Attributes { s { Date { String bcodmo_name "date"; String description "Date of water sample collection ; filtration ; and in situ measurements."; String long_name "Date"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/"; String time_precision "1970-01-01"; String units "unitless"; } Year { Int16 _FillValue 32767; Int16 actual_range 2008, 2013; String bcodmo_name "year"; String description "Year of sampling"; String long_name "Year"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/"; String units "unitless"; } Season { String bcodmo_name "season"; String description "The season when the water sample was collected and filtered and when the in situ measurements were performed in the field."; String long_name "Season"; String units "unitless"; } Station { Int16 _FillValue 32767; Int16 actual_range 0, 180; String bcodmo_name "station"; String description "The name of the fixed sampling station."; String long_name "Station"; String units "unitless"; } Source { String bcodmo_name "unknown"; String description "The organization that conducted the sampling."; String long_name "Source"; String units "unitless"; } depth2 { String bcodmo_name "depth"; String description "Depth level from which the water sample was collected and where the in situ measurements were made (S=surface ; B=bottom Surface (S) refers to a surface water sample or in situ measurement taken at a depth of approximately 0.2 meters. Bottom (B) refers to a bottom water sample or in situ measurement taken at a depth of approximately 0.5 meters above the sediment layer. Surface water samples were collected by submerging 10 liter high-density polyethylene containers just below the water surface or by filling the containers with surface water collected from bucket casts. Bottom water samples were collected with a horizontal plastic Van Dorn sampler. Starting December 2007 ; all samples collected with diaphragm pump and a weighted ; marked hose. All containers were kept in dark coolers at ambient temperature during transport to the laboratory. All filtration was done within a few hours of collection and when conditions permitted ; on board the research vessel."; String long_name "Depth"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/DEPH/"; String standard_name "depth"; String units "meters (m)"; } YSI_Time { String bcodmo_name "time"; String description "Exact time (hours:minutes:seconds) when the in situ measurements were made. This time is an approximate water sampling time."; String long_name "YSI Time"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/AHMSAA01/"; String units "unitless"; } depth { String _CoordinateAxisType "Height"; String _CoordinateZisPositive "down"; Float64 _FillValue NaN; Float64 actual_range 0.1, 7.501; String axis "Z"; String bcodmo_name "depth"; String description "Exact depth (meters) where the in situ measurements were made."; String ioos_category "Location"; String long_name "YSI Depth"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/DEPH/"; String positive "down"; String standard_name "depth"; String units "m"; } YSI_Temp { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 2.04, 33.69; String bcodmo_name "temperature"; String description "In situ water temperature"; String long_name "YSI Temp"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/TEMPP901/"; String units "degrees Celsius"; } YSI_SpecCond { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.081, 48.08; String bcodmo_name "conductivity"; String description "In situ specific conductivity"; String long_name "YSI Spec Cond"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/CNDC/"; String units "milli Siemens per centimeter"; } YSI_Salinity { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.04, 31.23; String bcodmo_name "sal"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 32.0; String description "In situ salinity"; String long_name "Sea Water Practical Salinity"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PSALST01/"; String units "parts per thousand"; } YSI_DOsat { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.2, 165.2; String bcodmo_name "O2_sat_pcnt"; String description "In situ dissolved oxygen saturation"; String long_name "YSI DOsat"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/OXYSZZ01/"; String units "unitless (percent)"; } YSI_DO { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.02, 16.11; String bcodmo_name "dissolved Oxygen"; String description "In situ dissolved oxygen concentration"; String long_name "YSI DO"; String units "milligrams per liter"; } YSI_pH { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 5.83, 9.23; String bcodmo_name "pH"; String description "In situ pH."; String long_name "YSI P H"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PHXXZZXX/"; String units "unitless"; } YSI_Turbidity { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.1, 96.2; String bcodmo_name "turbidity"; String description "In situ turbidity"; String long_name "YSI Turbidity"; String units "NTU"; } YSI_Chlraw { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.1, 35.8; String bcodmo_name "chl_raw"; String description "In situ chlorophyll fluorescence"; String long_name "YSI Chlraw"; String units "relative fluorescence units"; } YSI_Chl { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.3, 127.3; String bcodmo_name "fluorescence"; String description "In situ chlorophyll concentration from fluorescence"; String long_name "YSI Chl"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CPHLPM01/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } YSI_BP { Int16 _FillValue 32767; Int16 actual_range 753, 780; String bcodmo_name "press_bar"; String description "Surface barometric pressure"; String long_name "YSI BP"; String units "millimeters of mercury"; } Secchi { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.25, 16.16; String bcodmo_name "depth_secchi"; String description "Depth at which the secchi disk is no longer visible"; String long_name "Secchi"; String units "meters"; } Kd { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.476995, 5.647; String bcodmo_name "beam_cp"; String description "Diffuse light attenuation coefficient"; String long_name "KD"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ATTNZZ01/"; String units "per meter"; } Cdom_Corrected { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 21.8067, 207.515; String bcodmo_name "CDOM"; String description "Colored or chromophoric dissolved organic (matter humic substances) concentration as microgram per liter of quinine sulfate."; String long_name "Cdom Corrected"; String units "microgram per liter of quinine sulfate."; } POC { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 18.15, 13653.3; String bcodmo_name "POC"; String description "Particulate organic carbon concentration"; String long_name "Particulate Organic Carbon"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CORGCAP1/"; String units "micrograms of carbon per liter"; } PN { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 12.0, 2450.65; String bcodmo_name "N"; String description "Particulate nitrogen concentration"; String long_name "PN"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } CtoN { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.412105, 112.576; String bcodmo_name "C_to_N"; String description "Calculated molar ratio of particulate organic carbon"; String long_name "Cto N"; String units "unitless"; } DOC { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 232.6, 1841.95; String bcodmo_name "DOC"; String description "Dissolved organic carbon concentration"; String long_name "DOC"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CORGZZZX/"; String units "micromolar"; } DIC { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 1.976, 21.37; String bcodmo_name "DIC"; String description "Dissolved inorganic carbon concentration"; String long_name "DIC"; String units "milligrams of carbon per liter"; } NO3_NO2 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.267, 941.0; String bcodmo_name "NO3_NO2"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 50.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String description "Nitrate plus nitrite concentration"; String long_name "Mole Concentration Of Nitrate In Sea Water"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } NH4 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 3.69, 1020.0; String bcodmo_name "Ammonium"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 5.