CHAPTER 4 



Table 4.1 — Sources for data base — continued 



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NODC Worldwide Data Base Data retrieved in November 1976. Sandy 

 Hook Laboratory. Highlands, N.J , Middle Atlantic Coastal Fish- 

 eries Center Historical Corps of Engmeers Study 1%S-197I, data 

 collected from the Albatross IV. Oregon II, Delaware II and various 

 smaller vessels; 8/2/73 to 8/6/73, 10/19/73 to 10/26/73, 1/22/74 to 1/ 

 30/74, 3/22/74 to 4/4/74, and 8/26/74 to 9/6/74, plus various other 

 dates 1968-1972. Data retrieved from NODC/MESA Data Base. 

 Accession No. 76-1310. 



Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands, N.J., National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. MESA Primary Productivity Study in Raritan — lower Hud- 

 son estuary, cruises of the RV Rorqual from Nov. 12. 1973-June 4. 

 1975. Data retrieved from NODC/MESA Data Base Accession No. 

 76-1435. 



Sandy Hook Laboratory. Highlands, N J.. National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center. Cruises of the 

 RV Oregon II and RV Delaware II (07401, D7409, D7416, D7502 

 and D7512) from March 22, 1974-Aug. 23, 1975. Data retrieved 

 from NODC/MESA Data Base, Accession No. 76-1469. 



Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands, N.J.. National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. Oxygen data tape brought to AOML by F Steimle. March 

 1976. 



Smith. K L . Rowe. G. T . and Clifford, C H.. 1974. Sediment oxygen 

 demand in an outwelling and upwelling Area. Tethys 6:223-230. 



U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Data reported in various 

 sources, often duplicating each other. Major sources are; 



(1) STORET Environmental Data Base, retrieval data Nov. 29, 

 1976. 



(2) Ocean Disposal in the New York Bight, Technical Briefing 

 Report No. 2, USEPA, Region IL April 1975. (Caution: 

 There are errors in the way data are presented in these tech- 

 nical reports.) 



(3) Data sent by Hal Stanford via memorandum dated Sept. 28. 

 1976, called "EPA Data Relative to Fish Kill Problem ■ 



Vaccaro, R F , Grice, G D., Rowe, G T , and Wiebe. P. H , 1972 

 Acid-iron waste disposal and the summer distribution of standing 

 crops in the New York Bight. Water Res. 6(3):231-256. 



Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Data collected under Con- 

 tract 08550-CT5-42 between VIMS and the Bureau of Land Man- 

 agement as part of the Mid-Atlantic Biological-Chemical Bench- 

 mark Program. 



Whitledge, T. E., and Wold. E (eds). 1978. Preliminary data report 

 1: Atlantic coastal experiment 1 (ACE-1). March 26. — April 9. 

 1975. Oceanographic Sciences Division. Brookhaven National Lab- 

 oratory, Upton, NY. Informal Report (Limited Distribution) 

 #24098. 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass., 1961. Bi- 

 ological, chemical, and radiochemical studies of marine plankton 

 Appendix C to Reference No. 61-6: Report submitted to the U.S. 

 Atomic Energy Commission under contract at (30-1 )-1918 (unpubl. 

 ms.), Crawford Crmis 13, July 10-12. 1957. 



Table 4-2. — Screening criteria applied to dissolved oxygen data to test whether samples were below thermocline and in bottom water 



Month 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar 



Apr 



Mav 



June 



July 



Aug Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec 



Julian day (J.D.) at end of month 



Temperature (°C) at bottom of 

 thermocline* 



Depth (m) to bottom of 

 thermocline* 



Maximum displacement from 

 bottom 



59 



90 



120 151 181 212 243 273 304 334 365 



8.0 9.1 10 2 11.3 12.4 13.5 14.5 14 



20 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 



10 



10 10 



10 



10 



10 10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



'Algorithm used for temperature for April through October is: T = 0.035(J D ) -i- 4.4. Temperatures and depths for the bottom of the thermocline 

 are those used in chapter 5. 



"Thermocline nonexistent, use within 10 m of bottom screening criteria only. 



Table 4-3. — Screening of dissolved oxygen data for New York Bight bottom water~l932-75 and 1976 data base' 



Area segment- 



Jl 



Ml 



M2 



M3 



LI 



L2 



L3 



Total points available 



Total points after screening 



Total 1976 points available 



1976 points available after screening 



Total non-1976 points after screening 



Compiled by NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories. 

 ' Limits of area segments are shown in figure 1-9 of chapter 1. 



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