Dataset: Mote Flats 2015-2016

Name: Temperature and light intensity recordings from a shallow-water habitat on the south side of Summerland Key, Florida from May 2015-May 2016.
Published: 2018-01-25
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:24.6609 E:-81.4561 S:24.6609 W:-81.4561

Temporal Extent: 2015-05-30 - 2016-12-31

Project:

RAPID - Abnormal bleaching in Cliona varians in the Florida Keys: Consequences for coral reef health (SPONGETROPHIES)

Principal Investigator:

Malcolm Hill (University of Richmond)

Version:

Version Date:

2018-01-25

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Temperature and light intensity recordings from a shallow-water habitat on the south side of Summerland Key, Florida from May 2015-May 2016.

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Description

These data are temperature and light intensity recordings from a shallow-water (<1 m) habitat on the south side of Summerland Key, Fl.

These data are published in:

Hill M, Waters C, Bartels E (2016) A mass bleaching event involving clionaid sponges. Coral Reefs 35(1): 153.

Methods & Sampling

Data recorders were attached to the substratum with cable ties attached to a cement block. Temperature recordings were made from Spring of 2015 to Summer of 2016.

The first data logger had an recording interval of 30 min. It was removed on October 11, 2015 at 10:00, and replaced later in the day (October 11, 2015; 15:00). The new data logger had a recording interval set to 15 min. That data logger was collected on January 7th, 2016 (9:45), and replaced (12:00) with a logger that had a measuring interval of 30 mins.

Problem report: Data loggers were not kept free of algae, and thus the light intensity measurements become unreliable later in the deployment. Algal growth was noticeable after approximately 3 weeks.

Data Processing Description

Data were processed using Hoboware.

BCO-DMO Processing notes:
-changed parameter names to BCO-DMO conventions
-reformatted time to hh:mm
-reformatted day to dd

Data Files

File
724656.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 701.80 KB) MD5:82a358415a07a5da743d55b71b6a303a Primary data file for dataset ID 724656

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1617255

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Temperature Logger

Supplied Name: Hobo Pendant Temperature/Light 64K Data Logger

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Temperature Logger

Generic Description:

Records temperature data over a period of time.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Day	Day of month of recording	dd	day
Intensity	Light intensity recording	Lux	no_bcodmo_term
Month	Month of recording	name	month
Temperature	Temperature recording	degrees Celsius	temp
Time	Time of recording	hh:mm	time
Year	Year of recording	yyyy	year

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Dataset: Mote Flats 2015-2016