MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Water Column: Nearshore Water Profiles, CTD, Primary Production, and Chemistry, ongoing since 2005

This data package contains water chemistry measurements taken 2 to 4 times per year at 6
stations on the north shore of Moorea, French Polynesia: Forereef, Lagoon, Fringing Reef,
Cooks Bay, Cooks Bay Stream Mouth, and Offshore (5 km due north). Measurements include
standard CTD parameters, nutrients, chlorophyll, phaeopigments, particulate organic carbon
and nitrogen, dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, water column primary
production, and abundance of bacteria. Sampling began in August, 2005. All water samples
were collected with Niskin Bottles. CTD data were collected with a SBE19-Plus Seacat
Profiler outfitted with WetLabs FLNTURT-221 Flurometer/turbidity sensors. CTD and bottle
samples were taken on separate casts at each station. Two additional stations on the Moorea
east shore were sampled in August 2005 only: LTER 3 Forereef Water Column, LTER 3 Backreef
Water Column.