Institute of Ecosystem StudiesBaltimore Ecosystem Study
Baltimore Ecosystem Study Data and Metadata
This is a Baltimore Ecosystem Study Metadata Record
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RecordIDBES_469
ID
PublicationDate2/12/2007
TitleStream and Watershed Studies - GIS - Gwynns Falls Watershed Streams
Edition1.0
Publication PlaceMillbrook, NY
PublisherPeter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Richard V. Pouyat, U.S. Forest Service
Online Linkagehttp://beslter.org/pub/demsoc/besgis/rbdata/gfpatap_sp.zip
AbstractOriginating Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Description of Gwynns Falls watershed streams

Status of Dataset final

Geographic Area Gwynns Falls Watershed

West Bounding 885567

East Bounding 933311

North Bounding 559759

South Bounding 499068

Keywords streams, stream order, id, reach code

Contact Person Jonathan Walsh

Contact Phone # 845-677-5343

Contact e-mail walshj@ecostudies.org

Project Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Format of Data & ARC/Info export (*.e00)

File Name GF_PATAP

File Size

Type of Source gis coverage

Scale of Source

Date(s) of Source 1995

Method of Data n/a

Method of Digital This coverage was created by INTERSECTing the Gwyns Falls reach boundary coverage GF_REACH

Date(s) of Digital 1995

Resolution/Accuracy n/a

Geographic n/a

Type of Data vector

Coordinate Maryland State Plane, feet, NAD27

Attribute n/a

Available Media on-line

Distribution free

Access/Use No constraints. The authors of this dataset would appreciate acknowledgment in products derived

Level II Metadata none

Level III Metadata none
PurposeLong-term monitoring of stream chemistry in an urban watershed.
Supplemental InfoCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Post Office Box AB, 2801 Sharon Turnpike; Millbrook; NEW YORK; USA;
Is GIS (1 yes 0 no)?1
West-77.314183
East-76.012008
North39.724847
South38.708367
Presentation Form
Data CreditThe scientists, the BES-LTER Program, and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies must receive adequate acknowledgement for the use of data by other scientists, and the BES LTER program must receive two copies of any publication using that data.
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Reference Place
Reference EMail
Theme Keywordsstream,watershed,nitrate,phosphate,nitrogen,phosphorus,chloride,sulfate RG: Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Place KeywordsBaltimore, MD, Washington, D.C, Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore-Washington, Maryland

Projection/datum/units: UTM Zone 18/NAD 83/meters

The metadata provided for these data is in Ecological Metadata Language (EML) format. Information on EML is online:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_Metadata_Language
http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/

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This research was supported by funding from the NSF Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0423476. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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