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Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve Site Metadata Form Version 3.0 (January -December 1996) Latest Update: April 23, 2002

Entry ID: CDMO_delwq01-12.96m

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 Measurements are taken every 30 minutes over two week periods at two sites in the St. Jones River component and one site in the Blackbird Creek component of Delaware's National Estuarine Research Reserve. The St. Jones River is impacted by urbanization upstream and extensive agricultural activity throughout the basin. The Blackbird Creek is one of the least impacted riverine ... systems in Delaware.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Associated researchers and projects An extensive stormwater sampling and hydrodynamic modeling project is underway in the upper reaches of the St. Jones River Basin. This project includes flow weighted stormwater sampling to quantify pollutant loads from each of the major land uses found in the Basin.An additional stormwater sampling program is underway to analyze the impact of agricultural BMP's at sites in the Blackbird Creek Watershed, St. Jones River Watershed.A joint effort underway through NOAA's Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health and the DNERR characterization studies will initiate detailed monthly water quality sampling at three sites in each river over a two year period and will quantify the phytoplankton community with collections from the same sites. This project was scheduled to be initiated in February 1995.(See Section I.1. for research contacts.) II. Physical Structure Descriptors Other remarks/notes

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE:
Observed

SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION:
Indirect Spatial Reference: Site location and character The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve is comprised of two component sites, the St. Jones River and Blackbird Creek components. Both components are located along the Delaware Bay Coast. The St. Jones River Component is located in central Kent County Delaware, east of the State Capitol City, Dover. The Blackbird Creek component is located in the unincorporated area of Southern New Castle County. There are three sampling sites, two located in St. Jones component and one in the Blackbird Creek component. 1) Scotton Landing - is located in the Lower St. Jones River at the Scotton Landing Public Fishing Pier, just up stream of Delaware Route 113. The site is influenced by freshwater runoff from the relatively urbanized area upstream. Salinity ranges from 8 - 30 ppt. Tidal Range: Spring Mean (m) ? 1.26 Neap Mean (m) ? 1.13 Position: Latitude 39 degree 05' 05.9160" N Longitude 75 degree 27' 38.1049" W 2) Blackbird Landing - is located in the upper Blackbird Creek at Blackbird Landing Road. The site is influenced by freshwater runoff from unimpacted forested areas intermixed with agricultural land uses and a small amount of low- density development. Salinity ranges from 2-7 ppt. Tidal Range: Spring Mean (m) ? 1.12 Neap Mean (m) ? 1.13 Position: Latitude 39 degree 23' 19.5196" N Longitude 75 degree 38' 09.5882" W 3)Penrose Branch - is located in the headwaters of the St. Jones Basin, north of Dover and along Pearsons Corner Road. The site is predominately a forested wetland tributary system with agricultural landaus along the subcatchments fringe. Salinity is 0.00 ppt. Tidal Range: Not Applicable, freshwater Position: Latitude 39 degree 09' 52.77" N Longitude 75 degree 39' 01.52" W

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Geographic Coverage

Spatial coordinates

N: 39.41

S: 39.06

E: -75.37

W: -75.66

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: David B. Carter, Nasreen L. Faqiri, James D. Hewes, Jennifer Lukens, Carl Yetter,, Richard Field, Vinton Valentine, Alison Bailey, Lorna Hobart

Dataset Title: Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve Site Metadata Form Version 3.0 (January -December 1996) Latest Update: April 23, 2002

Dataset Release Date: 2006-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Version: Not provided

Data Presentation Form: Unknown

Other Citation Details: NA

Online Resource: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/

Parent DIF

This description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
noaanosnerr_d_nerrparent

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-01-01

Stop Date: 1996-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > DELAWARE

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > ESTUARINE WETLANDS

BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > ESTUARINE WETLANDS

Project

NERR > National Estuarine Research Reserve

Quality See http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/data/qaqc.cfm

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

DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Distribution

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

water quality

monitoring

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina

Data Center URL: http://www.northinlet.sc.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: TAMMY D. SMALL Phone: (843) 546-6219 Fax: (843) 546-1632 Email: tammy at belle.baruch.sc.edu Contact Address: University of South Carolina Baruch Marine Field Laboratory P.O. Box 1630 City: Georgetown Province or State: South Carolina Postal Code: 29442 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Format: Ascii File, Formatted For Text Attributes, Declared Format (ASCII)NA

Fees: Data is available at no charge.

Personnel

MARK DEL VECCHIO

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: METADATA AUTHOR

Contact Address:

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

City: Dover

Province or State: DE

Postal Code: 19901

Country: USA

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-02-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2018-11-12

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