http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29667 2013-05-24T02:26:21Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29691 Title: Water Quality in Offshore Lake Ontario During Intensive Sampling Years 2003 and 2008: Results from the LOLA (Lake Ontario Lower Foodweb Assessment) Program Authors: Rudstam, Lars G.; Luckey, Fred; Koops, Marten Abstract: Intensive sampling of the offshore waters of Lake Ontario occurs on a five-year cycle. The 2003 and 2008 binational sampling program is known as the Lake Ontario Lower foodweb Assessment (LOLA). Research cruises were conducted in spring (April), summer (July or August) and fall (September) along several north-south transects. Trophic indicators in this data package include nutrients (total phosphorus (TP), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), dissolved silicate(Si02), and total dissolved inorganic nitrogen(nitrate and nitrite), water clarity (Secchi depth), and chlorophyll a. Other measurements measured include density and biomass of zooplankton, assessment of phytoplankton and the microbial food web, benthic community assessment, and water column profiles (temperature, fluorescence, turbidity, and oxygen). Description: This data package must be uncompressed for use. In addition to the data described above, it includes an Ecological Metadata Language (EML) record, which describes in considerable detail the contents of the data table(s), methods, usage rights, and other information. All users of these data are strongly encouraged to review this EML record. 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29689 Title: Zooplankton in Offshore Lake Ontario during Intensive Sampling Years 2003 and 2008: Results from the LOLA (Lake Ontario Lower Foodweb Assessment) Program. Authors: Rudstam, Lars G.; Luckey, Fred; Koops, Marten Abstract: Intensive sampling of the offshore waters of Lake Ontario occurs on a five-year cycle. The 2003 and 2008 binational sampling program is known as the Lake Ontario Lower foodweb Assessment (LOLA). Research cruises were conducted in spring (April), summer (July or August) and fall (September) along several north-south transects. This data package includes epilimnetic (surface layer) and whole water column measurements for zooplankton size (mm), density (#/m3) and biomass (mg dry weight/m3) by species for each site. Veliger size and density from these tows are included as a separate file. Other trophic indicators measured during this program include nutrients (total phosphorus, dissolved silica), water clarity (secchi depth), dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, and an assessment of phytoplankton, the microbial food web and the benthic community. Description: This data package must be uncompressed for use. In addition to the data described above, it includes an Ecological Metadata Language (EML) record, which describes in considerable detail the contents of the data table(s), methods, usage rights, and other information. All users of these data are strongly encouraged to review this EML record. 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z