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These databases are the result of long-term monitoring
begun in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the North Inlet Estuary,
Georgetown County, South Carolina. The National Science Foundation
funded the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program in the North
Inlet Estuary from 1981 to June, 1993. Each core database and
its variables are listed below.
- nitrogen (total whole, total filtered, particulate,
ammonia, nitrate-nitrite)
- phosphorus (total whole, total filtered, particulate,
orthophosphate)
- organic carbon (total, dissolved, particulate)
- total suspended sediment
- inorganic suspended sediment
- organic suspended sediment
- chlorophyll a, phaeophytin
Water quality parameters measured at the same time the
water sample was taken.
- salinity
- tide elevation
- water temperature
- secchi
Ancillary data & images
- Sediment (water) color
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- air temperature
- wind direction and speed
- maximum hourly wind speed
- barometric pressure
- solar radiation (Licor sensor: in microEinsteins/m2/s)
- solar radiation (Eppley sensor in Langleys/minute
measuring 280-2800 nm wavelengths)
Water quality parameters measured at the same time:
- water temperature
- water conductivity
- water level
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- Rain by event (start day/time & end day/time) in inches
and millimeters
- Total monthly rain by year in inches and millimeters
(summary data)
- Total annual rain by year in inches and millimeters
(summary data)
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- daily minimum and maximum air temperature
- 10:00am instantaneous air temperature
- daily minimum and maximum barometric pressure
- daily minimum and maximum relative humidity
- total daily precipitation
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- Daily (10:00am) measurements of ATP (nanograms per
milliliter) at three estuarine sites.
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Macrobenthic Infauna (MACRO)
(0.5mm - 20mm): 1981-1992 |
- Biweekly (every 2 weeks) species and taxon number per
replicate per
square meter
- Biweekly (every 2 weeks) species and
taxon average number per square meter
- Biweekly (every 2 weeks)
instantaneous physical data at time of collection.
- Biweekly (every 2 weeks) Total
organism abundance.
ANCILLARY DATA
- Biomass estimate equations for
species (see pages 20 & 21 in the
Project Documentation
(metadata)).
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- Biweekly (every two weeks) total catch Abundance &
Biomass
- Biweekly species richness
- Biweekly individual species total catch Abundance &
Biomass
- Biweekly species lengths
- Biweekly water physical data at time of collection
ANCILLARY DATA
- Efficiency collection data (1984-1988)
- Additional sampling site data (1983-1984)
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- Biweekly (every two weeks) 30 Taxa & Total
Epibenthos Mean Catch Abundance
- Biweekly water physical data at time of collection
ANCILLARY DATA
- Biweekly Number per Cubic Meter Catch Abundance per
Replicate
- Myrophis spp. Larvae Biweekly Mean Catch
Abundance (1981-2008)
- Larval Fish Lengths (1981-1985)
- Caridean Shrimp Lengths (1981-1982)
- Decapod Shrimp Life Stages (1984-1985)
- Biomass Estimates for all taxa
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ZPK zooplankton species (0.1 mm - 1 mm) abundance,
lengths, life stage (Biweekly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
MEIO meiobenthos species (0.1 mm - 0.5 mm)
abundance, life stage (Biweekly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
NIFISH nekton species (fish, shrimp, and crab)
abundance, biomass, length (1981-1984)
(Biweekly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
SPAT oyster spat growth at depth (Monthly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
IBIS nesting pair abundance
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
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20mm Fishes, Shrimps, & Crabs)
(known as OLFISH): 1983-2003
