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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
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USA
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2022-05-25
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Weekly surface water quality measurements in Narragansett Bay from 1959-2019
2022-07-28
publication
2022-07-28
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2022-08-12
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.874956.1
Tatiana A. Rynearson
University of Rhode Island
principalInvestigator
Patricia Thibodeau
University of Rhode Island
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
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Cite this dataset as: Thibodeau, P., Rynearson, T. A. (2022) Weekly surface water quality measurements in Narragansett Bay from 1959-2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-07-28 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.874956.1 [access date]
Weekly surface water quality measurements in Narragansett Bay (1959-2019) Dataset Description: Methods and Sampling: <p><strong>Methodology:</strong><br />
Surface water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a (chl a), silicate (SiO4), phosphate (PO4), ammonium (NH4), nitrate/nitrite (NO3/2), water clarity (Secchi depth) and light (irradiance) were collected weekly at the NBPTS location from 1959-2019.</p>
<p>The detailed methodology is included in Thibodeau et al., 2024 (doi: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311086121" target="_blank">10.1073/pnas.2311086121</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Sampling and analytical procedures:</strong><br />
Weekly surface water temperature and salinity were determined using a bucket sample. Total surface chl a was determined weekly at the NBPTS location from May 1968 to 2019, by filtering whole seawater over 25 mm diameter GF/F filters and measured fluorometrically using three protocols, either following Yentsch and Menzel (1963) as outlined in Li and Smayda (1998) after frozen storage at -20°C (1959-1997), or following Strickland and Parsons (1972) after frozen storage at -20°C (1997-2007), or following Graff &amp; Rynearson (2011) with no filter storage (2008-2019). We expanded an existing, corrected chl a data set (1999-2007) (Graff &amp; Rynearson 2011) by applying the same correction factor to historical chl a measurements (1968-1997) to account for pigment loss on frozen filters.</p>
<p>From 1959 to 2003, water samples for nutrients were collected with a plastic bucket and stored in 20 L polyethylene carboys until returned to the laboratory for analysis (within 90 minutes) (Furnas 1983) and then filtered through pre-rinsed GFC glass fiber filters (Furnas et al. 1976). Between 1969 and 1997, PO4, SiO4, and NO3 were determined via either manual colorimetric methods (Strickland &amp; Parsons 1972) or automated colorimetric methods using a Technicon autoanalyzer following the methodologies of (Furnas et al. 1976; Furnas 1983) and references therein (Armstrong 1951; Grasshoff 1966; Wood et al. 1967). NH4 concentrations were determined via the Witting-Buch method (Barnes 1959) from 1972 to 1980.</p>
<p>Post 1980, NH4 measurements were made via automated colorimetric methods using an autoanalyzer following the methodologies of Furnas et al. (1976), Furnas (1983), and (Solórzano 1969). Since only surface&nbsp;NO3 data were available before 1994, and only surface NO3/2 data were available in 1995 &amp; 1996, a correction factor of 1.04 was determined through regression analysis by comparing observed NO3/2 measurements from 2003 to 2019 with NO3 concentrations measured during the same period. Methods of analysis of PO4, SiO4, and NO3 from 1959 to 1963 were not described in the historic archives but were likely similar to methods used from 1969 to 1997 (colorimetric). From 2003 to 2019, surface nutrient samples for PO4, SiO4, NH4, and NO3/2 were collected weekly at NBPTS and kept on ice and filtered within one to three hours of collection.</p>
<p>Samples were run following Grasshoff (1976) for all nutrients as well as and EPA Method 353.4 for NO3/2, EPA Method 365.3 for NH4, EPA Method 365.5 and Murphy and Riley (1962) for PO4, and Parsons et al. (1984) for SiO4. Light, measured as irradiance (W m-2), was collected weekly at NBPTS from 1959 to 1996. Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data were obtained from the National Estuarine Research Reserve, Narragansett Bay station (41° 38.22’ N, 71° 20.34’ W) (http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/) to provide light data from 2003 through 2019. A conversion factor (2.1) was used to convert irradiance (W m-2) data from 1959 to 1996 into comparable data in the form of µmol m-2 s-1 (Sager &amp; McFarlane 1997). Secchi depth (i.e., water clarity) was measured weekly at NBPTS from 1972 to 1996 and then again from Dec. 2003 through 2019.</p>
<p><strong>No data were collected for the following parameters during the following years:</strong><br />
- Temperature: 1997-1999; 2012<br />
- Salinity: 1964-1970; 1997-1999; 2012<br />
- Secchi Depth: Collection did not begin until 1972, 1997-2003; 2012<br />
- Light: 1997-2003<br />
- Phosphate: 1964-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Ammonium: Collection did not begin until 1972; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Nitrate/nitrite: 1963-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Silicate: 1964-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003; 2010-2013<br />
- Chlorophyll: Collection did not begin until 1968; 1970-1971; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1994; 1995-1999; 2012</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1638834 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1638834
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1655686 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1655686
Funding provided by NSF Office of Integrative Activities (NSF OIA) Award Number: OIA-1655221 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1655221
completed
Tatiana A. Rynearson
University of Rhode Island
401-874-6022
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island 215 South Ferry Rd.
