APA NERR Site Water Quality Metadata Form April - December 1995 Latest Update: September 29, 1998
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Summary
Abstract:
Water quality monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) at four locations within or adjacent to the reserve. The following parameters are collected at least every 30 minutes: water temperature, specific conductivity, salinity, percent saturation, dissolved oxygen concentration, water depth, pH and turbidity. All water quality data loggers will be deployed from a known depth from the bottom at each site.
Purpose:
Research objectives The East Bay station collects water quality data associated with runoff from the Tates Hell Swamp area. This area was ditched, diked, and altered back in the late 1960's and early 1970's by timber companies. It shortened the drainage period and allowed increased runoff with a concommittant increase in pH which had a drastic affect ... on the biological communities in East Bay. Because of this some plugs were put in to slow drainage, but little restoration work was done. A large section, approximately 36,000 acres, was purchased in 1994 by the Northwest Florida Water Management District. An EPA grant will allow them to begin restoration of the site in 1995 to reduce non-point source runoff. Positioning the dataloggers at the surface and bottom in East Bay will allow the Reserve to monitor changes in water quality during this restoration effort. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Associated researchers and projects APA NERR has been using Hydrolab Datasonde 3¹s to monitor water quality at three stations in Apalachicola Bay since May of 1992. One of these stations was moved from the mid-bay area near the Intracoastal Waterway to the East Bay bottom site in January of 1993. The other two are located on two of the largest commercially important oyster bars in the bay. These stations, like East Bay, are intended to be long-term. Other associated researchers and projects which have utilized this water quality data are as follows: Northwest Florida Water Management District Tate¹s Hell Restoration Project Apalachicola Bay Freshwater Needs Study Tamplin, M. L., et.al./ Univ. of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Association of Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistance Profiles with Point and Nonpoint Sources of Escherichia coli in Apalachicola Bay Iverson, R./ Florida State University, Department of Oceanography c-14 Primary Productivity Nutrient Enrichment Chanton, J./ Florida State University, Department of Oceanography Food Web Relationships Utilizing Stable Isotope Ratios Fisher, W.S./ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, Florida Physiologic Variability of Eastern Oysters From Apalachicola Bay, Florida Niu, X./ Florida State University, Department of Statistics Edmiston, H.L., Bailey, G.O./ APA NERR Time Series Models for Salinity and Other Environmental Factors in the Apalachicola Estuarine System Other remarks/notes CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Observed SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Indirect Spatial Reference: Site location and character The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in the northwestern part of Florida, generally called the panhandle. It is located adjacent to the City of Apalachicola, and encompasses most of the Apalachicola Bay system, including 20 miles of the lower Apalachicola River. Passes, both natural and manmade, connect Apalachicola Bay to the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. East Bay is separated from Apalachicola Bay by two bridges and a causeway and is located to the north of the bay proper. The sampling site is located in the upper reaches of East Bay and is influenced by local runoff from Tates Hell, the East bay marshes, and distributary flow, some of which comes from the Apalachicola River via the East River. The piling location is latitude 29.402;47.15' N and longitude 84.402;52.52' W. Normal tidal range is approximately 0.5 meters. Salinity ranges from 0 to 30 ppt but is generally in the low range due to the freshwater input from the Tate¹s Hell drainage. The freshwater input is very tanic and usually dark colored. Flows vary with local rainfall and are not quantified due to the diverse sources of the runoff. Depth at mean high water is 2.2 meters. The bottom type is soft sediment, primarily silt and clay, with no vegetation present.
