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 | ||||