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String description "Ammonium concentration"; String long_name "Mole Concentration Of Ammonium In Sea Water"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/AMONAAZX/"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } DIN { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 3.69, 1021.06; String bcodmo_name "Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen"; String description "Calculated dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration"; String long_name "DIN"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } TDN { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 37.6, 1650.0; String bcodmo_name "Total Dissolved Nitrogren"; String description "Total dissolved nitrogen concentration organic plus inorganic species"; String long_name "TDN"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } DON { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -2222.0, 933.26; String bcodmo_name "Dissolved Organic Nitrogen"; String description "Calculated dissolved organic nitrogen concentration"; String long_name "DON"; String units "micrograms of nitrogen per liter"; } PO4 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 1.4, 766.0; String bcodmo_name "PO4"; String description "Orthophosphate concentration"; String long_name "Mass Concentration Of Phosphate In Sea Water"; String units "micrograms of phosphorus per liter"; } NtoP { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0311301, 294.014; String bcodmo_name "unknown"; String description "The calculated molar ratio of nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P)"; String long_name "Nto P"; String units "miligrams nitrogen per liter (mg N/L)"; } SiO2 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 1.2, 155.0; String bcodmo_name "silica"; String description "Silica concentration"; String long_name "Si O2"; String units "micromolar"; } Chla_IWS { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.4861, 232.71; String bcodmo_name "chlorophyll a"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.03; String colorBarScale "Log"; String description "Chlorophyll a concentration measured by in vitro fluorometry (micrograms per liter) integrated throughout the water column to 2x the secchi depth. Water samples for this measurement were collected using the integrated water sampler IWS) which collects vertically integrated water samples."; String long_name "Concentration Of Chlorophyll In Sea Water"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CPHLHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Correct_Chla_IV { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.255, 304.36; String bcodmo_name "chlorophyll a"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.03; String colorBarScale "Log"; String description "Chlorophyll a concentration measured by in vitro fluorometry"; String long_name "Concentration Of Chlorophyll In Sea Water"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CPHLHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } PPR { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.922585, 329.767; String bcodmo_name "Primary Production"; String description "Primary productivity by light/dark 14C bicarbonate incorporation"; String long_name "PPR"; String units "milligrams of C per meter cubed per hour"; } Chlide_a { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0195137, 16.9075; String bcodmo_name "chlide_a"; String description "Chlorophyllide a concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Chlide A"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CIDAHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Chl_c1c2 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00175097, 17.2613; String bcodmo_name "chl_a_tot"; String description "Chlorophyll c1 and c2 concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "CHL C1C2"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Perid_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00607597, 45.0129; String bcodmo_name "peridinin"; String description "Peridinin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Perid Corr"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PERIHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } But_fuco { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00419799, 0.998646; String bcodmo_name "fucox_but"; String description "19'-Butanoyloxyfucoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "But Fuco"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Phide_a { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0401498, 2.52855; String bcodmo_name "pheophorbide a"; String description "Pheophorbide-a concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Phide A"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Fuco_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0127858, 46.5159; String bcodmo_name "fucox"; String description "Fucoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Fuco Corr"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/FUCXHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Hex_fuco { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00155939, 2.40154; String bcodmo_name "fucox_hex"; String description "19'-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Hex Fuco"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Neo { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00487421, 0.832047; String bcodmo_name "neox"; String description "9'-cis Neoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Neo"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/NEOXHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Pras { Float64 _FillValue NaN; String bcodmo_name "prasinox"; String description "Prasinoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Pras"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PRSXHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Viola { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00171185, 27.0399; String bcodmo_name "violax"; String description "Violaxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Viola"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/VILXHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Diadino { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00466996, 20.9497; String bcodmo_name "diadinox"; String description "Diadinoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Diadino"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DIADHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Anth { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00627465, 1.08513; String bcodmo_name "antherax"; String description "Antheraxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Anth"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Myxo { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0357131, 0.623307; String bcodmo_name "unknown"; String description "Myxoxanthophyll concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Myxo"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Allo_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00763655, 4.34151; String bcodmo_name "allox"; String description "Alloxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Allo Corr"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALLOHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Diato { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00156188, 3.22123; String bcodmo_name "diatox"; String description "Diatoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Diato"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DIATHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Monado { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0190179, 0.0959401; String bcodmo_name "monadoxanthin"; String description "Monadoxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Monado"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Lut { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00680866, 1.77405; String bcodmo_name "lutein"; String description "Lutein concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Lut"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/LUTNHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Zea_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00927789, 