Weekly Water Quality Monitoring Data, Bocas del Toro, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Water quality data collected on a weekly basis using a YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde and Secchi disk at 8 sites surrounding the MarineGEO Bocas del Toro observatory (Bocas del Toro Research Station, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute [STRI], Panama).
The Figshare resource also contains information about the quality control process to assist interpretation and analysis. Review the README file for more information.
This dataset must be cited as follows:
Boza, Ximena; Cardona, Valentina; Cesar, Carolina I; Bravo, Viviana D.; Rich, Roy L; Cheng, Selina; et al. (2024). Weekly Water Quality Monitoring Data, Bocas del Toro, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25573/serc.25859671
Site locations:
- Colon: 9.386916, -82.211083
- Hospital Point: 9.333416, -82.227166
- Cristobal: 9.304166, -82.298611
- Pastores: 9.210000, -82.326944
- Almirante: 9.261694, -82.361833
- Punta Caracol: 9.348388, -82.324888
- Boca del Drago: 9.422900, -82.339400
- STRI: 9.348611, -82.266111
- Salt Creek Reef (2016-2017): 9.277705, -82.099836
- Solarte (2015-2017): 9.277056, -82.208417
- Popa Reef (2015-2017): 9.242583, -82.110639
- Almirante Reef (2015-2017): 9.287528, -82.344389
- Coral Cay Reef (2016-2017): 9.262490, -82.116087
