Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Jeff Woods

        Mark Zucker
      Publication_Date: 2007
      Title: Water Quality Data (Zucker)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: website
      Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/wtrqualindex.html
  Description:
    Abstract:
      The data are available for 14 sites in multiple formats from the
      National Water Information Systems (NWIS) website
    Purpose:
      In 1995 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a series of studies to
      monitor several major creeks and rivers that discharge freshwater into
      northeastern Florida Bay and the southwest coastal estuaries of
      Everglades National Park.  These studies provide water flow, salinity,
      temperature, and water-level data for hydrodynamic model development
      and calibration and also supply baseline information for other
      physical, biological, and chemical studies being conducted in these
      areas.

      From 2004 through 2006 the Restoration, Coordination, and VERification
      program (RECOVER) Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) funded 10
      monitoring stations that together with the existing coastal monitoring
      network created a network of about 40 sites that could be analyzed for
      coastal gradients of flow, salinity, and nutrients.  The purpose of
      this network is to gather information on the interactions between the
      Everglades mangrove transition zone and the freshwater wetlands.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19971227
        Ending_Date: 20070710
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: In Work
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.1
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.35
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.5
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: -25.1
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Theme_Keyword: hydrology
      Theme_Keyword: water quality
      Theme_Keyword: chemistry
    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, DC,
        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, DC, 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: Miami-Dade County
      Place_Keyword: Monroe County
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System
      Place_Keyword: Harney River
      Place_Keyword: Jewfish Creek
      Place_Keyword: McCormick Creek
      Place_Keyword: Mud Creek
      Place_Keyword: North River
      Place_Keyword: Shark River
      Place_Keyword: Taylor River
      Place_Keyword: Trout Creek
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Place_Keyword: Central Everglades
      Place_Keyword: West Highway Creek
      Place_Keyword: Manatee Bay Creek
      Place_Keyword: Card Sound Canal
      Place_Keyword: Stillwater Creek
      Place_Keyword: Upstream North River
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints: none
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Mark Zucker
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave.
        City: Ft. Lauderdale
        State_or_Province: FL
        Postal_Code: 33315
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5952
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mzucker@usgs.gov
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/statementsofwork07/images/coastalgrads_fig1x.jpg
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
      Location of RECOVER MAP coastal gradients monitoring stations in
      relation to other USGS monitoring stations
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/statementsofwork07/images/coastalgrads_fig2x.jpg
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Location of nine generalized coastal transects involved in the study
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/statementsofwork07/images/coastalgrads_fig6x.jpg
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
      Locations of nutrients collection stations within the USGS Coastal
      Integrated Monitoring Network
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
  Data_Set_Credit:
    Project personnel include Jeff Woods, Marc Stewart, Rich Kachelriess,
    and Jessica Adams
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: website - output data formats are graphs and tables
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Woods, Jeff

        Zucker, Mark
      Publication_Date: 2007
      Title:
        Estuarine Response in Northeastern Florida Bay to Major Hurricanes
        in 2005
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book chapter
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: USGS Circular
        Issue_Identification: 1306, chapter 6
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Reston, VA
        Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch6_i.pdf
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Farris, G. S.; Smith, G. J.; Crane, M. P.; Demas, C. R.;
            Robbins, L. L.; Lavoie, D. L., editors
          Publication_Date: 2007
          Title:
            Science and the Storms: The USGS Response to the Hurricanes of
            2005
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Circular
            Issue_Identification: 1306
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reston, VA
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/
Data_Quality_Information:
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    Water-quality samples will be collected at three locations (West Highway
    Creek, Manatee Bay Creek, and Card Sound Canal) for determining the
    total and dissolved nutrient concentrations.
  Completeness_Report: Not all stations have water quality data or are complete
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Horizontal positions were established with the use of GPS equipment.
  Lineage:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Automatic samplers are used at three locations to collect water
        samples for nutrient analysis. Every 18 hours a 120 ml water sample
        is pumped into a pre-preserved (1:1 sulfuric acid) composite bottle
        that is made up of four pumping sessions over a 3-day period.  Field
        visits to collect sample bottles are made every 24 days. During a
        routine site visit, representative water samples are collected
        following a multiple vertical sampling approach quarterly at each
        station.  Samples are collected and analyzed at the USGS National
        Water Quality Laboratory for total and dissolved nutrients. Water
        samples collected with auto-samplers are analyzed for total nitrogen
        (TKN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations.  Point samples are
        collected to assess the potential of bio-fouling of the sampling
        port during monthly deployments and to compare the point data to the
        multiple vertical sampling data (i.e. representative data)
      Process_Date: 2004
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Published and provisional water quality data can be accessed at
        http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/wtrqualindex.html.
         Additional project information on the water quality network can be
        obtained at
        http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/statementsofwork07/coastalgrads.html.
         Information is detailed in the water year 2007 statement of work.
      Process_Date: Not complete
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Person: Mark Zucker
            Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave.
            City: Ft. Lauderdale
            State_or_Province: FL
            Postal_Code: 33315
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5952
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mzucker@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Everglades National Park
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 1
      Longitude_Resolution: 1
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds
    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
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Available data for each site include salinity in parts per thousand
      (ppt), and temperature in degrees Celsius.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: National Water Information System (NWIS)
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: Water Quality Data
  Distribution_Liability:
    Data from 1996 to 2000 is published.  Data after 2000 is provisional and
    subject to revision
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: unknown
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/wtrqualindex.html
          Access_Instructions:
            The data may be accessed through the National Water Information
            System (NWIS) by selecting the NWIS page for a station
    Fees: none
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20080402
  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