BEN-PR-Sed-Solids_csv

Bulk carbon, nitrogen, porosity, chlorophyll a and phaeopigments in sediments of the Parker and Rowley Rivers, Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts, PIE LTER.

Variables
DATE
  • Label: DATE
  • Definition: date of sample collection
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values: None specified
STATION-CURRENT
  • Label: STATION-CURRENT
  • Definition: current name of sampling station, following naming protocol
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
STATION-PREVIOUS
  • Label: STATION-PREVIOUS
  • Definition: name of sampling station prior to establishment of naming protocol
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
River Km
  • Label: River Km
  • Definition: kilometer distance, mid-channel, upstream from mouth of Plum Island Sound (RK= 0)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: kilometer
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
LAT
  • Label: LAT
  • Definition: Latitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: degree
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
LON
  • Label: LON
  • Definition: Longitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: degree
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
INT TOP
  • Label: INT TOP
  • Definition: depth to top of sediment section, given as negative to indicate subsurface (cm)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
INT BOT
  • Label: INT BOT
  • Definition: depth to bottom of sediment section, given as negative to indicate subsurface (cm)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
DEPTH
  • Label: DEPTH
  • Definition: average depth of sediment increment of section sampled, given as negative to indicate subsurface (cm)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
%C
  • Label: %C
  • Definition: percent carbon of bulk sediment
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
%N
  • Label: %N
  • Definition: percent nitrogen of bulk sediment
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
C/N
  • Label: C/N
  • Definition: carbon to nitrogen (atom) ratio of the bulk sediment
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
CHLA
  • Label: CHLA
  • Definition: chlorophyll a of the bulk sediment (µg CHLa cm-3)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
PHAEO
  • Label: PHAEO
  • Definition: phaeopigment concentration of the bulk sediment (µg phaeopigment cm-3)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
POR
  • Label: POR
  • Definition: sediment porosity (g water cm-3)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerCentimeterCubed
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
COMMENTS
  • Label: COMMENTS
  • Definition: information pertaining to individual data points
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

Header lines: 

1

Orientation: 

Column

Field delimiter: 

,

Record delimiter: 

\r\n

Number of records: 

939