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Biological Baseline Studies of Mobile Bay: Hydrography (1980-1981)

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Hydrographic data were collected monthly from eight stations within Mobile Bay from April 1980 to April 1981 (14 sampling trips), and one station until August 1981 (4 additional trips). Data include water temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and percent light transmission.

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Author Mimi Tzeng
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-02-27
ISO.author Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.author.1 Thomas S. Hopkins and Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
ISO.author.1.2 Thomas S. Hopkins and Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
ISO.custodian Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.publisher.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.publisher.1.2 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.resourceProvider Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Mobile Bay, Bon Secour, East Mississippi Sound, Alabama
Temporal Begin 1980-04-03
Temporal End 1981-08-26
Theme Keywords temperature, salinity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, percent light transmission, water quality, hydrography, benchmark survey, baseline survey
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC) and the Alabama Coastal Area Board (contracts 80-05 and 81-03) is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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