5.3182; String bcodmo_name "zeax"; String description "Zeaxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Zea Corr"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ZEOXHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Gyro { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00295617, 0.665704; String bcodmo_name "Gyroxanthin-Diester"; String description "Gyroxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Gyro"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Cantha { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00265245, 0.257283; String bcodmo_name "unknown"; String description "Canthaxanthin concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Cantha"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Chl_b_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0102913, 11.5354; String bcodmo_name "chl_b"; String description "Chlorophyll b concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Chl B Corr"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CHLBHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } DV_chl_a { Float64 _FillValue NaN; String bcodmo_name "chl_a2"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.03; String colorBarScale "Log"; String description "Divinyl chlorophyll a concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Concentration Of Chlorophyll In Sea Water"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DVCAHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Chl_a_corr { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0555769, 126.454; String bcodmo_name "chlorophyll a"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.03; String colorBarScale "Log"; String description "Chlorophyll a concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Concentration Of Chlorophyll In Sea Water"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CPHLHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Echin { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00127076, 0.176636; String bcodmo_name "unknown"; String description "Echinenone concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Echin"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } Phytin_a { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0837401, 21.4408; String bcodmo_name "pheophytin a"; String description "Pheophytin a concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "Phytin A"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } B_car { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.00572564, 3.47185; String bcodmo_name "carotene_b"; String description "?-Carotene concentration by HPLC analysis"; String long_name "B Car"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/BCARHPP1/"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } TotalChla { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.158196, 130.861; String bcodmo_name "chl_a_tot"; String description "Sum of chlorophyll a and chlorophyllide a concentrations by HPLC analysis . Concentrations below detection assumed to by zero for this calculation."; String long_name "Total Chla"; String units "micrograms per liter"; } ISO_DateTime { String bcodmo_name "DateTime"; String description "Date and YSI_Time columns combined into ISO 8601 date format"; String long_name "ISO Date Time"; String source_name "ISO_DateTime"; String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"; String units "unitless"; } Station_Description { String bcodmo_name "site_descrip"; String description "The physical location of the sampling station ; such as at or near a particular river marker ; buoy ; road or bridge. Lists other names that may also be used to refer to this station."; String long_name "Station Description"; String units "unitless"; } km0 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0, 72.9281; String bcodmo_name "length"; String description "The distance of the sampling station from station 0."; String long_name "KM0"; String units "kilometers (km)"; } latitude { String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat"; Float64 _FillValue NaN; Float64 actual_range 34.9489, 35.2106; String axis "Y"; String bcodmo_name "latitude"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0; String description "North latitude of station in decimal degrees"; String ioos_category "Location"; String long_name "Latitude"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LATX/"; String standard_name "latitude"; String units "degrees_north"; } longitude { String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon"; Float64 _FillValue NaN; Float64 actual_range -77.1222, -76.526; String axis "X"; String bcodmo_name "longitude"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0; String description "West longitude of station in decimal degrees"; String ioos_category "Location"; String long_name "Longitude"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LONX/"; String standard_name "longitude"; String units "degrees_east"; } } NC_GLOBAL { String access_formats ".htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson"; String acquisition_description "Bi-weekly water sampling and in situ measurements were performed at fixed sampling stations.\\u00a0 Water samples and in situ measurements were collected at the surface (approximately 0.2 meters) and at the bottom of the water column (approximately 0.5 meters from the sediment layer).\\u00a0 These data are included in the worksheet titled \\\"NRE Dataset.\\\"\\u00a0 In situ measurements were also performed throughout the water column in 0.5 meter depth increments.\\u00a0 These data are included in the worksheet titled \\\"NRE YSI Profiles.\\\"\\u00a0 Parameters measured include: temperature, salinity, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, chlorophyll fluorescence, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), turbidity, barometric pressure, secchi depth, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PN), dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, dissolved inorganic nutrient concentrations (nitrate/nitrite, ammonium, total dissolved nitrogen, phosphate and silicic acid), chlorophyll a, primary productivity and diagnostic phytoplankton pigment concentrations (chlorophylls and carotenoids).\\u00a0 Calculated parameters include:\\u00a0 diffuse light attenuation coefficient (Kd), carbon to nitrogen molar ratio (C:N), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN; nitrate/nitrite plus ammonium), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON; total dissolved nitrogen minus dissolved inroganic nitrogen) and the nitrogen to phosporus molar ratio (N:P).\\u00a0\\u00a0 Methods Water sampling was conducted bi-weekly. When collection was split over two days, a single date was used based on the upstream or majority stations. Stations were selected to cover the entire length of the Neuse River Estuary from Streets Ferry Bridge (Station 0) to the mouth of the estuary where it flows into Pamlico Sound.\\u00a0 When possible, efforts were made to select locations with key stationary features (channel markers, buoys and land markers) to allow easy station identification in the field. Surface water samples were collected by submerging 10 liter high-density polyethylene containers just below the water surface or by filling the containers with surface water collected from bucket casts.\\u00a0 Bottom water samples were collected with a horizontal plastic Van Dorn sampler. Starting December 2007, all samples collected with diaphragm pump and a weighted, marked hose. All containers were kept in dark coolers at ambient temperature during transport to the laboratory.\\u00a0 All filtration was done within a few hours of collection and when conditions permitted, on board the research vessel. Prior to the 09/13/2000 sampling date, in situ measurements were performed at discrete depths using a Hydrolab Data Sonde 3 equipped with a multiprobe and SVR3 display logger.\\u00a0 Beginning on the 09/13/2000 sampling date, in situ measurements were performed at discrete depths on the sunlit side of the research vessel using a Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI Incoporated, Ohio) multiparameter sonde (Model 6600 or 6600 EDS-S Extended Deployment System) equipped with a YSI conductivity/temperature probe (Model 6560), a YSI chlorophyll probe (Model 6025), a YSI pH probe (Model 6561 or 6566), a YSI pulsed dissolved oxygen probe (Model 6562), a self cleaning YSI turbidity probe (Model 6026 or 6136), and beginning on the 07/30/2003 sampling date, a flat Li-Cor sensor (UWQ-PAR 6067).