Springs monitoring data for Tonto National Monument, Arizona: 2017-2025 - internal

This dataset contains long-term monitoring data for springs for Tonto National Monument (2017-2025). Monitoring of seeps, springs, and tinajas provides information on these small and rare systems in parks of the National Park Service’s Chihuahuan Desert Network and Sonoran Desert Network. These systems are the primary connection between groundwater and surface water and are important water sources for plants and animals. The networks monitor a suite of springs vital signs and parameters organized into four modules: site characterization, site condition, water quantity, and water quality. The data were collected annually at one or more “sentinel sites” per park (sites chosen based on judgement and other criteria).

本数据集涵盖汤顿国家纪念地（Tonto National Monument）2017年至2025年的泉水长期监测数据。针对渗流、泉水以及旱池（tinajas）的监测工作，可为美国国家公园管理局奇瓦瓦沙漠网络（Chihuahuan Desert Network）与索诺兰沙漠网络（Sonoran Desert Network）下辖园区内这类小型稀有生态系统提供研究支撑数据。这类生态系统是地下水与地表水之间的核心联结纽带，同时也是动植物赖以存续的关键水源。该监测网络围绕泉水设置了一系列关键监测指标与参数，共划分为四大模块：场地特征表征、场地状态评估、水量监测以及水质监测。所有数据均由各园区内1个或多个‘哨兵监测点（sentinel sites）’逐年采集，此类点位依据专业判断及其他相关标准选定。