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Water Quality and Turbidity around Gaillard Island, Mobile Bay, Alabama (1977-1978)

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Hydrography and turbidity data were collected from 17 stations around the current site of Gaillard Island between November 1977 and October 1978, at multiple depths from surface to bottom. Three stations were sampled monthly; the rest were approximately bi-monthly or quarterly. Data include water temperature, salinity, turbidity, and total suspended solids.

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Author Mimi Tzeng
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated October 29, 2024, 19:48 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-02-02
ISO.author Dr. George F. Crozier
ISO.custodian Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.resourceProvider Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Gaillard Island, Pelican Island, Theodore ship channel, Mobile Bay, Alabama
Temporal Begin 1977-11-03
Temporal End 1978-10-07
Theme Keywords temperature, salinity, turbidity, suspended solids, suspended particulate matter (SPM), hydrography, water quality, environmental impact
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District, Dr. George F. Crozier, and Dr. William W. Schroeder 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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