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OAS accession Detail for 0116390
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| Title: | Chemical and Physical Data of the Coastal Environment in Mobile Bay, Alabama collected by Citizen Monitoring from January 1991 to December 1993 (NODC Accession 0116390) |
| Abstract: | The Water Quality Act of 1987 established the National Estuary Program, which has as one of its objectives the formation of citizen groups for monitoring the quality of coastal waters. One such group that formed to monitor Mobile Bay was called Baywatch. Under the guidance of Dr. George Crozier of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), and in association with the Mobile Field Office of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), citizens were trained to collect and analyze water samples once a week between 10am and 2pm for 50 stations located in the Mobile Bay delta, Mississippi Sound, Weeks Bay, Perdido Bay, and several local streams. Parameters measured included water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, air temperature, and rainfall. Water temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen were measured from both surface and bottom waters where possible. The purpose of this study was to provide a better understanding of the processes affecting the waters of coastal Alabama. |
| Date received: | 20140207 |
| Start date: | 19910102 |
| End date: | 19931229 |
| Seanames: | Coastal Waters of Alabama, Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -88.1683 |
| East boundary: | -87.45 |
| North boundary: | 30.8335 |
| South boundary: | 30.2718 |
| Observation types: | physical, site samples, surface measurements, time series, visual observation, water chemistry |
| Instrument types: | hydrometer, meteorological sensor, multi-parameter water quality sensor, oxygen sensor, Secchi disk, thermometer |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, SALINITY, SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER, SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, Secchi depth, WATER COLOR, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | Tzeng, Mimi |
| Submitting institution: | Dauphin Island Sea Lab |
| Collecting institutions: | Dauphin Island Sea Lab |
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| Supplementary information: | Citizen monitors went through a training session before beginning sample collection. They were provided with a field methods manual, equipment and supplies, and forms. Water samples were not preserved. After sampling, form originals were kept by the monitor, and a carbonless copy mailed to the program manager office. Data were entered into a dBase file and quality-checked. |
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| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2014-02-12 18:58:21+00 |
| Editdate: | 2014-04-02 15:10:15+00 |