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Table 5 M2B3 Reporting Standard about environmental measurements
| Interest | Measurement | Description of usage | Control vocabulary/format/unit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Conductivity | Electrical conductivity of water | SDN:P02:75:CNDC | |
| SDN:P06:46:UECA for mS/cm | ||||
| Temperature | Temperature of water | SDN:P02:75:TEMP | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPAA for °C | ||||
| Depth (m) | Vertical spatial coordinates | SDN:P02:75:AHGT | ||
| SDN:P06:46:ULAA for m | ||||
| Salinity | Salinity of water | SDN:P02:75:PSAL | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UGKG for PSU | ||||
| Fluorescence | Raw (volts) or converted (mg Chla/m^3) fluorescence of the water | SDN:P02:75:FVLT | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UVLT for volts | ||||
| Nutrient status of a system | Nitrate | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:NTRA | |
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Nitrite | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:NTRI | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Phosphate | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:PHOS | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Silicate | Silicate concentration parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:SLCA | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Ammonium | Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:AMON | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Chemical properties of a system | pH | Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column | SDN:P02:75:ALKY | |
| Dissolved oxygen concentration | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | SDN:P02:75:DOXY | ||
| SDN:P06:46:KGUM for μmol/kg | ||||
| Optical properties of a system | Downward PAR | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column | SDN:P02:75:VSRW | |
| SDN:P06:46:UMES for μE/m^2/s | ||||
| Turbidity | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column | SDN:P02:75:ATTN | ||
| SDN:P06:46:USTU for FTU or NTU | ||||
| Biogeochemistry (Amount or Mass) | Carbon organic particulate (POC) | Particulate organic carbon concentration in the water column | SDN:P02:75:CORG | |
| SDN:P06:46:UGPL for μg/L | ||||
| Nitrogen organic particulate (PON) | Particulate organic nitrogen concentration in the water column | SDN:P02:75:NTOT | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UGPL for μg/L | ||||
| Carbon organic dissolved (DOC) | Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column | SDN:P02:75:DOCC | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPOX for μmol/L | ||||
| Nitrogen organic dissolved (DON) | Dissolved organic nitrogen concentration in the water column | SDN:P02:75:TDNT | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UMGL for mg/L | ||||
| Ecosystem trophic structure & biodiversity (Amount, Volume or Mass of organisms in the environment) | Pigment concentrations | Concentration of pigments (e.g. chlorophyll a) extracted and analysed by fluorometry or HPLC | SDN:P02:75:CPWC | |
| SDN:P06:46:UMMC for mg/m^3 | ||||
| Picoplankton (Flow Cytometry) | Abundance of cells in the water column (+other avail. cell properties) | SDN:P02:75:BATX | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPMM for #/m^3 | ||||
| Nano/Microplankton | Abundance of cells in the water column (+other avail. cell properties) | SDN:P02:75:MATX or PATX | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPMM for #/m^3 | ||||
| Meso/Macroplankton | Abundance of individuals in the water column (+other avail. properties) | SDN:P02:75:ZATX | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UPMM for #/m^3 | ||||
| Ecosystem trophic rates | Primary Production (isotope uptake) | Primary Production in the water column | SDN:P02:75:PPRD | |
| SDN:P06:46:UGDC for mg/m^3/d | ||||
| Primary Production (oxygen) | Primary Production in the water column | SDN:P02:75:PPRD | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UGDC for mg/m^3/d | ||||
| Bacterial production (isotope uptake) | Bacterial production in the water column | SDN:P02:75:UPTH | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UGDC for mg/m^3/d | ||||
| Bacterial production (respiration) | Bacterial production in the water column | SDN:P02:75:UPTH | ||
| SDN:P06:46:UGDC for mg/m^3/d | ||||
