Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Bard College Water Lab: Water Quality Monitoring Data: Saw Kill Tributary Water Nutrients Data

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    This project contains the data, publications, and documentation from the Bard College's Water Lab monitoring program on the Saw Kill Watershed and Roeliff Jansen Kill in upstate New York. The Bard Water Lab is a student-run, community-centered laboratory devoted to bringing water science to water communities. The Bard Water Lab studies water in all its phases—liquid, gaseous, and solid—as we expand watershed-level management thinking to include the concept of airsheds, which requires a better understanding of the interconnectedness of watersheds across the water landscape.

People

  • Lindsey Drew: Content Provider

  • Charlene Tarsa: Content Provider

Keywords

  • new york, nutrients, saw kill, water, water chemistry,

Organizations

  • Bard College Water Lab: lead

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    Data Table

    • Title: Saw Kill Tributary Water Nutrients Data
    • Start Date: 2017-02-10
    • Description: Each month, student volunteers and members of the Saw Kill Watershed Community collect samples from 14 sites along the Saw Kill. The Bard Water Lab analyzes these samples for various water nutrient metrics including (Ammonium, Calcium, Chloride, Magnesium, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sodium, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus).

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1330_2732_VER8YK

    • Object Name: VMC.1330.2732

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Bard College Water Lab (2019) Saw Kill Tributary Water Nutrients Data. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bard_college_monitoring/dataset/saw-kill-tributary-water-nutrients-data

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/bard_college_monitoring/dataset/saw-kill-tributary-water-nutrients-data

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Ammonium_mgL
      • Label: Ammonium
      • Description: Ammonium concentrations within water samples.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      • Custom List: Ammon_Codes
      Attribute Name: Calcium_ICP
      • Label: Calcium
      • Description: Calcium concentrations using inductively coupled plasma (ICP). ICP is a type of mass spectrometry that is capable of detecting metals and various non-metals at low concentrations.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: Chloride
      • Label: Chloride
      • Description: Chloride concentrations within water samples.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      Attribute Name: DateSampled
      • Label: Date
      • Description: Date sampled
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      Attribute Name: DetectionLimit
      • Label: Detection Limit
      • Description: lowest concentration that be reliably detected using a given method
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: LabID
      • Label: Lab ID
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Magnesium_ICP
      • Label: Magnesium
      • Description: Magnesium concentrations using inductively coupled plasma (ICP). ICP is a type of mass spectrometry that is capable of detecting metals and various non-metals at low concentrations.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: Nitrate_N
      • Label: Nitrate
      • Description: Nitrate concentrations within water sample
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      Attribute Name: Phosphate_P
      • Label: Phosphate
      • Description: Phosphate concentrations within water sample
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      • Custom List: Phos_Codes
      Attribute Name: Site
      • Label: Site
      • Description: Site ID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Sodium_ICP
      • Label: Sodium
      • Description: Calcium concentrations using inductively coupled plasma (ICP). ICP is a type of mass spectrometry that is capable of detecting metals and various non-metals at low concentrations.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      Attribute Name: Total_Nitrogen
      • Label: Total Nitrogen
      • Description: Total nitrogen concentration
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      Attribute Name: Total__Phosphorus
      • Label: Total Phosphorus
      • Description: Total phosphorus concentration
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: milligrams per liter
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Description: Year sampled
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: Year
      Attribute Name: Filtration
      • Label: Filtration
      • Description: filtration 1 is a whole sample and 0.22 is filtered 0.22 micrometers
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Custom List: Filtration_Codes

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset