{"id":23138,"date":"2015-09-03T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=23138"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:40:30","slug":"national-ecological-observatory-network-installs-new-buoys-at-two-florida-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/national-ecological-observatory-network-installs-new-buoys-at-two-florida-lakes.htm","title":{"rendered":"National Ecological Observatory Network Installs New Buoys At Two Florida Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A national water quality monitoring network has added two lakes to its coverage with the installation of new in-situ sensor buoys at each site. Last June, the National Ecological Observatory Network, working with the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, fitted aquatic sensors to buoys at Suggs Lake and Barco Lake in Florida, providing useful hydrological and meteorological data through the network\u2019s open access web portal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese sensors will provide continuously streaming data about the physical, chemical and biological environments of these lakes,\u201d said Charles Bohall, associate scientist with NEON. \u201cThe sensors are stationed at the surface of the lake most of the time, but every six hours will take a profile of the entire water column.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each buoy is equipped with sensors measuring parameters including temperature, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen concentration, chlorophyll and visible light, as well climate conditions such as barometric pressure, wind speed and relative humidity. Bohall notes that the sensors are standardized across all NEON aquatic sites, allowing researchers to easily compare measurements from around the country.<\/p>\n

NEON maintains a series of surface- and groundwater sensors throughout the continental U.S. Most of the sites in the network are operated in part by regional scientific communities; in this case, the OSBS via the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

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Though only a mile apart, Barco Lake (left) and Suggs Lake (right) are drastically different in composition. (Credit: National Ecological Observatory Network)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOne of the most important goals of this project will be the freely available data generated from each site \u2014 available to the scientific community, educators, lawmakers and the general public,\u201d Bohall said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe national scale of these data will also help to answer some of the \u2018Grand Challenges\u2019 of environmental science,\u201d he said, such as how humans are affecting the Earth\u2019s major biogeochemical cycles, or how changing climate and land use patterns are impacting natural ecosystems.<\/p>\n

While Suggs and Barco Lakes are only a mile apart from one another, they are drastically different in composition: Suggs is shallow and teeming with life, while the much deeper Barco Lake is fed by an underground aquifer and is less biologically active.<\/p>\n

Researchers from NEON and OSBS plan to install additional sensors at the inlets and outlets of each lake, permitting a \u201cmore comprehensive view of the physical and chemical environment of the whole lake,\u201d Bohall said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile there are not any specific studies that have been funded yet, [the National Science Foundation] has released a first round of grants to use NEON data from various sites,\u201d Bohall said. \u201cIn the future, we expect that researchers will have more opportunities to put together grants to use NEON data, sites and infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top image:\u00a0A monitoring buoy installed at Barco Lake. (Credit: National Ecological Observatory Network)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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