Nutrient and algal response values from a mesocosm experiment used to estimate algal growth rates
Description
These data have been collected as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. This project began in 2016 and consisted of a mesocosm experiment quantifying short term responses by a transplanted natural diatom dominant algae community exposed to gradients of nitrogen, phosphorous, and a mixture of both nitrogen and phosphorus. The data consist of water quality parameters such as temperature and pH as well as aqueous nutrient concentrations and algae responses, including chlorophyll a concentrations, algae dry mass, algae ash-free dry mass, and intra-cellular phosphorus and nitrogen in algae. Algae growth rates were estimated from these data and are meant to be used with water-quality models; the results of this investigation can be found in the manuscript associated with this data release (Schmidt and others 2019).
Resources
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RB65M8 |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5bc4a1eae4b0fc368eba0315.xml |
Tags
- droop
- biota
- qual
- usgs-5bc4a1eae4b0fc368eba0315
- monod
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- wasp
- mesocosm
- diatom-growth-rate
- water-quality-model-parameterization