Dataset: Argyle Creek temperatures (HOBO) from inside mussel bed

Name: Temperatures from inside a mussel bed located at Argyle Creek on San Juan Island, WA, USA from 2019 to 2024
Published: 2025-01-28
Keywords: temperature, intertidal, Salish Sea, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.949773.1

Spatial Extent: N:48.521791 E:-123.01417 S:48.521791 W:-123.01417

Intertidal zone at Argyle Creek, San Juan Island, WA, USA

Temporal Extent: 2019-06-26 - 2024-01-24

Project:

Collaborative Research: Microscale interactions of foundation species with their fluid environment: biological feedbacks alter ecological interactions of mussels (Microscale Mussels)

Principal Investigator:

Michael T. Nishizaki (Carleton College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2025-01-28

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Temperatures from inside a mussel bed located at Argyle Creek on San Juan Island, WA, USA from 2019 to 2024

Abstract:

This dataset includes water temperature data measured at 30 minute intervals in a mytilid mussel bed (Mytilus spp.) by a HOBO Pendant MX logger (MX2201, Onset Computer Corporation, Bourne, MA). The site was located at Argyle Creek on San Juan Island, WA, USA from 2019 to 2024.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2025-01-28	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.949773.1	2025-02-19

Methods & Sampling

This dataset contains ocean water temperatures recorded from the field to determine the range of temperatures experienced by mytilid mussels throughout the year. Temperatures were sampled from a mussel bed at Argyle Creek on San Juan Island, WA, USA (48.521791N, 123.01417W). The saltwater "creek" connects the ocean to a saltwater lagoon that fills at high tide and empties during low tide. As such, the creek experiences a range of water temperatures due to its tidal interactions with the lagoon. Water temperatures at this site were monitored because the mussels served as subjects for our lab-based physiological experiments. The focus of our lab experiments was on processes occurring during submersion, and mussels at this field site remain submerged.

Water temperatures were collected using a BlueTooth-capable HOBO logger (sampling frequency = 30 minutes; HOBO Tidbit MX2203; Onset, Bourne, MA) deployed from June 2019 to January 2024. Temperature sensor precision = 0.01C. The sensor was attached to the substratum by screwing it into a wall anchor in a concrete block (L x W x H = 40 cm x 40 cm x 5 cm). The HOBO remained submerged at all times.

Datetime and temperature data were offloaded from a sensor via Bluetooth connection to the HoboConnect monitoring app (Google Play store) on a Samsung Galaxy S21 phone. In MATLAB 24.2.0.2712019 (R2024b), columns were added for UTC datetimes, sampling location, latitude, and longitude. Times were recorded in PST and provided for comparison to local tide tables. UTC times are also provided to aid in any global comparisons. Sensor deployment and data analysis conducted by M. Nishizaki.

Organism identifiers:

Taxonomic name used in metadata, common name, Life Science Identifier (LSID)
Mytilus spp., mussel, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138228

Problems/Issues

Data gaps are due to problems associated with deployment and/or sensor loss (June 2020 to Oct 2021 and August 2022 to June 2023).

Data Processing Description

Times were recorded in PST and provided for comparison to local tide tables. UTC times are also provided to aid in any global comparisons.

BCO-DMO Processing

* Data Table within submitted file "Mussel_bed_temperatures_2019_2024.csv" was imported into the BCO-DMO data system for this dataset. Table will appear as Data File: 949773_v1_mussel-bed-temps.csv (along with other download format options).

* ISO_Datetime_UTC column changed from datetime to datetime with timezone value by adding "Z" to represent UTC (as per 8601).

* LSID added for reference to mussel (Mytilus spp.) using the world register of marine species on 2025-02-18 LSID (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138228)

Data Files

File
949773_v1_mussel-bed-temps.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 3.84 MB) MD5:0f2cb65a4bd63845dc087592a9095a12 Primary data file for dataset ID 949773, version 1

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-2050129

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Temperature Logger

Supplied Name: HOBO Tidbit MX2203 (Onset Computer Corporation, Bourne, MA)

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
ISO_Datetime_UTC	Date and time with timezone (8601 format). Timezone Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) represented as "Z". Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
ISO_Datetime_PST	Date and time according to Pacific Standard Time (ISO 8601 format). Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S	unitless	DateTime
Location	name of the field site with mussel bed being monitored	unitless	site
Latitude	location of field site (latitude)	decimal degrees	lat
Longitude	location of field site (longitude)	decimal degrees	lon
Water_Temp	water temperature. Precision of temperature sensor = 0.01C	degrees Celcius (degC)	temp