\\u00a0 The YSI sonde was coupled to a either a YSI 610 DM datalogger or a YSI 650 MDS Multi-parameter Display System datalogger.\\u00a0 In situ measurements were performed at the surface (approximately 0.2 meters) and at the bottom of the water column (approximately 0.5 meters from the sediment layer).\\u00a0 These data are included in the worksheet titled \\\"NRE Dataset.\\\"\\u00a0 In situ measurements were also performed throughout the water column in 0.5 meter depth increments.\\u00a0 These data are included in the worksheet titled \\\"NRE YSI Profiles.\\\"\\u00a0 The data were stored on the datalogger and downloaded to Ecowin software upon return to the laboratory. The secchi disk was deployed off of the sunlit side of the research vessel.\\u00a0 The depth (in meters) at which the secchi disk was no longer visible by the naked eye was recorded as the secchi depth. The diffuse light attenuation coefficient, Kd, was calculated from depth profiles of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 400-700 nm).\\u00a0 Prior to the 07/30/2003 sampling date, PAR measurements were performed with a spherical underwater quantum sensor (LI-COR LI-193SA) coupled to a LI-COR LI-1000 datalogger.\\u00a0 Beginning on the 07/30/2003 sampling date, a flat underwater quantum sensor (LI-COR LI-193SA) attached to a Yellow Springs Instruments YSI 6600 or YSI 6600 EDS-S sonde was used to measure PAR.\\u00a0 Measurements of PAR were performed on the sunlit side of the research vessel in 0.5 meter depth increments, beginning just below the water surface.\\u00a0 The diffuse attenuation coefficient is the slope of the linear regression between natural log transformed PAR data and depth.\\u00a0 Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) was measured using a Turner Designs TD-700 fluorometer configured with a near-UV mercury vapour lamp, a 350 nm excitation filter, and a 410\\u2013600 nm emission filter. The fluorometer was calibrated to quinine sulfate (QS) solutions made up in 2 N sulfuric acid. Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kilopascal) using pre- combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F) and the filtrate was stored in scintillation vials in the dark at 4 degrees Celsius until fluorometric analysis.\\u00a0 The official decision (3/2/2017) is that cdom results from 12/1/2003 through 4/25/2011 would be multiplied by a corrective factor of 2.0.\\u00a0 Results for sample date of 5/9/2011 and after do not need correcting.\\u00a0 It is believed the stock solution was made wrong, making a 1L recipe for 600 ug/L in a 500 ml flask equals 1200 ug/L stock solution.\\u00a0 Standards were still calibrated according to recipe, but were actually 2x as strong.\\u00a0 \\u00a0The official decision (3/2/2017) is that cdom results from 12/1/2003 through 4/25/2011 would be multiplied by a corrective factor of 2.0.\\u00a0 Results for sample date of 5/9/2011 and after do not need correcting.\\u00a0 It is believed the stock solution was made wrong, making a 1L recipe for 600 ug/L in a 500 ml flask equals 1200 ug/L stock solution.\\u00a0 Standards were still calibrated according to recipe, but were actually 2x as strong.\\u00a0 Particulate organic carbon (POC) concentrations were determined by elemental analysis of material collected on pre-combusted Whatman GF/F glass fiber filters.\\u00a0 Carbonates were removed from the filters by vapor phase acidification using concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl).\\u00a0 After drying at 60 0C, the filters were rolled in tin disks and injected into a PE 2400 Series II CHNS/O Analyzer calibrated with acetanilide ending in June 2014.\\u00a0 Starting on the Neuse River sample date of June 2, 2014, a Costech Analytical Technologies, Inc. Elemental Combustion System CHNS-O ECS 4010 was used for elemental analysis by \\\"flash combustion/chromatographic separation and multi-detector techniques\\\".\\u00a0 The Costech Instrument utilizes EAS Clarity Software.\\u00a0 Atropine standards are used to develop a calibration curve (C 70.56%, N 4.84%, and carbon response ratio of 0.025 +/-0.003).\\u00a0 NIST Buffalo River Sediment Reference Material 8704 (C 3.351% +/-0.017, N 0.20% +/-0.04) and/or Acetanilide Bypass (C 71.09%, N 10.36%, carbon response ratio of 0.055 +/- 0.003) may used for calibration or a check standard. The molar ratio of particulate organic carbon (POC) to particulate nitrogen (PN), or C:N, was calculated by dividing POC by PN.\\u00a0 (Carbon ug/L /12.011)/(Nitrogen ug/L/14.007). Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration was measured using a Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer:\\u00a0 Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kilopascal) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in pre-combusted glass scintillation vials with Teflon closures and frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 The Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer uses high temperature catalytic oxidation followed by non- dispersive infrared analysis of the CO2 produced.\\u00a0 Samples were acidified to a pH less than 2 and sparged with air before they were analyzed for non- volatile organic carbon.\\u00a0 DOC values in 1996 were run from previously run nutrient samples. Starting February 2018, all stations were collected.\\u00a0 Prior to Feb. 2018 only NR 0, 30, 70, 100, 120, and 160 surface and bottom stations were measured. Nitrate/nitrite (NO3- / NO2-) concentration was determined using a Lachat/Zellweger Analytics QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer (Milwaukee, WI, USA) using method FIA 31-107-04-1-C:\\u00a0 Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kiloPascals) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in high-density polyethylene bottles and frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 Two replicates were run from the same bottle.\\u00a0 Method detection limits (MDL, \\u00b5g L-1) were: before 4Nov02 = 1.06; beginning 4Nov02 = 3.68; beginning 11Jul06 = 0.6; beginning 1Dec09 = 0.27; beginning 13Feb12 = 0.36; beginning 18Feb15 = 0.71.\\u00a0 MDL was changed to 0.88 on a sample date of 8/21/2017. Ammonium (NH4+) concentration was determined using a Lachat/Zellweger Analytics QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer (Milwaukee, WI) using method FIA 31-107-06-1-A/B:\\u00a0 Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kiloPascals) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in high-density polyethylene bottles and frozen (-20 degrees Celsius) until analysis.\\u00a0 Two replicates were run from the same bottle.\\u00a0 \\u00a0Method detection limits (MDL, \\u00b5g L-1) were: before 4Nov02 = 4.69; beginning 4Nov02 = 4.31; beginning 11Jul06 = 2.55; beginning 1Dec09 = 3.98; beginning 13Feb12 = 2.87; beginning 18Feb15 = 3.34.\\u00a0 MDL was changed to 1.05 on sample date 8/21/2017. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) concentration was calculated by summing nitrate/nitrite (NO3- / NO2-) and ammonium (NH4+).\\u00a0 If either NO3- / NO2- or NH4+ were below the detection limit (-9999), they were taken to be zero for this calculation. Total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) was measured by in-line digestion using the Lachat/Zellweger Analytics QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer (Milwaukee, WI, USA) using method FIA 31-107-04-3-B for low total nitrogen for brackish/fresh waters (detection level: 0.1 - 5.0 milligrams nitrogen per liter):\\u00a0 Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kiloPascals) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in high-density polyethylene bottles and frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 Two replicates were run from the same bottle.\\u00a0 Total dissolved nitrogen by in-line digestion works by oxidizing all the nitrogen compounds to nitrate by heating to 100 degrees Celsius and adding energy via UV light.\\u00a0 The pH is dropped from 9.1 to 3 during the decomposition.\\u00a0 The entire digestion occurs prior to the injection valve.