Spatial Study 2022: Water Column, Sediment, and Total Ecosystem Respiration Rates across the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA

This dataset supports a broader study examining the drivers of spatial variability in sediment respiration rates in the Yakima River Basin. We acknowledge the Yakama Nation as owners and caretakers of the lands where we collected these data. We thank the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council and Yakama Nation Fisheries for working with us to facilitate sample collection and optimization of data usage according to their values and worldview. The dataset provides model results generated using streamMetabolizer (Appling et al.; 2018) using data collected during the same five-week period at 48 sites within multiple rivers throughout the Yakima River Basin in Washington, USA. The contents include model inputs and outputs for total ecosystem respiration; calculated sediment respiration; processing scripts; median grain size (d50); and annual oxygen consumption. Samples collected during this study were labeled as “Second Spatial Study” or “SSS.” Raw time series sensor data, total suspended solids, and depth data from SSS were published at https://data.ess-dive.lbl.gov/datasets/doi:10.15485/1969566. A subset of data from the SSS samples were published in the contiguous United States (CONUS)-Scale Model-Sample (CM) study data package available at https://data.ess-dive.lbl.gov/view/doi:10.15485/1923689 that presents data from across the CONUS. They include dissolved organic carbon (DOC, measured as non-purgeable organic carbon, NPOC), total nitrogen (TN), grain size, aerobic sediment respiration, dissolved oxygen (DO), and temperature. Parent IDs and Site IDs are consistent between the SSS and CM data packages, and they can be mapped directly so data across packages can be used together. Field metadata for the samples in this data package can be found at either link. This dataset is comprised of one main data folder with three subfolders. The main data folder contains of (1) file-level metadata; (2) data dictionary; (3) total/water column/sediment respiration; (4) median grain size (d50); and (5) annual oxygen consumption. The subfolders contain (1) model input files; (2) model output files; and (3) processing scripts. All files are .csv, .pdf, .R, .Rmd, or .html. Site T42 was mislabeled as T41. This error will be fixed when this data package is next updated and this note will be removed at that time.