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Title: Physical, chemical, and biological data as part of continuous monitoring in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in 2003 and 2004 (NODC Accession 0117321)
Abstract: Continuous monitoring data that includes water temperature, conductivity, salinity, water level, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pressure, and resistivity collected on both the north and south sides of the causeway in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.

Purpose: Within the Delta proper, a large dike-like causeway built in the late 1920s has severed a number of once open bays from immediate contact with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. By altering tidal exchange and volume of flow, this hydrological modification may have altered the ecological function and biodiversity of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta as well. To address this question, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program funded a one year study designed to collect preliminary data assessing causeway impacts on the ecology of the lower Mobile-Tensaw Delta.
Date received: 20140321
Start date: 20030728
End date: 20040111
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Alabama, Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -88.0119
East boundary: -87.9097
North boundary: 30.7712
South boundary: 30.644
Observation types: benthic, biological, chemical, continuous, laboratory analyses, physical, sediment analysis, site samples, time series, trawl, water chemistry
Instrument types: conductivity sensor, laboratory analysis, multi-parameter water quality sensor, nephelometer, net, oxygen sensor, pressure sensor, sediment sieve, temperature sensor, trawl, visual observation, water level recorder
Datatypes: AMMONIA (NH3), ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS, CHLOROPHYLL A, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FISH CENSUS, FISH SPECIES, HUMAN ACTIVITY, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, nitrate + nitrite content (concentration), NUTRIENTS, SALINITY, SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE, SEDIMENTS, SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON, Total nitrogen, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, turbidity, WATER LEVEL, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Tzeng, Mimi
Submitting institution: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Collecting institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Contributing projects: MBNEP
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Spreadsheets and *csv files contain data for four continuous monitoring sites.

A PDF of the Final Report contains plots and tables of data from both the hydrological and biological stations, including statistical analysis.

PI: John Valentine
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2014-03-21 17:41:06+00
Editdate: 2014-04-02 15:10:43+00