Chesapeake Bay Program - A Watershed Partnership

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

Data Contact

Jackie Johnson - Tele: 800-YOUR-BAY ext. 729

Documentation

Map of a typical horizontal fluorescence transect pattern for a single monitoring cruise - March 2001
Fluorescence Data Dictionary - Online
2000 Users Guide to CBP Biological and Living Resources Monitoring Data - January 2000
Maryland Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation - April 2004
Virgina Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation - April 2004
A Comprehensive List of Chesapeake Bay Basin Species 1998 - June 1998
Fluorescence Monitoring Database Design and Data Dictionary - April 1999
Quality Assurance Plan for Potomac River In-Vivo Fluorescence - June 2001
Standard Operating Procedure for Virginia In-Vivo Fluorometry - March 1998