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Mobile Bay Water Sampling and Hydrographic Profiles 1989-1999

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This dataset contains physical, chemical, and biological data collected during ten years of near-monthly shipboard surveys carried out in Mobile Bay between May 1989 and December 1999. Station locations ranged from the Mobile River delta to the mouth of Mobile Bay, from Bon Secour to the eastern part of Mississippi Sound, and outside Mobile Bay in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrographic profiles and water samples were collected at each station.

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Author	Lei Hu
Maintainer	data@disl.org
Last Updated	July 23, 2022, 03:05 (UTC)
Created	July 23, 2022, 03:05 (UTC)
Access_Constraints	Please contact DISL Data Management for access to the dataset.
ISO 19115 Topic Categories	inlandWaters, oceans
Place Keywords	DISL, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mobile Bay, Mobile River delta, Bon Secour Bay, Alabama
Theme Keywords	water quality, shipboard surveys, hydrographic profiles, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, PAR, Secchi, water sampling, dissolved inorganic carbon, DIC, dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, DOC, phosphate, silicate, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, dissolved organic nitrogen, DON, dissolved organic phosphorous, DOP, total dissolved nitrogen, TDN, total dissolved phosphate, TDP, suspended sediments, particulate carbon, PC, particulate nitrogen, PN, particulate phosphorous, PP, Chlorophyll a, primary productivity, phytoplankton production
Use_Constraints	Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Alabama Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, the United States Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of Alabama, the National Science Foundation/EPSCOR, and the University of Alabama 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.
dc.coverage.placeName	DISL Dauphin Island Sea Lab Mobile Bay Mobile River delta Bon Secour Bay Alabama
dc.coverage.t.max	19991208T
dc.coverage.t.min	19890525T
dc.coverage.x.max	-87.709
dc.coverage.x.min	-88.975
dc.coverage.y.max	30.643
dc.coverage.y.min	30.043
dc.creator	DISL: Pennock Lab
dc.date	Unpublished material
dc.description	This dataset contains physical, chemical, and biological data collected during ten years of near-monthly shipboard surveys carried out in Mobile Bay between May 1989 and December 1999. Station locations ranged from the Mobile River delta to the mouth of Mobile Bay, from Bon Secour to the eastern part of Mississippi Sound, and outside Mobile Bay in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrographic profiles and water samples were collected at each station.
dc.language	en
dc.subject	inlandWaters oceans
dc.title	Mobile Bay Water Sampling and Hydrographic Profiles 1989-1999
dc.type	database
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