Water Monitoring of the Choptank River and Pocomoke River, Maryland, USA

Water monitoring at four locations on the Choptank River and four locations on the Pocomoke River in Maryland, U.S.A., was conducted from 2021 through 2023. Funding and scientific rationale were provided by the National Science Foundation grant 2049073 (“Resolving Sediment Connectivity between Rivers and Estuaries by Tracking Particles with their Microbial Genetic Signature”). The monitoring locations were chosen to measure estuary dynamics from the tidal freshwater zone through the mesohaline estuary. Parameters measured included water temperature, water level, water conductivity (reported as specific conductivity), water turbidity, and water velocity.

2021年至2023年间，研究团队在美国马里兰州乔普唐克河（Choptank River）的4处监测点位与波科莫克河（Pocomoke River）的4处监测点位开展了水体监测工作。本研究的经费支持与科学设计依据由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）编号为2049073的资助项目提供，该项目全称："通过追踪颗粒物的微生物遗传特征解析河流与河口间的沉积物连通性"（Resolving Sediment Connectivity between Rivers and Estuaries by Tracking Particles with their Microbial Genetic Signature）。本次监测点位的选取旨在覆盖从潮汐淡水区至中盐度河口的全系列河口动力过程。监测获取的参数包括水温、水位、水导电率（以比导电率形式上报）、水体浊度与水流速度。