SBC LTER: Land: Stream chemistry in the Santa Barbara Coastal drainage area, 2000 -2018

This data package contains stream water chemistry measurements taken
in Santa Barbara area watersheds, between 2000 and 2018. We do not
plan to update this dataset after 2018 because the watershed component
of the research within SBCLTER was terminated.

Stream water samples were collected weekly during non-storm flows in
winter, and bi-weekly during summer. During winter storms, samples
were collected hourly (rising limb) or at 2-4 hour intervals (falling
limb). Analytes sampled in the SBC LTER watersheds included dissolved
nitrogen (nitrate, ammonium, total dissolved nitrogen); soluble
reactive phosphorus (SRP); particulate organic carbon, nitrogen and
phosphorus; total suspended sediments; and conductivity.

There were two tables in this dataset. Samples from "registered
stations" (see geographic coverage) were in the first data table
(see table name). Many other samples had been collected ad hoc, or as
"stations of opportunity". These had been collected in a
second table, designated "non-registered". The station codes
for these samples may have been reused, and were not recorded in
metadata (but station codes can be found in data).