Environmental Monitoring Stations

03SBR Shell Bar Reef, Great Wicomico River, VA

Station name:
Shell Bar Reef
River:
Great Wicomico River, VA
Latitude:
37 49 46N
Longitude:
76 19 08W
Date established:
6/14/2005
Maintained by:
VIMS Molluscan Ecology Program

Environmental monitoring data (hourly averages) that are available (A) for this station are summarized in the table below. "Bottom" measurements are collected 20 cm above the substrate.
 
Operational period
Wind speed (mph)
Wind direction
Air temperature (deg C)
Bottom water temperature (deg C)
Bottom salinity (ppt)
Depth (m)
Bottom dissolved oxygen (mg/L)
6/2005 to present
A
A
A
A
A
A
  
6/2006-10/2006
           
A
 


All available station data may be downloaded from the station data archive.
Please direct questions regarding this station or these data to Dr. Juliana M. Harding (jharding@vims.edu).


Tables listing average recorded monthly bottom water temperature and salinity data for this site since its inception are available.
 
Summary graphs are available for the data elements listed below and may be accessed by clicking on the dates of interest. Data are summarized on an annual basis.
 
Air temperature (degrees C): 2005-07

Air temperature Speaker's Notes: 2005-07
 
Bottom water temperature (degrees C): 2005-07

Bottom water temperature Speaker's Notes: 2005-07
 
Bottom salinity (ppt): 2005-07

Bottom salinity Speaker's Notes: 2005-07
 

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