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
H. Lee Edmiston, George O. Bailey, Terri Calleson
Dataset Title:
APA NERR Site Water Quality Metadata Form April - December 1995 Latest Update: September 29, 1998
Dataset Release Date:
2006-02-08
Data Presentation Form:
Unknown
Other Citation Details:
NA
Online Resource:
http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The
collection is described in
noaanosnerr_d_nerrparent
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1995-04-01
Stop Date:
1995-12-31
Quality
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Anomalous/Suspect Data April, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 04/18/95 08:30:00 through 04/19/95 02:30:00 B) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were ... considered suspect: 4/21/95 03:00:00 through 4/30/95 23:30:00 The following portion of this D.O. data (%sat and mg/L) was deleted: 04/23/95 04:30:00 through 04/28/95 11:00:00 May, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 05/01/95 00:00:00 through 05/03/95 08:00:00 B) High pH values due to bad calibration standard for the following date/times were identified and deleted: 05/03/95 08:30:00 through 05/17/95 08:00:00 C) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 05/03/95 00:00:00 through 05/03/95 02:00:00 05/03/95 22:30:00 through 05/04/95 02:30:00 05/04/95 23:00:00 through 05/05/95 03:30:00 05/06/95 00:00:00 through 05/06/95 04:30:00 05/07/95 00:30:00 through 05/07/95 04:00:00 05/12/95 20:00:00 through 05/12/95 21:00:00 05/13/95 21:00:00 through 05/13/95 22:30:00 05/14/95 21:00:00 through 05/15/95 00:30:00 05/15/95 21:00:00 through 05/16/95 02:00:00 05/16/95 21:30:00 through 05/17/95 02:30:00 05/18/95 00:30:00 through 05/18/95 02:00:00 05/26/95 21:00:00 through 05/26/95 21:30:00 05/27/95 21:30:00 through 05/27/95 22:30:00 05/28/95 22:00:00 through 05/28/95 23:30:00 05/29/95 23:00:00 through 05/29/95 23:30:00 05/30/95 23:00:00 through 05/31/95 00:30:00 05/31/95 23:00:00 through 05/31/95 23:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) Low D.O. mg/L values for the following date/times were considered suspect, possibly due to biological interference. 05/02/95 10:30:00 through 05/02/95 13:30:00 June, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 06/01/95 00:00:00 through 06/01/95 11:00:00 B) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 06/28/95 05:00:00 through 06/28/95 11:00:00 C) A 0.5 unit shift in pH was observed at 06/28/95 12:00:00 upon deployment of a newly calibrated instrument. This shift is probably a result of fouling or drift in calibration in the instrument that was replaced. D) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 06/01/95 00:00:00 through 06/01/95 00:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times are considered suspect, possibly due to biological interference. 06/06/95 17:30:00 through 06/07/95 07:00:00 B) Downward trend in D.O. (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times near the end of deployment are considered suspect possibly due to fouling. 06/25/95 00:00:00 through 06/28/95 11:00:00 July, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 07/07/95 13:30:00 through 07/13/95 09:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) Extremely low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times were considered suspect and deleted due to the D.O. probe being out of tolerance of calibration: 07/27/95 09:30:00 through 07/31/95 23:30:00 B) High D.O. values (%sat) between the following date/times were considered suspect: 07/13/95 09:30:00 through 07/27/95 08:00:00 August, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) A 0.1 meter shift in depth was observed at 08/23/95 09:00:00 upon deployment of a newly calibrated instrument. B) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 08/01/95 00:00:00 through 08/31/95 00:00:00 C) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 08/02/95 14:00:00 through 08/02/95 23:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) Low D.O. (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times were considered suspect and deleted due to the probe being out of tolerance at calibration: 08/01/95 00:00:00 through 08/09/95 08:30:00 September, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 09/05/95 17:30:00 through 09/08/95 08:30:00 09/22/95 02:00:00 through 09/28/95 08:30:00 B) A 0.4 unit shift in pH was observed at 09/28/95 09:00:00 upon deployment of a newly calibrated instrument. This shift is probably a result of fouling or drift in calibration in the instrument that was replaced. East Bay Bottom (EB) A) Low D.O. values (% sat and mg/L) for the following date/times, apparently due to fouling, were considered suspect. 09/12/95 00:00:00 through 09/14/95 23:30:00 B) Low D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times, apparently due to fouling, were considered suspect and deleted. 09/15/95 00:00:00 through 09/28/95 08:30:00 October, 1995, East Bay Surface(ES) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 10/10/95 17:30:00 through 10/13/95 09:00:00 10/17/95 19:30:00 through 10/17/95 21:00:00 10/18/95 07:30:00 through 10/18/95 09:00:00 B) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 10/17/95 21:30:00 through 10/18/95 07:00:00 C) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect: 10/28/95 14:30:00 through 10/31/95 23:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) High D.O. %sat value considered suspect due to meter redeployment for 10/26/95 09:00:00 November, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect: 11/01/95 00:00:00 through 11/14/95 09:30:00 B) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 11/22/95 10:00:00 through 11/22/95 11:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect: 11/14/95 10:00:00 through 11/24/95 20:00:00 B) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 