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Phytoplankton Community Composition and Abundance in Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee Waterway, Florida, USA, July and August 2019

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2019-07-15
End Date
2019-07-18
Start Date
2019-08-19
End Date
2019-08-22

Citation

Mazzei, Viviana, Reed, Ariel P., and Booth, Amanda C., 2022, Phytoplankton Community Composition and Abundance in Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee Waterway, Florida, USA, July and August 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9M9JOAF.

Summary

This data release contains phytoplankton classification and enumeration results from two moving boat surveys conducted on July 15 - 18, 2019 and August 19 - 22, 2019. These data were collected from the Caloosahatchee River and estuary, the St. Lucie River and estuary, and Lake Okeechobee with funding provided by the USGS Priority Ecosystems Greater Everglades Program.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Viviana Mazzei
Originator :
Viviana Mazzei, Ariel P Reed, Amanda C Booth
Metadata Contact :
Viviana Mazzei
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :
New York Water Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
New York Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Division-level.csv 94.08 KB text/csv
Genus-level.csv 362.89 KB text/csv
FunctionalGroup.csv 92.8 KB text/csv

Purpose

This dataset is part of an interdisciplinary and multiagency study aimed to understand harmful algal bloom dynamics and drivers of phytoplankton community structure in Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers.

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