STRMTRNS English utf8 dataset McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager im@mcmlter.org pointOfContact 2015-01-20 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - North American Profile Metadata - Data with Biological Extensions ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Stream algal transect locations, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1993-2023, ongoing) 2015-01-20 publication Diane McKnight University of Colorado Boulder http://www.colorado.edu/ diane.mcknight@colorado.edu pointOfContact documentDigital As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the abundance and species distribution of algal mats in glacial meltwater streams of that region. The transect locations table documents specific locations where such work has been performed. Name: Renée F. Brown Role: data manager completed McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager im@mcmlter.org pointOfContact English USGS site 9; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Andersen Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: andrsn_h1 162.906356800000 162.906356800000 -77.622772000000 -77.622772000000 Bohner at B5. Near Bohner at lower. Started Jan 2011. Parent Stream: Bohner Stream Provenance : Coordinates from Steve Crisp (email to Inigo San Gil) 162.558142000000 162.558142000000 -77.696332000000 -77.696332000000 Bowles Creek near gageID: bowles_gageCoordinates based on averaging the starting and ending points of the 'Bowles Creek near gage' transect (measurements are occasionally made in middle of the established transect) 163.057342500000 163.057342500000 -77.623215000000 -77.623215000000 USGS site 1; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Canada Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: canada_f1 163.054733300000 163.054733300000 -77.613655000000 -77.613655000000 USGS site 7; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Delta Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: delta_f10 163.108444200000 163.108444200000 -77.624619000000 -77.624619000000 Harnish Creek at F7ID: harnish_f7USGS site 17 163.232772827148 163.232772827148 -77.608329772949 -77.608329772949 House Stream at H2 Description: USGS site 10; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir ID: house_h2 Provenance File Name :GPS96-97.DOC 162.741317749023 162.741317749023 -77.642982482910 -77.642982482910 USGS site 2; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Huey Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: huey_f2 163.127410900000 163.127410900000 -77.604897000000 -77.604897000000 USGS site 16 Parent Stream: Lawson Creek id: lawson_b3 162.269910000000 162.269910000000 -77.721248000000 -77.721248000000 Priscu Stream at B1 Id: priscu_b1 USGS Site 11 162.534729000000 162.534729000000 -77.699997000000 -77.699997000000 Von Guerard Stream at F21. Id: uvg_f21.This was an ill-fated upstream gage on Von Guerard, 2.5 kilometers upstream from F6.  It was installed during the lowest season of record (00-01) and then promptly destroyed during the 01-02 season.  It's parts were stripped and it never generated a hydrology database, but was certainly sampled. 163.301254272461 163.301254272461 -77.626380920410 -77.626380920410 Wharton Creek at mouth. ID: wharton_mouth 162.747222900391 162.747222900391 -77.645835876465 -77.645835876465 ground condition 1993-01-01 2023-04-20 https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-strm-transects-20230420.csv Stream algal transect locations eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Stream algal transect locations Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 0 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false Dataset code Code representing stream transect locations dataset strmtrnsid Code representing stream transect stream Name of stream in which measurements were made location Area of stream / name of transect where samples are drawn transect Transect number assigned to that location ID Identification value for transect and starting/ending point within that transect start / end point Clarification of starting vs. ending point within transect latitude Latitude of starting/ending point of transect longitude Longitude of starting/ending point of transect ellipsoidal height Ellipsoidal height of starting/ending point of transect orthometric height Orthometric height of starting/ending point of transect description Helpful hints about transect / alternate names used file name Original file name in which this information was submitted DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-strm-transects-20230420.csv dataset Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none annually McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ pointOfContact