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Gross primary production estimates and associated light, sediment, and water quality data from the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam

Data for journal manuscript: Experimental reductions in sub-daily flow fluctuations increased gross primary productivity for 425 river kilometers downstream

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2012-02-25
End Date
2020-07-19

Citation

Deemer, B.R., Yard, M.D., Voichick, N., Goodenough, D.C., Bennett, G.E., Hall Jr., R.O., Dodrill, M.J., Topping, D.J., Gushue, T., Muehlbauer, J.D, Kennedy, T.A., and Yackulic, C.B., 2022, Gross primary production estimates and associated light, sediment, and water quality data from the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZS6YLV.

Summary

These data were compiled to model the effects of flow regime and bed grain size distributions on rates of gross primary production (GPP) in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, AZ, USA. The objectives of our study were to quantify daily and weekly scale effects of an experimental flow regime on GPP in the Colorado River. The experimental flow was conducted at Glen Canyon Dam from May-August in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and contrasted steady-low flows on weekend days with business-as-usual hydropeaking flows during weekdays. This data release only contains data through 2019. These data represent daily-scale estimates of GPP, discharge, turbidity, water depth, and canyon shading for eleven reaches on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Bridget R Deemer
Originator :
Bridget R Deemer, Michael D Yard, Nicholas Voichick, David C Goodenough, Glenn E Bennett, Robert O Hall Jr., Michael J Dodrill, David J Topping, Thomas Gushue, Jeffrey D Muehlbauer, Theodore A Kennedy, Charles B Yackulic
Metadata Contact :
Bridget R Deemer
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Southwest Biological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Gross_Primary_Production_Metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		62.61 KB application/fgdc+xml
GPP_Daily_Data.csv 84.11 KB text/csv
GPP_Weekly_Data.csv 51.31 KB text/csv
Light_Attenuation_Data.csv 11.92 KB text/csv
Sites.csv 923 Bytes text/csv
Stream_Metabolizer_Inputs_Data.csv 49.07 MB text/csv
PGrams_BTusso_USGS.jpg
“Colorado River steady-low flow (L), load following flows (R)” 		thumbnail 4.54 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The purpose of these data are to model the effects of river flow regime on rates of gross primary production (GPP) in the Colorado River. The majority of these data were collected as part of long term monitoring efforts on the Colorado River, however shorter-term data from the MiniDOT oxygen loggers were collected specifically to understand the effects of an experimental flow regime on GPP. These data could be used in broader meta-analyses of aquatic GPP. We also expect the rates of GPP contained in this dataset will be used to help explain aquatic insect and fish population dynamics in the same system (the Colorado River) given preliminary work that suggests the importance of food limitation and bottom-up trophic dynamics. Finally, the relationships between turbidity and light attenuation contained in this dataset could be compared to relationships in other rivers.

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The author(s) of these data request that data users contact them regarding intended use and to assist with understanding limitations and interpretation. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Colorado River steady-low flow (L), load following flows (R)
Colorado River steady-low flow (L), load following flows (R)

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