PIE LTER year 2017, 15 minute measurements of conductivity, water temperature in a small headwater stream draining draining a mainly forested catchment (55% forest + 19% wetland), Cart Cr., Newbury, MA.

Summary

Short name: 

WAT-Forest-CartCreek-Cond-2017

Abstract: 

Year 2017, continuous measurements every 15 minutes were made of conductivity, water temperature in Cart Creek, Newbury, MA, a small headwater stream draining a mainly forested catchment (55% forest + 19% wetland) in the Parker River watershed. The datalogger was retrieved in August, 2017 and returned to Dr. Green.

Data set ID: 

510

EML revision ID: 

1
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Wollheim, W., Green, M. 2019. PIE LTER year 2017, 15 minute measurements of conductivity, water temperature in a small headwater stream draining draining a mainly forested catchment (55% forest + 19% wetland), Cart Cr., Newbury, MA. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1494705be2f6d9555b5e4c27f9cf7d73
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Dates

Date Range: 

Sunday, January 1, 2017 to Sunday, December 31, 2017

Publication Date: 

Saturday, July 27, 2019
People

Owner/Creator: 

Wilfred Wollheim
Mark Green

Contact: 

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

Project: 

Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
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Data sources: 

WAT-Forest-CartCreek-Cond-2017_csv
WAT-Forest-CartCreek-Cond-2017_xls
Methodology

Methods: 

Conductivity and water temperature were measured using a HOBO datalogger suspended inside a perforated PVC pipe in the center of the stream channel.

Specific conductance was calculated using a conductivity assistant in the HOBOware software.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH LOCATION COORDINATES: In addition to the decimal degree coordinates given above, locations are also given here in Massachusetts State Plane coordinates. The stream is called Cart Creek and is located in Newbury MA. Some residential area is present (~10% of the basin). In addition, I-95 passes through the center of the catchment, resulting in roughtly 8% impervious surface area. Beaver have also been actively present since roughtly the mid-2000s and have created a number of impoundments spanning the length of the stream.

STATION  STATE X  STATE Y
YSI-CC  247680  946790

FLAGS:
1 -- Datalogger malfunction
2 -- Datalogger not deployed

 

Maintenance: 

Measurements completed for year

Version 01: July 27, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jun2019.xlsm 6/7/19 12:58 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0