\\u00a0 The nitrate/nitrite concentration is then determined using standard colorimetric techniques similar to the strict nitrate/nitrite manifold. Method detection limits (MDL, \\u00b5g L-1) were: beginning 1Nov04 = 78; beginning 11Jul06 = 35.4 beginning 1Dec09 = 25.6; beginning 13Feb12 = 36.9; beginning 14Jan13 = 19.6; beginning 18Feb15 = 10.5.\\u00a0 MDL changed to 7.30 on sample date of 8/21/2017\\u00a0 Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) was calculated by subtracting dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from total dissolved nitrogen (TDN).\\u00a0 If the DIN value used in the calculation was below the detection limit, it was taken to be zero for this calculation.\\u00a0 At one point DON was determined by high temperature oxidation using the Antek 7000N or Antek 7000V analyzer. Orthophosphate (PO43-) was determined using a Lachat/Zellweger Analytics QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer (Milwaukee, WI) using method FIA 31-115-01-1-F/G:\\u00a0 Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kiloPascals) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in high-density polyethylene bottles and frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 Two replicates were run from the same bottle.\\u00a0 Method detection limits (MDL, \\u00b5g L-1) were: before 4Nov02 = 0.35; beginning 4Nov02 = 0.74; beginning 1Nov04 = 1.68; beginning 11Jul06 = 1.84; beginning 1Dec09 = 0.62; beginning 13Feb12 = 0.69; beginning 18Feb15 = 0.61.\\u00a0 MDL was changed to 1.80 on the sample date of 8/21/2017. The molar ratio of nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P), or N:P, was calculated by dividing dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) by orthophosphate (PO43-) concentrations. Silicic acid (SiO2) was measured after vacuum filtration (< 25 kPA) of the collected water samples through pre-combusted (3-4 hours at 450 0C) Whatman GF/F glass fiber filters.\\u00a0 The filtrate was stored in high-density polyethylene bottles and frozen (-20 0C) until analysis.\\u00a0 Two replicates were run from the same sample bottle.\\u00a0 Nitrate plus nitrite concentrations were determined using a Lachat QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer (Milwaukee, WI, USA).\\u00a0 Method detection limits (MDL, \\u00b5M) were: before 4Nov02 = 0.18; beginning 4Nov02 =1.24; beginning 1Nov04 = 1.86; beginning 11Jul06 = 0.75; beginning 1Dec09 = 0.75; beginning 13Feb12 = 0.09; beginning 18Feb15 = 0.08.\\u00a0 MDL was changed to 0.03 on sample date of 8/21/2017. Chlorophyll a (Chl a) measurements prior to the 08/17/1999 sampling date were measured on a Shimadzu UV-160U spectrophotometer using the trichromatic equation following sonication (45-60 s) and overnight extraction of glass fiber filters in 90 % acetone.\\u00a0 Beginning on the 08/17/1999 sampling date, Chl a concentration was measured using the modified in vitro fluorescence technique in EPA Method 445.0 (Welshmeyer 1994, Arar et al.\\u00a0 1997): Fifty milliliters of each water sample was vacuum filtered (less than 25 kilopascals) in duplicate at low ambient light conditions using 25 mm Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filters were blotted dry, wrapped in foil and frozen immediately at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 Chlorophyll a was extracted from the filter using a tissue grinder and 10 mL of 90 percent reagent grade aqueous acetone (v/v with deionized water, Fisher Scientific NF/FCC Grade). The samples remained in the acetone overnight at -20 degrees Celsius.\\u00a0 The extracts were filter- clarified using a centrifuge and analyzed on a Turner Designs TD-700 fluorometer that was configured for the non-acidification method of Welschmeyer (1994).\\u00a0 The value reported is the average chlorophyll a concentration measured from the two filters.\\u00a0 The fluorometer was calibrated with a known concentration of pure Chl a that was determined using a Shimadzu UV-160U spectrophotometer and the extinction coefficients of Jeffrey and Humphrey (1975).\\u00a0 The calibration was checked daily against a solid secondary standard (Turner Designs, proprietary formula).\\u00a0 As of August 2010, fluorescence was also measured on a TurnerDesigns Trilogy fluorometer.\\u00a0 References: 1.\\u00a0 Welschmeyer, N.A. 1994. Fluorometric analysis of chlorophyll a in the presence of chlorophyll b and pheopigments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:1985-1992.\\u00a0 2.\\u00a0 Arar, E.J., W.L. Budde, and T.D. Behymer.\\u00a0 1997.\\u00a0 Methods for the determination of chemical substances in marine and environmental matrices.\\u00a0 EPA/600/R-97/072.\\u00a0 National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.\\u00a0 3. Jeffrey, S.W., R.F.C. Mantoura, and S.W. Wright.\\u00a0 1997.\\u00a0 Phytoplankton pigments in oceanography:\\u00a0 Guidelines to modern methods.\\u00a0 UNESCO Publishing, Paris, France. Spec was used to determine chla up until AUGUST 1999.\\u00a0 The spec results before Aug 1999 are corrected to correspond to the change in analysis with the Turner Designs fluorometer.\\u00a0 Figure 1 presents raw and log transformed regressions between the HPLC and SPEC determinations of chl a in the Neuse during calendar year 1998.\\u00a0 It appears that the SPEC method produces chl a values that are roughly 15 per cent higher than the HPLC method.\\u00a0 Figure 2 presents similar regressions between HPLC and FLUO determinations of chl a in the Neuse from August \\u2013 December of 1999.\\u00a0 It appears that the FLUO method produces chl a values that are roughly 67 per cent higher than the HPLC method.\\u00a0 These figures suggest two important problems for utilizing existing chl a data in water quality modeling in the Neuse; (i) a decision must be made which analysis technique will be accepted as the standard for determining chl a, and (ii) a correction must be applied to equilibrate IMS chl a values determined by the SPEC and FLUO methods. Primary Productivity rate was measured using an adaptation of Steeman Nielsen's (1952) 14C bicarbonate method (Paerl et al. 1998).\\u00a0 This method of measuring primary productivity allows direct measurement of carbon uptake and measures only net photosynthesis:\\u00a0 Water samples were stored in 10 Liter high density polyethylene containers overnight in the research pond, a flow through system that receives water from the adjacent Bogue Sound, thereby simulating ambient water temperatures.\\u00a0 The following morning the water samples were removed from the pond and transported to the laboratory for analysis.\\u00a0 Water samples (76 milliliters) were added to three clear plastic square bottles to determine light uptake of carbon in triplicate and to 1 dark bottle to determine dark uptake of carbon.\\u00a0 A solution of radioactive carbonate (300 microliters) was added to each bottle.\\u00a0 The bottles were incubated for 4 hours in the pond.\\u00a0 The light bottles were incubated underneath a field light simulator, while the dark bottles were incubated in a covered perforated bucket that was submerged in the pond.\\u00a0 The FLS was used to simulate the ambient light conditions that phytoplankton are exposed to in the estuary (mixing conditions).\\u00a0 The FLS is comprised of a rotating wheel with varying levels of screening.\\u00a0 During the incubation period, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) measurements were performed using a 2 pi Li-Cor LI-192SA spherical quantum sensor attached to a Li-Cor data logger.\\u00a0 After the incubation period, the samples were returned to the laboratory, shaken and the entire contents were gently vacuum filtered (less than 25 kilopascals) using 25 mm Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).\\u00a0 The filters were placed in wooden drying trays and treated with concentrated hydrochloric acid fumes for 40 minutes to an hour to remove inorganic 14C.\\u00a0 The filters were folded in half and placed in 7 milliliter plastic scintillation vials.\\u00a0 Five milliliters of liquid scintillation cocktail (ecolume or cytoscint) was added to the vials.\\u00a0 The vials were capped, shaken, stored in the dark for 3-24 hours and then assayed for radioactivity using a Beckman liquid scintillation counter.