BEN-PR-Sed-Porewater_csv

Sediment porewater nutrients, sulfide, pH, and alkalinity in the Parker and Rowley River, Massachusetts

Variables
DATE
  • Label: DATE
  • Definition: date of sample collection
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: dd-mon-yyyy
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
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:
    • NA = missing
SAL
  • Label: SAL
  • Definition: salinity (ppt)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: partPerThousand
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
HS
  • Label: HS
  • Definition: porewater hydrogen sulfide (mM-S)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: millimolePerLiter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
NH4
  • Label: NH4
  • Definition: porewater ammonium (µM-N)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: micromolePerLiter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
NO3
  • Label: NO3
  • Definition: porewater nitrate + nitrite (µM-N)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: micromolePerLiter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
PO4
  • Label: PO4
  • Definition: porewater soluble reactive phosphorus (µM-P)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: micromolePerLiter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
pH
  • Label: pH
  • Definition: porewater pH
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
ALK
  • Label: ALK
  • Definition: porewater alkalinity (mEq)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: milliequivalentPerLiter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = missing
COMMENTS
  • Label: COMMENTS
  • Definition: information pertaining to individual data points
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

Header lines: 

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Orientation: 

Column

Quote character: 

"

Field delimiter: 

,

Record delimiter: 

\r\n

Number of records: 

458