11/22/95 19:30:00 11/29/95 13:00:00 through 11/30/95 23:30:00 December, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect: 12/09/95 03:30:00 through 12/13/95 03:00:00 B) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect: 12/02/95 22:30:00 through 12/05/95 17:00:00 C) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 12/10/95 11:00:00 through 12/10/95 16:00:00 12/11/95 10:00:00 through 12/11/95 13:30:00 12/21/95 10:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 12/01/95 00:00:00 through 12/15/95 11:00:00 12/29/95 19:30:00 B) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect: 12/15/95 14:30:00 through 12/31/95 23:30:00 Post deployment information LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: NACOMPLETENESS REPORT: Data collection period East Bay surface sampling with the YSI began on April 17, 1995. East Bay bottom sampling began on May 1, 1995. Both continue through December 31 of this year. Deleted Data Missing Data April, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES): A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All values for 04/01/95 00:00:00 through 04/17/95 10:00:00 are missing because the dataloggers were not deployed until 04/17/95 10:30:00. C) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 04/18/95 08:30:00 through 04/19/95 02:30:00 D) D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were extremely low, probably due to fouling, and were deleted. 04/23/95 04:30:00 through 04/28/95 11:00:00 May, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES): A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 05/17/95 08:30:00 C) High pH values due to bad calibration standard for the following date/times were identified and deleted: 05/03/95 08:30:00 through 05/17/95 08:00:00 D) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 05/03/95 00:00:00 through 05/03/95 02:00:00 05/03/95 22:30:00 through 05/04/95 02:30:00 05/04/95 23:00:00 through 05/05/95 03:30:00 05/06/95 00:00:00 through 05/06/95 04:30:00 05/07/95 00:30:00 through 05/07/95 04:00:00 05/12/95 20:00:00 through 05/12/95 21:00:00 05/13/95 21:00:00 through 05/13/95 22:30:00 05/14/95 21:00:00 through 05/15/95 00:30:00 05/15/95 21:00:00 through 05/16/95 02:00:00 05/16/95 21:30:00 through 05/17/95 02:30:00 05/18/95 00:30:00 through 05/18/95 02:00:00 05/26/95 21:00:00 through 05/26/95 21:30:00 05/27/95 21:30:00 through 05/27/95 22:30:00 05/28/95 22:00:00 through 05/28/95 23:30:00 05/29/95 23:00:00 through 05/29/95 23:30:00 05/30/95 23:00:00 through 05/31/95 00:30:00 05/31/95 23:00:00 through 05/31/95 23:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB): A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. % sat. values are missing for the entire month due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger. C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to equipment problems: 05/03/95 07:00:00 through 05/17/95 08:30:00 June, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All variables from 06/01/95 11:30:00 through 06/14/95 08:30:00 missing due to communication problem with unit. C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 06/28/95 11:30:00 D) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 06/01/95 00:00:00 through 06/01/95 00:30:00 E) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 06/01/95 00:00:00 through 06/01/95 11:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB): A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. % sat values missing for the following dates/times due to parameter being disabled on the datalogger. 06/01/95 00:00:00 through 06/01/95 11:00:00 06/14/95 09:30:00 through 06/28/95 11:00:00 C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 06/01/95 11:30:00 through 06/01/95 13:00:00 06/14/95 09:00:00 06/28/95 11:30:00 July, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) High D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 07/07/95 13:30:00 through 07/13/95 09:00:00 C) All variables from 07/13/95 09:30:00 through 7/27/95 08:00:00 are missing due to communication problem with unit. East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. mg/L values are missing for the following dates/times due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 07/13/95 09:30:00 through 07/27/95 08:00:00 C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 07/27/95 08:30:00 through 07/27/95 09:00:00 D) Extremely low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times were considered suspect and deleted due to the D.O. probe being out of tolerance at calibration: 07/27/95 09:30:00 through 07/31/95 23:30:00 August, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 08/02/95 14:00:00 through 08/02/95 23:00:00 C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 08/09/95 09:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. % sat for the following dates/times are missing due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 08/09/95 9:00:00 through 08/23/95 08:30:00 C) All parameters are missing for the following dates/times due to the internal lithium battery failing in the datalogger: 08/23/95 09:00:00 through 08/31/95 23:30:00 D) Low D.O. (%sat and mg/L) for the following dates/times were considered suspect and deleted due to the probe being out of tolerance at calibration: 08/01/95 00:00:00 through 08/09/95 08:30:00 September, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All parameters are missing for the following dates/times due to the internal lithium battery failing in the datalogger: 09/01/95 00:00:00 through 09:08:95 08:30:00 C) D.O. % sat for the following dates/times are missing due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 09/08/95 09:00:00 through 09/28/95 08:30:00 D) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment 09/28/95 09:00:00 through 09/30/95 23:30:00 E) Low D.O. values(mg/L) for the following date/times, apparently due to fouling, were considered suspect and deleted. 