\\u00a0 In addition to the samples, triplicate voucher samples were used to quantify the radioactivity of the 14C added.\\u00a0 Voucher samples consisted of 100 microliter of 14C and 100 microliters of phenylethylamine.\\u00a0 These vials also received 5 milliliters of liquid scintillation cocktail.\\u00a0 A background vial and two 14C background standards were used.\\u00a0 \\u00a0The quantity of carbon fixed is proportional to the fraction of radioactive carbon assimilated.\\u00a0 (Paerl, H.W., J.L. Pinckney, J.M. Fear, and B.L. Peierls 1998. Ecosystem responses to internal and watershed organic matter loading: consequences for hypoxia in the eutrophying Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 166: 17-25; Steemann Nielsen, E. 1952. The use of radio-active carbon (C14) for measuring organic production in the sea. Journal du Conseil permanent international pour L'Exploration de la Mer 18: 117-140) Diagnostic phytoplankton photopigments were identified, separated and quantified by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to an in-line photodiode array spectrophotometer (Jeffrey et al.\\u00a0 1997):\\u00a0 Known volumes of water sample (500-1000 milliliters, enough to obtain color on the filter) were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kiloPascals) through 25 or 47 millimeter Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F) under reduced light conditions.\\u00a0 The filters were blotted dry, folded in half, wrapped in foil and then immediately frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.\\u00a0 The filters were placed in 15 milliliter centrifuge tubes containing 1.5-3.0 milliliters of 100% acetone (HPLC Grade), sonicated for 30-60 seconds using a Fisher Sonic Dismembrator 300 with microtip and extracted at -20 degrees Celsius for 12-24 hours.\\u00a0 After extraction the samples were centrifuged at 4500 rpm and the supernatant (i.e.- the combined extracted pigments) collected & filtered into amber glass autosampler vials using Millipex Millipore 0.45 micometer PTFE.\\u00a0 Two hundred microliters of extractant from each vial was injected into the HPLC system using a Spectra Physics (now Thermo Separations Products) AS3000 autosampler and SP8800 pump, running a non-linear, 55 minute, 2-solvent gradient adapted from Van Heukelem et.al. 1994 or 1995?.\\u00a0 The nonlinear, variable flow, binary gradient consisted of solvent A [80% methanol : 20% ammonium acetate (0.5 M adjusted to pH 7.2)] and B (80% methanol : 20% acetone).\\u00a0 The extractant was separated into individual pigments using a series of C18 reverse-phase columns to optimize photopigment separations:\\u00a0 The column order was a Rainin Microsorb guard column (0.46 x 1.5 centimeters, 3 micrometer packing) followed by a single monomeric reverse-phase C18 column (Rainin Microsorb-MV, 0.46 x 10 cm, 3 \\u00b5m packing) followed by two polymeric reverse-phase C18 columns (Vydac 201TP5, 0.46 x 25 cm, 5 \\u00b5m packing).\\u00a0 The columns were kept at a constant 52 degrees Celsius in an Alltech 330 column heater.\\u00a0 The separated pigments were then passed through an in line Shimadzu SPD-M10AV photodiode array detector which measured the absorbance of the sample/extractant, scanning the range of 350-800 nanometers every 2 seconds.\\u00a0 The data was collected and analyzed using Shimadzu's EZChrom software.\\u00a0 Individual pigments are identified using a combination of peak retention time and absorbance spectrum shape.\\u00a0 Retention times and absorbance spectra are identified for each pigment by analyzing known pigments (either as pure standards or pigments or isolated from algal cultures).\\u00a0 Pigments are quantified from their peak areas, calculated at 440nm. A calibration curve is generated by injecting various volumes of a mixed standard composed of known quantities of seven pure pigment standards (fucoxanthin, zeaxanthin, bacteriochlorophyll a, canthaxathin, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll a, echinenone and \\u00df-carotene) and calculating the peak areas of those pigments\\u00a0 \\u00a0The peak areas are regressed against the known quantities of each pigment to calculate the slope (Response Factor) for that pigment.\\u00a0 Response factors for pigments we do not have reference standards for are calculated using the ratio of absorbance coefficients of each pigment to its closest structurally related reference pigment, multiplying the known pigment's response factor by that ratio. Pigments extracted from the samples are then quantified by multiplying the peak areas of a chromatogram at 440nm by the response factors. Pigment values listed as below detection were below the software threshold for peak detection or had spectra below a similarity of 0.9 compared to library spectra. Technician expert judgement was used in difficult cases. The HPLC derived diagnostic photopigment concentrations were analyzed using the ChemTax matrix factorization program (Mackey 1996).\\u00a0 This program uses the steepest decent algorithm to determine the best fit based on an initial estimate of pigment ratios for algal classes.\\u00a0 The initial pigment ratio matrix used in the Chemtax analysis was derived from:\\u00a0 Mackey M.D., Mackey D.J., Higgins H.W., & Wright S.W.\\u00a0 1996.\\u00a0 CHEMTAX- a program for estimating class abundances from chemical markers: application to HPLC measurements of phytoplankton.\\u00a0 Marine Ecology Progress Series 144: 265-283, and consisted of nine photopigments (alloxanthin, antheraxanthin, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll a (chlorophyll a + chlorophyllide a), fucoxanthin, lutein, peridinin, violaxanthin, and zeaxanthin) for five algal groups that constitute the bulk of the phytoplankton community in the Neuse River and Estuary (chlorophytes, cryptophytes, cyanobacteria, diatoms, and dinoflagellates).\\u00a0 In order to reduce the variation of pigment ratios due to large changes in phytoplankton species composition with depth, season, and salinity regime, homogenous data groupings of the HPLC pigment data were performed prior to running on Chemtax:\\u00a0 HPLC pigment data was grouped by Depth Level (surface or bottom) then by Season (winter, spring, summer and fall) then by Salinity regime (oligohaline: <5.0 ppt, mesohaline: 5.01 - 18.0 ppt, polyhaline: >18.01 ppt).\\u00a0 When there were less than 10 samples in a given homogenous grouping (Chemtax requires at least 10 samples per run), the data was grouped by oligohaline + mesohaline or mesohaline + polyhaline (This is indicated in the comments section). Distance (in river kilometers) was calculated using ESRI ArcGIS software.\\u00a0 Distances were calculated using projected station locations (North Carolina State Plane 1983 meters projection).\\u00a0 Distances from station 0 through 30 (upper river stations) were measured along the main channel of the river. Distances from stations 30 to 180 were measured as straight lines between stations"; String awards_0_award_nid "762165"; String awards_0_award_number "OCE-0825466"; String awards_0_data_url "http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0825466"; String awards_0_funder_name "NSF Division of Ocean Sciences"; String awards_0_funding_acronym "NSF OCE"; String awards_0_funding_source_nid "355"; String awards_0_program_manager "David L. Garrison"; String awards_0_program_manager_nid "50534"; String cdm_data_type "Other"; String comment "Biological, chemical, and physical water quality indicators of the Neuse River. 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In general, a Nutrient Autoanalyzer is an automated flow-thru system for doing nutrient analysis (nitrate, ammonium, orthophosphate, and silicate) on seawater samples."; String instruments_2_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB04/"; String instruments_2_instrument_name "Nutrient Autoanalyzer"; String instruments_2_instrument_nid "558"; String instruments_2_supplied_name "Lachat/Zellweger Analytics QuikChem 8000 flow injection autoanalyzer"; String instruments_3_acronym "UV Spectrophotometer-Shimadzu"; String instruments_3_dataset_instrument_description "Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration was measured using a Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer:  Water samples were vacuum filtered (less than 25 kilopascal) using pre-combusted Whatman glass microfibre filters (GF/F).  