Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Bridge-105 and the 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Benjamin McPherson

Ronald L. Miller; Arturo Torres

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Bridge-105 and the 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/wq_analysis/>

Description:

Abstract:

The data catagories include site name, date, time, station ID, medium, record #, agency analyzing sample, agency collecting sample, discharge (daily mean and instantaneous), gage height, lab spec condition, field spec condition, total dissolved solids, air and water temp, pH (lab and field), and amounts of oxygen, nitrogen and nitrogen compounds, phosphorus, carbonates, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfate, calcium, silica, and carbon.

Purpose:

Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) maintain separate networks of hydrologic monitoring stations (hydrostations) for measuring the stage and quality of surface water throughout their units. The data collected at these sites provides a historical baseline for assessing hydrologic conditions and making a wide range of management decisions (both internally and externally). Surface-water stage data is relatively straight-forward to analyze, both in real time and relative to historic conditions, and has typically been conducted by in-house hydrology staff at both units. Analysis of surface water-quality data is generally regarded as being more complex because of the subtleness of trends, absence of continuous data (bi-monthly for BICY and monthly for EVER), and dependence on surface water depth and season.

Collection and analysis of water-quality samples at BICY and EVER are done under cooperative agreements with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Under these agreements, the Park Service collects the samples in the field and the SFWMD provides sampling equipment and laboratory analyses. EVER has been sampling water quality on a monthly basis at 9 "internal marsh" stations since 1984 as part of this program. BICY has been sampling water quality on a monthly basis at 10 "internal" stations since 1995 as part of this agreement, with water quality data at these sites extending as far back to 1988 (but not as part of the agreement). Water-quality data collected at the BICY and EVER stations has been archived and reported for short-time intervals (yearly and bi-yearly), but an analysis that covers all sampled parameters, extends over the full period of record, and provides comparisons between the two units has yet to be performed.

In 2000, a study was begun by the U.S. Geological Survey to gather, edit, and interpret selected water-quality data from a variety of sources to improve the understanding of changes in water-quality in areas impacted by human activities or in more remote and relatively unimpacted areas of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. One purpose is to look for long-term trends and possibly relate the trends to human or natural influences on water quality such as agriculture, drought, hurricanes, changes in water management, etc. Another purpose is to interpret data from the most remote and unimpacted areas to discern, if possible, what the natural background concentrations are for water-quality constituents that have sufficient data. An attempt will be made to find correlations between available water-quality, physical, and meteorological parameters.

Such analyses of water-quality and ancillary data may assist in establishing water-quality standards appropriate for the designation as Outstanding Florida Waters in both the Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve. Ancillary data such as precipitation, water-level, water flow, dates of major storms, and beginning and ending dates of water-control effects will be studied to relate their timing to any noticeable changes in water quality.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1967

Ending_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.4

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.3

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.2

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: water quality

Theme_Keyword: water level

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: nutrients

Theme_Keyword: nitrogen

Theme_Keyword: calcium

Theme_Keyword: carbon

Theme_Keyword: carbonates

Theme_Keyword: major ions

Theme_Keyword: phosphorus

Theme_Keyword: magnesium

Theme_Keyword: chloride

Theme_Keyword: sulfate

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: 007

Theme_Keyword: 012

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: US

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: FL

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: Broward County

Place_Keyword: Collier County

Place_Keyword: Hendry County

Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County

Place_Keyword: Monroe County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve

Place_Keyword: Big Cypress Swamp

Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Central Everglades

Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress

Place_Keyword: South East Coast

Place_Keyword: Water Conservation Area 2

Place_Keyword: WCA2

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

These data are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Arturo Torres

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

USGS Florida Integrated Science Center-Ft. Lauderdale

3110 SW 9th Ave.

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

813 975-8620 ext 128 office

813 215-4500

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aetorres@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/wq_analysis/basemap.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location of historic water-quality sites

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

The National Park Service collects the samples in the field and the SFWMD provides sampling equipment and laboratory analyses.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Data are provided as Excel spreadsheets.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

McPherson, Benjamin F.

Halley, Robert

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: The South Florida Environment: a region under stress

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Circular

Issue_Identification: 1134

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: Southern Florida NAWQA Program publication

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/circular/1134/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

McPherson, Benjamin F.

Miller, Ronald L.; Haag, Kim H.; Bradner, Anne

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: Water Quality in Southern Florida, 1996 - 98

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Circular

Issue_Identification: 1207

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1207/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Miller, Ronald L.

McPherson, Benjamin F.; Haag, Kim H.

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Water quality in the southern Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp in the vicinity of the Tamiami Trail, 1996-97

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Water Resources Investigations Report

Issue_Identification: 99-4062

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri99_4062_miller.html>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Miller, Ronald L.

McPherson, Benjamin F.

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Occurrence And Distribution Of Contaminants In Bottom Sediment and Water Of The Barron River Canal, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, October 1998

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Florida Scientist

Issue_Identification: v. 64, n. 1

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Orlando, FL

Publisher: Florida Academy of Sciences

Other_Citation_Details:

originally published in Florida Scientist, vol. 64, Winter, 2001, Number 1

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/bottom_sed/index.html>

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable

Completeness_Report:

Stations Br-105 and 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach have data from 1988 to 1998 and 1967 to 1999 respectively. Missing data is indicated by -- in the appropriate field.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The objective of this project was to analyze, summarize, and report on water-quality data collected in freshwaters in or near ENP and BCNP over the period of record. The analysis included an evaluation of seasonal and long-term trends, spatial patterns, and possible effects of hydrologic, climatic, and human-induced perturbations. Specific objectives included: (1) determination of baseline water-quality conditions relative to the designations as Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW) and Outstanding National Resource Water (ONRW);(2) an analysis of water-quality conditions across the landscape, and at internal marsh sites relative to conditions in upstream canals; and (3) an analysis of long-term trends for selected parameters, such as chloride, sulfate, and total phosphorus.

Water-quality and ancillary data were collected from the files of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, some southern Florida County agencies, State of Florida agencies, and other sources of long-term water-quality and ancillary data. Available data was collected in electronic files from the original source. The intention was not to collect every available piece of data, but to collect data with the potential to detect long-term trends or lack thereof in chemical concentrations. Focus was on chemicals of environmental importance.

Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the USGS NWIS database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the South Florida Water Management District DBHYDRO database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the Big Cypress National Preserve's paper files.

Data were reformatted, if necessary, for storage in a database at the U.S. Geological Survey Subdistrict Office in Tampa, Florida. When feasible, data was screened using chemical logic checks developed by Ronald Miller of the USGS in Tampa, Florida.

Various graphs and statistical evaluations were used to detect correlations between variables and trends in concentration. Selected graphs and statistical results will be incorporated into a written report of the interpretations.

Process_Date: 200206

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Arturo Torres

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

USGS Florida Integrated Science Center-Ft. Lauderdale

3110 SW 9th Ave.

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

813 975-8620 ext 128 office

813 215-4500

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aetorres@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Big Cypress National Preserve

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 600 Fourth St. South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Br-105 and 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve

Distribution_Liability: The data have no implied or explicit guarantees

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: EXCEL

Format_Version_Date: 1997

Transfer_Size: 0.4

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/rmiller/>

Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20071203

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Heather Henkel

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 600 Fourth Street South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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