Alabama Phytoplankton Monitoring Network: phytoplankton composition and abundances along the Alabama coastline (2007-2011)

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Phytoplankton identification and enumeration from nine regular stations (and one occasional) along the Alabama coastline from 2007 to 2011. Phytoplankton are broadly categorized as dinoflagellate, diatom, or other, and identified to lowest taxon possible. A number of water parameters were measured during each sampling event, including air and water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicate, pH, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and water clarity (secchi disk).

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Last Updated July 22, 2022, 23:14 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 23:14 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2015-06-25
ISO.author Welschmeyer, NA.
ISO.author.1 Solorzano L, Sharp JH
ISO.author.2 Valderrama CJ
ISO.author.3 Valderrama CJ
ISO.author.4 Whitledge TE, Malloy SC, Patron CJ, Wirick CO
ISO.pointOfContact DISL Data Management
ISO.pointOfContact.1 Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher National Lab Report
ISO.resourceProvider Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Dauphin Island, Wolf Bay, Weeks Bay, Little Lagoon, Arnica Bay, Perdido Pass, Alabama
Temporal Begin 2007-07-11
Temporal End 2011-08-16
Theme Keywords temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicate, phytoplankton, dinoflagellates, diatoms, water quality, citizen science
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), Alabama Dept of Public Health, Alabama Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources, and NOAA National Ocean Service Phytoplankton Monitoring Network 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, 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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