Data for the meta-analysis comparing environmental, primary productivity and food availability parameters were collected from many sources that cover multiple spatial and temporal scales. The table below describes these data.
Name | Source | Location | Collection Date | Timescale | Variables | Analysis |
SJA-24HR | Current Study | San Juan Archipelago: SJA-24HR | Spring 2012 | Hourly | Salinity, temperature, Chl a, POM composition, POM MSI, POM FA, POM C:N | Drivers of POM dynamics |
SJA-Seas | Current Study | San Juan Archipelago: SKP, PIL, PTC | Summer, Winter 2010,2011; Spring 2011 | Daily, fortnightly, seasonal, annual | Salinity, temperature, Chl a, POM composition, POM MSI, POM FA, POM C:N | Drivers of POM dynamics |
SJA-PIL | Current Study | San Juan Archipelago: PIL | Summer 2014 | Hourly, daily | Salinity, temperature, Chl a, pH, dissolved oxygen | Meta-analysis |
FHL | