo_term
country	Country name.	text	site
state_province	State/province name.	text	site
site_id	6-character site identification code (where the first two characters indicate the country, the next two characters indicate the state/province, and the last two characters represent the site).	text	Site_ID
site_name	Name of the site.	text	site
zone	Zone of the beach. Possible values: 0m, 1m, 2m, 5m, 10m, 14m, 20m, 30m, 40m, low, mid high.	text	site_descrip
sub_zone	Sub-zone of the beach. Possible values: backreef, lagoon, forereef, low, low mid, mid, high mid, high, terr.	text	site_descrip
wave_exp	Wave exposure (exposed or protected).	text	site_descrip
organism	Organism related to the biomimic, or the type of logger.	unitless	taxon
filedate	4-digit year and month name of the data file.	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
data_description	Type of data (and units) reported from the biomimic or logger. (e.g. Air_Pressure_mbar, Air_Temp_C, DewPt_C, Gust_speed_m/s, Rain_mm, R_Humidity_%, Temp_C)	unitless	brief_desc
date	Year, month, and day of when the value was recorded (GMT time) in YYYY-mm-dd format.	unitless	date
time	Time, in hours and minutes, when the value was recorded (GMT time) in HH:MM format.	unitless	time
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Date and time (UTC) formatted to the ISO 8601 standard in YYYY-mmddTHH:MM:SS.xxZ format.	yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'	ISO_DateTime_UTC