The filtrate was stored in pre-combusted glass scintillation vials with Teflon closures and frozen at -20 degrees Celsius until analysis.  The Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer uses high temperature catalytic oxidation followed by non-dispersive infrared analysis of the CO2 produced.  Samples were acidified to a pH less than 2 and sparged with air before they were analyzed for non-volatile organic carbon.  DOC values in 1996 were run from previously run nutrient samples. Starting February 2018, all stations were collected.  Prior to Feb. 2018 only NR 0, 30, 70, 100, 120, and 160 surface and bottom stations were measured."; String instruments_3_dataset_instrument_nid "767459"; String instruments_3_description "The Shimadzu UV Spectrophotometer is manufactured by Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (ssi.shimadzu.com). Shimadzu manufacturers several models of spectrophotometer; refer to dataset for make/model information."; String instruments_3_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB20/"; String instruments_3_instrument_name "UV Spectrophotometer-Shimadzu"; String instruments_3_instrument_nid "595"; String instruments_3_supplied_name "Shimadzu TOC-5000A Analyzer"; String instruments_4_acronym "Secchi Disc"; String instruments_4_dataset_instrument_description "The secchi disk was deployed off of the sunlit side of the research vessel.  The depth (in meters) at which the secchi disk was no longer visible by the naked eye was recorded as the secchi depth."; String instruments_4_dataset_instrument_nid "767455"; String instruments_4_description "Typically, a 16 inch diameter white/black quadrant disc used to measure water optical clarity"; String instruments_4_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0430/"; String instruments_4_instrument_name "Secchi Disc"; String instruments_4_instrument_nid "609"; String instruments_4_supplied_name "secchi disk"; String instruments_5_acronym "CHN_EA"; String instruments_5_dataset_instrument_description "After drying at 60 0C, the filters were rolled in tin disks and injected into a PE 2400 Series II CHNS/O Analyzer calibrated with acetanilide ending in June 2014.  Starting on the Neuse River sample date of June 2, 2014, a Costech Analytical Technologies, Inc. Elemental Combustion System CHNS-O ECS 4010 was used for elemental analysis by \"flash combustion/chromatographic separation and multi-detector techniques\".  The Costech Instrument utilizes EAS Clarity Software.  Atropine standards are used to develop a calibration curve (C 70.56%, N 4.84%, and carbon response ratio of 0.025 +/-0.003).  NIST Buffalo River Sediment Reference Material 8704 (C 3.351% +/-0.017, N 0.20% +/-0.04) and/or Acetanilide Bypass (C 71.09%, N 10.36%, carbon response ratio of 0.055 +/- 0.003) may used for calibration or a check standard."; String instruments_5_dataset_instrument_nid "767458"; String instruments_5_description "A CHN Elemental Analyzer is used for the determination of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen content in organic and other types of materials, including solids, liquids, volatile, and viscous samples."; String instruments_5_instrument_name "CHN Elemental Analyzer"; String instruments_5_instrument_nid "625"; String instruments_5_supplied_name "PE 2400 Series II CHNS/O Analyzer"; String instruments_6_acronym "HydroLab DS4"; String instruments_6_dataset_instrument_description "Prior to the 09/13/2000 sampling date, in situ measurements were performed at discrete depths using a Hydrolab Data Sonde 3 equipped with a multiprobe and SVR3 display logger."; String instruments_6_dataset_instrument_nid "767453"; String instruments_6_description "Sensors for temperature, conductivity, salinity, specific conductance, TDS, pH, ORP, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll a, blue-green algae, Rhodamine WT, ammonium, nitrate, chloride, ambient light (PAR), and total dissolved gas."; String instruments_6_instrument_name "HydroLab Datasonde 4 Multiprobe"; String instruments_6_instrument_nid "642"; String instruments_6_supplied_name "Hydrolab Data Sonde 3"; String instruments_7_acronym "YSI Sonde 6-Series"; String instruments_7_dataset_instrument_description "Beginning on the 09/13/2000 sampling date, in situ measurements were performed at discrete depths on the sunlit side of the research vessel using a Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI Incoporated, Ohio) multiparameter sonde (Model 6600 or 6600 EDS-S Extended Deployment System) equipped with a YSI conductivity/temperature probe (Model 6560), a YSI chlorophyll probe (Model 6025), a YSI pH probe (Model 6561 or 6566), a YSI pulsed dissolved oxygen probe (Model 6562), a self cleaning YSI turbidity probe (Model 6026 or 6136), and beginning on the 07/30/2003 sampling date, a flat Li-Cor sensor (UWQ-PAR 6067)."; String instruments_7_dataset_instrument_nid "767454"; String instruments_7_description "YSI 6-Series water quality sondes and sensors are instruments for environmental monitoring and long-term deployments. YSI datasondes accept multiple water quality sensors (i.e., they are multiparameter sondes). Sondes can measure temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, depth, turbidity, and other water quality parameters. The 6-Series includes several models. More from YSI."; String instruments_7_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0737/"; String instruments_7_instrument_name "YSI Sonde 6-Series"; String instruments_7_instrument_nid "663"; String instruments_7_supplied_name "Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI Incoporated, Ohio) multiparameter sonde (Model 6600 or 6600 EDS-S Extended Deployment System)"; String instruments_8_acronym "TD-700"; String instruments_8_dataset_instrument_description "Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) was measured using a Turner Designs TD-700 fluorometer configured with a near-UV mercury vapour lamp, a 350 nm excitation filter, and a 410?600 nm emission filter."; String instruments_8_dataset_instrument_nid "767457"; String instruments_8_description "The TD-700 Laboratory Fluorometer is a benchtop fluorometer designed to detect fluorescence over the UV to red range. The instrument can measure concentrations of a variety of compounds, including chlorophyll-a and fluorescent dyes, and is thus suitable for a range of applications, including chlorophyll, water quality monitoring and fluorescent tracer studies. Data can be output as concentrations or raw fluorescence measurements."; String instruments_8_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0510/"; String instruments_8_instrument_name "Turner Designs 700 Laboratory Fluorometer"; String instruments_8_instrument_nid "694"; String instruments_8_supplied_name "Turner Designs TD-700 fluorometer"; String instruments_9_acronym "Spectrophotometer"; String instruments_9_dataset_instrument_description "Diagnostic phytoplankton photopigments were identified, separated and quantified by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to an in-line photodiode array spectrophotometer (Jeffrey et al.  1997)"; String instruments_9_dataset_instrument_nid "767461"; String instruments_9_description "An instrument used to measure the relative absorption of electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths in the near infra-red, visible and ultraviolet wavebands by samples."; String instruments_9_instrument_external_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB20/"; String instruments_9_instrument_name "Spectrophotometer"; String instruments_9_instrument_nid "707"; String instruments_9_supplied_name "in-line photodiode array spectrophotometer"; String keywords "allo, Allo_corr, ammonia, ammonium, anth, B_car, bco, bco-dmo, biological, but, But_fuco, c1c2, cantha, car, carbon, cdom, Cdom_Corrected, chemical, chemistry, chl, Chl_a_corr, Chl_b_corr, Chl_c1c2, chla, Chla_IWS, chlide, Chlide_a, chlorophyll, chlorophyll-a, chlraw, colored, commerce, concentration, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, cond, corr, Correct_Chla_IV, corrected, cto, CtoN, data, dataset, date, density, department, depth, depth2, description, diadino, diato, dic, din, dissolved, dmo, doc, don, dosat, DV_chl_a, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Ammonia, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Nitrate, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Phosphate, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, echin, erddap, fuco, Fuco_corr, gyro, hex, Hex_fuco, iso, km0, latitude, longitude, lut, management, mass, mass_concentration_of_phosphate_in_sea_water, matter, mole, mole_concentration_of_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water, monado, myxo, n02, neo, nh4, nitrate, no3, NO3_NO2, nto, NtoP, O2, ocean, oceanography, oceans, office, organic, oxygen, particulate, perid, Perid_corr, phide, Phide_a, phosphate, phytin, Phytin_a, po4, POC, ppr, practical, pras, preliminary, salinity, science, sea, sea_water_practical_salinity, season, seawater, secchi, SiO2, source, spec, station, Station_Description, tdn, temperature, time, total, TotalChla, turbidity, viola, water, year, ysi, YSI_BP, YSI_Chl, YSI_Chlraw, YSI_Depth, YSI_DO, YSI_DOsat, YSI_pH, YSI_Salinity, YSI_SpecCond, YSI_Temp, YSI_Time, YSI_Turbidity, zea, Zea_corr"; String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords"; String license "https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/767391/license"; String metadata_source "https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/767391"; Float64 Northernmost_Northing 35.2106; String param_mapping "{'767391': {'Lat': 'flag - latitude', 'YSI_Depth': 'flag - depth', 'Lon': 'flag - longitude'}}"; String parameter_source "https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/767391/parameters"; String people_0_affiliation "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"; String people_0_affiliation_acronym "UNC-Chapel Hill"; String people_0_person_name "Hans Paerl"; String people_0_person_nid "734605"; String people_0_role "Principal Investigator"; String people_0_role_type "originator"; String people_1_affiliation "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution"; String people_1_affiliation_acronym "WHOI BCO-DMO"; String people_1_person_name "Mathew Biddle"; String people_1_person_nid "708682"; String people_1_role "BCO-DMO Data Manager"; String people_1_role_type "related"; String project "climate_phyto_estuaries"; String projects_0_acronym "climate_phyto_estuaries"; String projects_0_description "NSF Award Abstract: Climatic perturbations by drought-flood cycles, tropical storms, and hurricanes are increasingly important in Mid-Atlantic estuaries, leading to ecosystem-scale responses of the plankton system with significant trophic implications. Recent observations support an emerging paradigm that climate dominates nutrient enrichment in these ecosystems, explaining seasonal and interannual variability of phytoplankton floral composition, biomass (chl-a), and primary production (PP). This project will evaluate this paradigm in the two largest estuaries in the United States, Chesapeake Bay (CB) and Albemarle-Pamlico Sound-Neuse River Estuary (APS-NRE) by quantifying responses to climatic perturbations. This project will: (1) resolve long-term trends of plankton biomass/production from high variability driven by climatic forcing, such as drought-flood cycles that generate significant departures from the norm; (2) quantify the role of episodic wind and precipitation events, such as those associated with frontal passages, tropical storms, and hurricanes, that evoke consequential spikes of biomass/production outside the resolution of traditional methods. The field program will focus on event-scale forcing of phytoplankton dynamics by collecting shipboard, aircraft remote sensing, and satellite (SeaWiFS, MODIS-A) data, analyzing extensive monitoring data for CB and APS-NRE to develop context, and quantifying effects of climatic perturbations on phytoplankton dynamics as departures from long-term averages. The rapid-response sampling will be paired with numerical simulations using coupled hydrodynamic biogeochemical models based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). This combination of observations and modeling will be used to explore mechanistic links and test empirical relationships obtained from field data. Intellectual Merit. Drought-flood cycles, tropical storms, and hurricanes are occurring at increasing severity and frequency, exerting significant pressures on land margin ecosystems. Research and monitoring in these ecosystems has focused singularly on eutrophication for nearly five decades. Recognition of climatic perturbations as the underlying cause of phytoplankton variability represents a significant departure from this singular focus. This project will combine observations and modeling to significantly extend our knowledge of how climate regulates phytoplankton dynamics in estuaries. Progress in calibrating and validating hydrodynamic biogeochemical models with data collected in CB and APS-NRE by this project will lead to predictive capabilities thus far unattained, allowing us to evaluate the paradigm that climatic perturbations regulate phytoplankton dynamics in estuaries. Broader Impacts: Addressing the effects of climatic perturbations on phytoplankton dynamics in estuaries with a combination of data collection, analysis, and mechanistic modeling has societal benefits for scientists and resource managers. Applications in addition to ?basic? science include the consideration of climatic forcing in designing effective nutrient management strategies. Specific impacts include: (1) quantifying the effects of climatic perturbations on planktonic processes for important estuarine-coastal ecosystems; (2) extending empirically-based water quality criteria forward by enabling predictions of floral composition, chl-a, and PP in changing climate conditions; (3) combining observations and mechanistic models to support scenario analysis, allowing us to distinguish long-term trends from variability imposed by climate. This project will offer a graduate course in physical transport processes and plankton productivity that will benefit from this research, support two Ph.D. students, and train undergraduates in NSF REU and minority outreach programs at HPL-UMCES and IMS-UNC. The main products will be peer-reviewed publications and presentations at scientific meetings. The three PIs maintain active web sites that will be used to distribute results and data. NOTE: Dr. Harding was the original Lead PI. Dr. Michael R. Roman was named as substitute PI when Dr. Harding served as a Program Director in the NSF Biological Oceanography Program for two years, and through his move to UCLA thereafter. Dr. Harding is responsible for the data holdings on this project and for coordinating their submittal to BCO-DMO."; String projects_0_end_date "2013-09"; String projects_0_geolocation "The two largest estuaries in the United States, Chesapeake Bay (CB) and Albemarle-Pamlico Sound- Neuse River Estuary (APS-NRE)."; String projects_0_name "Collaborative Research: Regulation of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Mid-Atlantic Estuaries Subject to Climatic Perturbations"; String projects_0_project_nid "491333"; String projects_0_project_website "http://paerllab.web.unc.edu/projects/modmon/"; String projects_0_start_date "2008-10"; String publisher_name "Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)"; String publisher_type "institution"; String sourceUrl "(local files)"; Float64 Southernmost_Northing 34.9489; String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v55"; String subsetVariables "Source,Pras,DV_chl_a"; String summary "The Neuse River Estuary Water Quality Dataset is a compilation of the biological, chemical and physical water quality data that was collected along the length of the Neuse River Estuary, NC from March 14, 1985 to February 15, 1989 and from January 24, 1994 to the present. The primary purpose of this dataset was to provide long-term environmental information to supplement experimental, process-based research, including the Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium (ACE-INC) project as well as other laboratory studies."; String title "Biological, chemical, and physical water quality indicators of the Neuse River, North Carolina from 2008 through 2013"; String version "1"; Float64 Westernmost_Easting -77.1222; String xml_source "osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3"; } }