Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023

Forbrich, Inke; Martiros, Mikaela; Orton, Hannah

doi:10.15485/2998388

Title: Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023

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This dataset contains specific conductivity and calculated salinity data of Parker River water at a tidal brackish wetland dominated by Typha angustifolia at the upper estuary of the Plum Island Sound in Newbury, Massachusetts (MA) within the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research site (PIE LTER). Measurements were taken to evaluate temporal changes in surface water salinity in high frequency to characterize boundary conditions of soil and plant responses to changes in salinity. A PVC pipe was installed in a low elevation spot in the creek bank so that the bottom of the pipe sat on the sediment surface allowing flushing with water during flooding. Raw measurements were collected using an Onset HOBO U24-002 Saltwater Conductivity/Salinity data logger. The specific conductance and salinity measurements were corrected and calculated respectively using Onset’s HOBOware software and reference specific conductivity measurements taken in tandem with the first and last points recorded by the HOBO sensor. These reference measurements were taken using a HACH HQ14D Portable Conductivity Meter. Because of the installation design, only data one hour before and after high tide are used. Metadata files Typha_ctd_salinity_dd.csv and Typha_ctd_salinity_flmd.csv contain detailed information on data variables, sampling and QA/QC methods, and site location.

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University of Toledo
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Marine Biological Laboratory

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2025

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Research Org.:: From tides to seasons: How cyclic tidal drivers and plant physiology interact to affect carbon cycling at the terrestrial-estuarine boundary

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER; ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format; Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research; SALINITY; SPC_COND_CORR; SPC_COND_RAW; TEMP; TIMESTAMP; brackish; salt marsh; tidal; typha angustifolia

OSTI Identifier:: 2998388

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15485/2998388

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                    Forbrich, Inke, Martiros, Mikaela, and Orton, Hannah. Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Forbrich, Inke, Martiros, Mikaela, & Orton, Hannah. Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2998388

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                    Forbrich, Inke, Martiros, Mikaela, and Orton, Hannah. 2025.  
"Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2998388.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2998388. Pub date:Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2025

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  title        = {Specific conductivity and salinity of the Parker River, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound MA, March-November 2023},

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  abstractNote = {This dataset contains specific conductivity and calculated salinity data of Parker River water at a tidal brackish wetland dominated by Typha angustifolia at the upper estuary of the Plum Island Sound in Newbury, Massachusetts (MA) within the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research site (PIE LTER). Measurements were taken to evaluate temporal changes in surface water salinity in high frequency to characterize boundary conditions of soil and plant responses to changes in salinity. A PVC pipe was installed in a low elevation spot in the creek bank so that the bottom of the pipe sat on the sediment surface allowing flushing with water during flooding. Raw measurements were collected using an Onset HOBO U24-002 Saltwater Conductivity/Salinity data logger. The specific conductance and salinity measurements were corrected and calculated respectively using Onset’s HOBOware software and reference specific conductivity measurements taken in tandem with the first and last points recorded by the HOBO sensor. These reference measurements were taken using a HACH HQ14D Portable Conductivity Meter. Because of the installation design, only data one hour before and after high tide are used. Metadata files Typha_ctd_salinity_dd.csv and Typha_ctd_salinity_flmd.csv contain detailed information on data variables, sampling and QA/QC methods, and site location.},

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