Baywide Fluorescence Database

Data Type: Fluorescence, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, vertical and horizontal profiles

Geographic Extent: Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries

Date Range: 1984-present

Data is currently being collected under the following grants: CB98361804, CB98385303, CB98382503

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Contact:

Mike Mallonee

Documentation:

• Maryland Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation (52.98 KB)

• Virgina Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation (158.27 KB)

• Quality Assurance Plan for Potomac River In-Vivo Fluorescence (6.89 MB)

• Quality Assurance Plan for Maryland in-vivo Fluorometry (184.67 KB)

• Quality Assurance Plan for Virginia In-Vivo Fluorometry (46.3 KB)

• Map of a typical horizontal fluorescence transect pattern for a single monitoring cruise (272.91 KB)

• Fluorescence Monitoring Database Design and Data Dictionary (236.98 KB)

• The 2012 User's Guide to CBP Biological Monitoring Data (1.2 MB)

Metadata:

• FGDC Compliant metadata for Maryland in-vivo Fluorometry from Morgan State University (61.56 KB)

• FGDC Compliant metadata for Virginia in-vivo Fluorometry from Virginia Institute of Marine Science (50.56 KB)

• FGDC Compliant metadata for Virginia in-vivo Fluorometry from Old Dominion University (54.5 KB)