09/15/95 00:00:00 through 09/28/95 08:30:00 October, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) Low D.O. values (%sat and mg/L), apparently due to fouling, for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 10/17/95 21:30:00 through 10/18/95 07:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All variables missing- no meter deployed for the following dates/times 10/01/95 00:00:00 through 10/13/95 09:00:00 C) D.O. % sat for the following dates/times are missing due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 10/13/95 09:30:00 through 10/26/95 08:30:00 November, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 11/22/95 10:00:00 through 11/22/95 11:00:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. % sat for the following dates/times are missing due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 11/14/95 10:00:00 through 11/30/95 23:30:00 C) All variables missing for the following dates/times due to low battery during deployment. 11/24/95 20:30:00 through 11/29/95 12:30:00 D) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and were deleted: 11/22/95 19:30:00 11/29/95 13:00:00 through 11/30/95 23:30:00 December, 1995, East Bay Surface (ES) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) All values except depth were identified as suspect and deleted due to the probes coming out of the water at low tide for the following date/times: 12/10/95 11:00:00 through 12/10/95 16:00:00 12/11/95 10:00:00 through 12/11/95 13:30:00 12/21/95 10:30:00 C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 12/15/95 11:30:00 East Bay Bottom (EB) A) All turbidity values for the entire month are missing due to the absence of a turbidity probe. B) D.O. % sat for the following dates/times are missing due to this parameter being disabled on the datalogger: 12/01/95 00:00:00 through 12/31/95 23:30:00 C) All variables are missing for the following date/times due to meter redeployment: 12/15/95 11:30:00 through 12/15/95 14:00:00 D) High D.O. values (mg/L) for the following date/times were considered suspect and deleted: 12/01/95 00:00:00 through 12/15/95 11:00:00 12/29/95 19:30:00 All times are in local time (EST). LINEAGE/PROCESS STEP: PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Additional Description: Entry verification YSI data are downloaded directly from the YSI 6000 into the PC6000 software, plotted, and initially analyzed for major anomalies and missing data. Hydrolab data are downloaded from the Hydrolab Datasonde 3 to PCPLUS software. Both YSI and Hydrolab raw data files are then downloaded as a comma delimited file (.cdf) and imported into Microsoft Excel as a comma-space delimited file (.csv). These raw data files are then organized into standardized monthly data sets using the import.xls macros. The import.xls macros generate a monthly spreadsheet, import the raw data, fill all empty cells with periods, change feet to meters for depth readings if necessary, and save the monthly files as either a .csv or .xls file. Once in monthly format, these files are then run through the cdmomac(ro)3.xls macros which identify outliers, insure correct number of data points for each Date/Hour count, and format the columns in the correct order and size. The monthly files are then carefully edited by staff for data anomalies which are identified in Section 11 (Data Anomalies) of this document. Any data that are deleted by staff are replaced with periods and identified in Section 12 (Missing Data) of this document. Monthly edited files are then sent as .xls files, along with an updated metadata form, to CDMO. PROCESS DATE: 20060208 
Access Constraints
Data collected in conjunction with the National Estuarine Research Reserve System's (NERRS) System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) is considered public information. Please see site for further information: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/aboutdata.htm LIABILITY: Distribution The Centralized Data Management Office re-processed all SWMP ... water data collected from 1995-2002 to include an identifying station code (three letter reserve code, two letter sampling site code and data type code), a four digit year date stamp (mm/dd/yyyy) and a corrected time column (hh:mm). With the new format, the use of periods to denote deleted or missing data has been abandoned. Hence, all periods contained in the SWMP water data collected prior 2003 were removed and left blank. 
Use Constraints
The principal investigator (PI) listed in the enclosed metadata retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and processed the data. Please see the site for further information: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/aboutdata.htm
Ancillary Keywords
apalachicola bay, apalachicola, florida, gulf of mexico, mid bay, east bay, dry bar, cat point, est pass, pilots cove, nicks hole
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Distribution
Distribution Format:
Ascii File, Formatted For Text Attributes, Declared Format (ASCII)NA
Fees:
Data is available at no charge.
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
301.405.4895
Fax:
301.314.9363
Email:
rosenberg at uarc.umd.edu
Contact Address:
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
Computer and Space Sciences Building
University of Maryland at College Park
City:
College Park
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20742-2431
Country:
USA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
518.786.5089
Email:
aweatherwax at siena.edu
Contact Address:
Siena College, 515 Loudon Road
City:
Loudonville
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
12211-1462
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2001-06-18
Last DIF Revision Date:
2010-07-07
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