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    • Summary of seawater chemistry taken from the beach pump intakes

    Metadata Updated: September 1, 2024

    The NOAA Galveston Laboratory operates an offshore sewater line which extends into the Gulf of Mexico. The seawater intake lines are composed of perforated well screen material which is buried in the sandbars offshore. Natural seawater is drawn through the sandbars, then through the well screen material and deposited on land and held in large fiberglass reinforced plastic storage tanks until it is needed. The process of drawing the seawater through the sandbars results in varying quality of seawater depending on from which sediments the seawater is drawn through. Short [300-400'] shallow seawater lines tend to be located in active surf areas where the sand bars are dynamic, and result in good seawater from aerobic sediments. However, the longer [900'] deeper seawater intake lines are outside the surf zone and are drawing seawater through stagnant, oxygen depleted anoxic sediments. In order to develop methods for treating and eventually utilizing the seawater from the deeper longer lines, a long-term water quality monitoring program was initiated to compare the seawater in the short shallow seawater line and the deeper, longer, sea water lines."

    The database contains recorded parameters of seawater quality from samples taken in sea turtle rearing tanks and also a daily sample of the incoming seawater from the Gulf of Mexico.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date August 8, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date September 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2012 (creation), 2016 (revision), 2017 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update weekly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 8, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date September 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2012 (creation), 2016 (revision), 2017 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26877
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Summary of seawater chemistry taken from the beach pump intakes [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26877., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Not for use in litigation
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    Bbox North Lat 29.278028
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    Bbox West Long -94.819688
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update weekly
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    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Samples were taken daily from the sea turtle rearing tanks Samples were taken daily from incoming seawater from the Gulf of Mexico. Measurements were from the samples and recorded
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2013

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