{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Timothy P. Wilson", "hasEmail": "mailto:tpwilson@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This data set presents pore water nutrient concentrations and sediment oxygen demand (SOD) measurements made at 12 locations around the margin of Barnegat Bay and at 3 locations in central Barnegat Bay. The data were collected during 2012-2013 for the Barnegat Bay Nutrient Study in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Table 1 presents the site data including site name, geographical location, site ID, and latitude and longitude. Table 2 presents concentrations of water quality constituents measured in water at the sediment interface and in pore water. Pore water was measured using in-situ equilibrium dialysis samplers (peepers) deployed at the stations. Measured concentrations in pore water were used to calculate nutrient flux rates between sediment pore water and overlying Bay water. Tables 3 and 4 present the composition and grain-size distribution of sediment from the benthic surface at the test sites. Table 5 presents SOD test results including date, water parameters, test duration, and the parameters used to develop best-fit least-square lines to the oxygen consumption data; these include slope (the SOD rate), intercept, correlation coefficient, and calculated SOD.\nThese data support the following publication: \nWilson, T. and DePaul, V., 2017, In situ benthic nutrient flux and sediment oxygen demand in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, in Buchanan, G.A., Belton, T.J., and Paudel, B., eds., A Comprehensive Assessment of Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 78, p. 46-59, https://doi.org/10.2112/SI78-005.1.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KD1WC3", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.59136b98e4b0e541a03d4745.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_59136b98e4b0e541a03d4745", "keyword": ["USGS:59136b98e4b0e541a03d4745", "estuary nutrients", "nutrient benthic flux", "nutrient recycling", "sediment diagenesis", "sediment oxygen demand"], "modified": "2022-08-10T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-74.468328059396, 39.428943988139, -73.92450481723, 40.083499397402", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Benthic pore water and sediment data Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, 2012-2013"}