Narragansett
RI
02882
USA
rynearson@uri.edu
pointOfContact
Patricia Thibodeau
University of Rhode Island
207-749-3351
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island 215 South Ferry Rd.
Narragansett
RI
02882
USA
thibodeau@uri.edu
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Dataset Version: 1
Unknown
year
week
light
PO4
NH4
NO3_2
SiO4
Precip
Secchi_depth
Salinity
Temperature_SURF
ChlA
Lachat Quick Chem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer
Calibrated refractometer (American Optical)
Technicon Autoanalyzer
Calibrated thermometer (Fischer Scientific)
theme
None, User defined
year
time_point
irradiance
phosphate
Ammonium
nitrate plus nitrite
Silicate, Si(OH)4, silicic acid
precip_level
depth_secchi
sea surface salinity
water temperature at measurement depth
chlorophyll a
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BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
Flow Injection Analyzer
Refractometer
Technicon AutoAnalyzer II
Thermometer
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BCO-DMO Standard Instruments
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Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series
https://web.uri.edu/gso/research/plankton/
Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series
<p>The Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series is one of the world’s longest-running plankton surveys. Beginning in 1957, weekly samples have been collected to assess the phytoplankton community and characterize the physical parameters of Narragansett Bay.</p>
<p>Samples are collected once per week -regardless of tidal stage- for temperature, salinity, turbidity, size-fractionated chlorophyll a and nutrients. Microplankton community composition (size range >10μm, both species identification and abundance) is determined using a light microscope to quantify live samples. The species list for the >10μm size fraction includes 246 different species or species complexes of protists. Samples are also collected for the determination of copepod and ctenophore concentrations.</p>
<p>Funding for the time series has come from the University of Rhode Island since 1999. Ship time is frequently provided by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife.</p>
<p><strong>This Time Series is related to the following projects at BCO-DMO:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Connecting local, regional and global scales of gene flow in planktonic marine diatoms (<a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/511708">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/511708</a>)</li>
<li>Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Genetic, functional and phylogenetic diversity determines marine phytoplankton community responses to changing temperature and nutrients (<a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/712787">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/712787</a>)</li>
<li>LTER: Linking Pelagic Community Structure with Ecosystem Dynamics and Production Regimes on the Changing Northeast US Shelf (<a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/747769">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/747769</a>)</li>
<li>Quantifying Temperature Dependence In Growth & Grazing Rates of Planktonic Herbivores (<a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/739232">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/739232</a>)</li>
<li>RII Track-1: Rhode Island Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment, Innovation, and Modeling (<a href="https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/836631">https://www.bco-dmo.org/project/836631</a>)</li>
</ul>
NBPTS
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oceans
-71.39194
-71.39194
41.56861
41.56861
1959-01-01
2019-12-31
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Weekly surface water quality measurements in Narragansett Bay from 1959-2019
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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http://www.bco-dmo.org
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875326.rdf
Name: year
Units: unitless
Description: <p>4-digit year sample measurement was collected</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875327.rdf
Name: week
Units: weeks
Description: <p>week sample measurement was collected</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875328.rdf
Name: light
Units: Watts per meter squared (W m-2)
Description: <p>irradiance</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875329.rdf
Name: PO4
Units: micromolar (µM)
Description: <p>phosphate (PO4)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875330.rdf
Name: NH4
Units: micromolar (µM)
Description: <p>ammonium (NH4)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875331.rdf
