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Benthos and Plankton data for Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern, Illinois, and Burns Harbor-Port of Indiana Non-Area of Concern, Indiana, in 2015

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2015-06-09
Time Period
2015-06-10
Time Period
2015-08-11
Time Period
2015-08-13

Citation

Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Templar, H.A., Burns, D.J., Dobrowolski, E.G., and Schmude, K.L., 2017, Benthos and Plankton data for Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern, Illinois, and Burns Harbor-Port of Indiana Non-Area of Concern, Indiana, in 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7CN7259.

Summary

During two seasonal sampling events in spring (June) and fall (August) of 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, collected benthos (benthic invertebrates) and plankton (zooplankton and phytoplankton) at three sites each in the Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern (AOC) in Illinois and in Burns Harbor-Port of Indiana, a non-AOC, in Indiana. Physical and chemical data were sampled concurrently (specific conductance, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a, total and volatile suspended solids in water samples; particle size and volatile-on-ignition solids of sediment in benthic grab samples). Benthos were collected by using Hester-Dendy [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Scudder Eikenberry, Barbara C.
Originator :
Scudder Eikenberry, Barbara C., Templar, Hayley A., Burns, Daniel J., Dobrowolski, Edward G., Schmude, Kurt L.
Metadata Contact :
Scudder Eikenberry, Barbara C.
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Upper Midwest Water Science Center

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Metadata_Waukegan Harbor AOC and Burns Harbor Port of Indiana in 2015.xml
“Original FGDC metadata file”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		28.24 KB application/fgdc+xml
USGS Sampling Boat for Benthos and Plankton Studies.JPG
“Photo of USGS sampling boat” 		thumbnail 2.46 MB image/jpeg
Table 1. Water-Quality from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Water quality data” 		2.96 KB text/csv
Table 1. Water-Quality from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Water quality data” 		14.21 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 2.Sediment Size Fractions and Volatile-on-Ignition from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Sediment data” 		2.04 KB text/csv
Table 2.Sediment Size Fractions and Volatile-on-Ignition from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Sediment data” 		13.25 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 3.Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Solids from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Chlorophyll-a and suspended solids data” 		2.07 KB text/csv
Table 3.Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Solids from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Chlorophyll-a and suspended solids data” 		13.21 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 4.Invertebrates in Dredge Samples from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Invertebrates in dredge samples data” 		38.89 KB text/csv
Table 4.Invertebrates in Dredge Samples from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Invertebrates in dredge samples data” 		36.49 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 5.Invertebrates in Artificial Substrate Samples from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Invertebrates in artificial substrates samples data” 		51.05 KB text/csv
Table 5.Invertebrates in Artificial Substrate Samples from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Invertebrates in artificial substrates samples data” 		60.1 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 6.Zooplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Zooplankton data” 		38.62 KB text/csv
Table 6.Zooplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Zooplankton data” 		38.42 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 7.Soft Algae Phytoplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Soft algae phytoplankton data” 		25.04 KB text/csv
Table 7.Soft Algae Phytoplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Soft algae phytoplankton data” 		31.08 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Table 8.Diatom Phytoplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.csv
“Diatom phytoplankton data” 		175.53 KB text/csv
Table 8.Diatom Phytoplankton from Waukegan Harbor IL and Burns Harbor IN_2015.xlsx
“Diatom phytoplankton data” 		105 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

The purpose of the study was to assess the ecological status of the benthos and plankton communities and whether or not these communities at the AOC were degraded in comparison to the communities at the non-AOC, a presumptively less-impaired harbor than the AOC.
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