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Conductivity, temperature, depth, fluorescence, optical backscatter, laser in-situ scattering and transmissivity, acoustic zooplankton biomass, net zooplankton counts, and suspended particle data from the RV HUGH R. SHARP in the upper Chesapeake Bay from 2007-02-23 to 2008-10-09 as part of the Bio-Physical Interaction in the Turbidity Maximum (BITMAX-II) program (NCEI Accession 0062884)

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Data set contains Cruise Reports and CTD data from 8 main cruises in the upper Chesapeake Bay on board the R/V Hugh R. Sharp from February 2007 to October 2008. Objectives of this cruise were to sample the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) region of the Chesapeake Bay with a suite of in situ sensors (conductivity, temperature, depth, fluorometer, optical backscatter sensor, laser in-situ scattering and transmissometry device (LISST 100C), and Tracor acoustic profiling system (TAPS)), Niskin bottles, MOCNESS zooplankton nets, and a digital imaging particle settling tube with in-situ capture (DIPSTIC). The ETM in this system is most prominent in deeper waters of the shipping channel near the freshwater/saltwater interface. Our sampling strategy included 1) axial surveys of the region with CTD casts and Niskin bottles conducted at 11 stations, 2) axial surveys to sample zooplankton with MOCNESS net tows, and 3) time course sampling with Niskin bottles and DIPSTIC at three anchor stations.

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0062884 Attenuation/Transmission BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE OPTICAL BACKSCATTER OPTICAL PROPERTIES OXYGEN OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION SALINITY TRANSMISSIVITY turbidity WATER TEMPERATURE ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS ZOOPLANKTON IDENTITIES acoustic sensor bottle CTD Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) oxygen sensor transmissometer turbidity sensor biological optical physical phytoplankton abundance tows - plankton tows R/V Hugh R. Sharp Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Horn Point Laboratory Horn Point Laboratory Chesapeake Bay oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce UMCES/HPL > Horns Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > OXYGEN DEMAND EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > RESPIRATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > ESTUARIES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > RADIOCARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL CURRENTS Fluid Mechanics Ocean Acoustics Ocean chemistry Oceanography Physics ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS TRANSMISSOMETERS TURBIDITY METERS > TURBIDITY METERS Hugh R. Sharp (call sign: WDC6908, ICES code: 33H5, 2006-) Chesapeake Bay OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Chesapeake Bay Bridge Turkey Point Lighthouse

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