FMWT: FMWT water quality data

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FMWT water quality data

Description

Water quality data from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fall Midwater Trawl.

Usage

FMWT

Format

a tibble with 29,237 rows and 16 variables

Source

Name of the source dataset.

Station

Station where sample was collected.

Latitude

Latitude in decimal degrees.

Longitude

Longitude in decimal degrees.

Date

Date sample was collected.

Datetime

Date and time of sample collection.

Depth

Bottom depth (m).

Tide

Tidal stage.

Microcystis

Microcystis bloom intensity on a qualitative scale from 1 to 5 where 1 = absent, 2 = low, 3 = medium, 4 = high, and 5 = very high.

Secchi

Secchi depth (cm).

Secchi_estimated

Was Secchi depth estimated? Y/N

Temperature

Temperature (°C) at surface.

Temperature_bottom

Temperature (°C) at bottom.

Conductivity

Specific conductance (\muS cm-1) at surface.

Conductivity_bottom

Specific conductance (\muS cm-1) at bottom.

TurbidityNTU

Turbidity (NTU) at surface.

Details

More metadata and information on methods are available here.

See Also

wq


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