Dataset: Benthic Temperature and Light

Name: Benthic temerature and light data from loggers deployed in Bermuda between 2010 and 2012 (BEACON project)
Published: 2017-12-12
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:32.457333 E:-64.797469 S:32.400777 W:-64.834759

Temporal Extent: 2010-10-18 - 2012-09-20

Project:

BErmuda ocean Acidification and COral reef iNvestigation (BEACON)

Program:

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Principal Investigator:

Andreas Andersson (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Nicholas Bates (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)

Contact:

Andreas Andersson (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2017-12-12

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Benthic temerature and light data from loggers deployed in Bermuda between 2010 and 2012 (BEACON project)

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Description

Benthic temperature and light data from HOBO Temperature and Light loggers were deployed at Hog Reef and Crescent Reef Bermuda recording temperature and light every 8 minutes for the duration of the two-year study period (2010-2012).

These data were utilized in the following publication:

Courtney, T. A., Lebrato, M., Bates, N. R., Collins, A., de Putron, S. J., Garley, R., ... & Andersson, A. J. (2017). Environmental controls on modern scleractinian coral and reef-scale calcification. Science advances, 3(11), e1701356. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1701356

Methods & Sampling

At each of two locations on Hog Reef and Crescent Reef respectively, two onset HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Loggers were deployed measuring temperature and light on the benthos every 8 minutes.

Sampling locations: Bermuda Platform: Hog Reef (32.45733, -64.83476) and Crescent Reef (32.40078, -64.79747).

For more methodology details refer to Courtney et al. 2017.

Data Processing Description

Data are raw, unfiltered data from each deployment and have not been verified.

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming convention
* NaN values changed to nd for "no data"
* "Time" column split into "Date" and "Time" as it contained both

Data Files

File
TempLight.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 53.19 MB) MD5:e642820cd5cfbce1dfeac56651298e4d Primary data file for dataset ID 720802

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0928406

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
BIOS_BEACON		2007-06-15	BIOS_Small_Boat	Andreas Andersson (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Light Meter

Supplied Name: Onset Hobo light logger

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Light Meter

Generic Description:

Light meters are instruments that measure light intensity. Common units of measure for light intensity are umol/m2/s or uE/m2/s (micromoles per meter squared per second or microEinsteins per meter squared per second). (example: LI-COR 250A)

Temperature Logger

Supplied Name: Onset Hobo temperature logger

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Temperature Logger

Generic Description:

Records temperature data over a period of time.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Site	Location of sampling (Hog = Hog Reef, Bermuda or Cres = Crescent Reef, Bermuda)	unitless	site
Logger	Logger ID at Reef	unitless	Sensor_Id
Date	Local date of sampling in format dd/MM/YYYY (AST and ADT)	unitless	date
Time	Local time of sampling in format HH:mm (AST and ADT)	unitless	time
Temp	Benthic seawater temperature	degrees Celsius (°C)	temp
Light	Benthic light levels	lumens per meter squared (lux)	no_bcodmo_term
Lat	Latitude of site	decimal degrees	lat
Lon	Longitude of site	decimal degrees	lon

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Dataset: Benthic Temperature and Light