Name: NO3_2
Units: micromolar (µM)
Description: <p>nitrate/nitrite (NO3/2)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875332.rdf
Name: SiO4
Units: micromolar (µM)
Description: <p>silicate (SiO4)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875333.rdf
Name: Precip
Units: inches (in)
Description: <p>Precipitation</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875334.rdf
Name: Secchi_depth
Units: meters (m)
Description: <p>Secchi depth</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875335.rdf
Name: Salinity
Units: unitless
Description: <p>salinity</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875336.rdf
Name: Temperature_SURF
Units: degrees Celsius (°C)
Description: <p>water temperature</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/875337.rdf
Name: ChlA
Units: milligrams chlorophyll per meter cubed (mg chl m-3)
Description: <p>chlorophyll a</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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02543
USA
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<p><strong>Methodology:</strong><br />
Surface water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a (chl a), silicate (SiO4), phosphate (PO4), ammonium (NH4), nitrate/nitrite (NO3/2), water clarity (Secchi depth) and light (irradiance) were collected weekly at the NBPTS location from 1959-2019.</p>
<p>The detailed methodology is included in Thibodeau et al., 2024 (doi: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311086121" target="_blank">10.1073/pnas.2311086121</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Sampling and analytical procedures:</strong><br />
Weekly surface water temperature and salinity were determined using a bucket sample. Total surface chl a was determined weekly at the NBPTS location from May 1968 to 2019, by filtering whole seawater over 25 mm diameter GF/F filters and measured fluorometrically using three protocols, either following Yentsch and Menzel (1963) as outlined in Li and Smayda (1998) after frozen storage at -20°C (1959-1997), or following Strickland and Parsons (1972) after frozen storage at -20°C (1997-2007), or following Graff &amp; Rynearson (2011) with no filter storage (2008-2019). We expanded an existing, corrected chl a data set (1999-2007) (Graff &amp; Rynearson 2011) by applying the same correction factor to historical chl a measurements (1968-1997) to account for pigment loss on frozen filters.</p>
<p>From 1959 to 2003, water samples for nutrients were collected with a plastic bucket and stored in 20 L polyethylene carboys until returned to the laboratory for analysis (within 90 minutes) (Furnas 1983) and then filtered through pre-rinsed GFC glass fiber filters (Furnas et al. 1976). Between 1969 and 1997, PO4, SiO4, and NO3 were determined via either manual colorimetric methods (Strickland &amp; Parsons 1972) or automated colorimetric methods using a Technicon autoanalyzer following the methodologies of (Furnas et al. 1976; Furnas 1983) and references therein (Armstrong 1951; Grasshoff 1966; Wood et al. 1967). NH4 concentrations were determined via the Witting-Buch method (Barnes 1959) from 1972 to 1980.</p>
<p>Post 1980, NH4 measurements were made via automated colorimetric methods using an autoanalyzer following the methodologies of Furnas et al. (1976), Furnas (1983), and (Solórzano 1969). Since only surface&nbsp;NO3 data were available before 1994, and only surface NO3/2 data were available in 1995 &amp; 1996, a correction factor of 1.04 was determined through regression analysis by comparing observed NO3/2 measurements from 2003 to 2019 with NO3 concentrations measured during the same period. Methods of analysis of PO4, SiO4, and NO3 from 1959 to 1963 were not described in the historic archives but were likely similar to methods used from 1969 to 1997 (colorimetric). From 2003 to 2019, surface nutrient samples for PO4, SiO4, NH4, and NO3/2 were collected weekly at NBPTS and kept on ice and filtered within one to three hours of collection.</p>
<p>Samples were run following Grasshoff (1976) for all nutrients as well as and EPA Method 353.4 for NO3/2, EPA Method 365.3 for NH4, EPA Method 365.5 and Murphy and Riley (1962) for PO4, and Parsons et al. (1984) for SiO4. Light, measured as irradiance (W m-2), was collected weekly at NBPTS from 1959 to 1996. Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data were obtained from the National Estuarine Research Reserve, Narragansett Bay station (41° 38.22’ N, 71° 20.34’ W) (http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/) to provide light data from 2003 through 2019. A conversion factor (2.1) was used to convert irradiance (W m-2) data from 1959 to 1996 into comparable data in the form of µmol m-2 s-1 (Sager &amp; McFarlane 1997). Secchi depth (i.e., water clarity) was measured weekly at NBPTS from 1972 to 1996 and then again from Dec. 2003 through 2019.</p>
<p><strong>No data were collected for the following parameters during the following years:</strong><br />
- Temperature: 1997-1999; 2012<br />
- Salinity: 1964-1970; 1997-1999; 2012<br />
- Secchi Depth: Collection did not begin until 1972, 1997-2003; 2012<br />
- Light: 1997-2003<br />
- Phosphate: 1964-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Ammonium: Collection did not begin until 1972; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Nitrate/nitrite: 1963-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003<br />
- Silicate: 1964-1970; Biweekly or no sampling 1988; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1993; 1997-2003; 2010-2013<br />
- Chlorophyll: Collection did not begin until 1968; 1970-1971; Biweekly sampling only 1990-1994; 1995-1999; 2012</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
<p><strong>Data Processing:</strong><br />
Data processed via Excel Version 2202 and R Version 4.1.2.</p>
<p><strong>BCO-DMO Processing:</strong><br />
- renamed fields to comply with BCO-DMO naming conventions;<br />
- replaced "NA" with "nd" (no data);<br />
- rounded all numeric fields to the 100th decimal position (0.00).</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
asNeeded
7.x-1.1
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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Lachat Quick Chem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer
Lachat Quick Chem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Lachat Quick Chem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer PI Supplied Instrument Description:From 2003 to 2019, surface nutrient samples for PO4, SiO4, NH4, and NO3/2 were filtered with acid washed 60 ml syringes and filtering tips (Millipore) using 0.45 mm cellulose filtering membranes (Millipore). Samples were run on a Lachat Quick Chem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer. Instrument Name: Flow Injection Analyzer Instrument Short Name:FIA Instrument Description: An instrument that performs flow injection analysis. Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an approach to chemical analysis that is accomplished by injecting a plug of sample into a flowing carrier stream. FIA is an automated method in which a sample is injected into a continuous flow of a carrier solution that mixes with other continuously flowing solutions before reaching a detector. Precision is dramatically increased when FIA is used instead of manual injections and as a result very specific FIA systems have been developed for a wide array of analytical techniques. Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB36/
Calibrated refractometer (American Optical)
Calibrated refractometer (American Optical)
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Calibrated refractometer (American Optical) PI Supplied Instrument Description:Surface water salinity was determined using a calibrated refractometer (American Optical) from 1959 to 2008. Instrument Name: Refractometer Instrument Short Name:Refractometer Instrument Description: A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from Snell's law and can be calculated from the composition of the material using the Gladstone-Dale relation.
In optics the refractive index (or index of refraction) n of a substance (optical medium) is a dimensionless number that describes how light, or any other radiation, propagates through that medium.
Technicon Autoanalyzer
Technicon Autoanalyzer
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Technicon Autoanalyzer PI Supplied Instrument Description:Between 1969 and 1997, PO4, SiO4, and NO3 were determined via either manual colorimetric methods or automated colorimetric methods using a Technicon autoanalyzer. NH4 measurements were also made via automated colorimetric methods using an autoanalyzer. Instrument Name: Technicon AutoAnalyzer II Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: A rapid flow analyzer that may be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. It is a continuous segmented flow instrument consisting of a sampler, peristaltic pump, analytical cartridge, heating bath, and colorimeter. See more information about this instrument from the manufacturer. Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0291/
Calibrated thermometer (Fischer Scientific)
Calibrated thermometer (Fischer Scientific)
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Calibrated thermometer (Fischer Scientific) PI Supplied Instrument Description:Surface water temperature was determined using a bucket sample calibrated thermometer (Fischer Scientific) from 1959 to 2008. Instrument Name: Thermometer Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: A device designed to measure temperature.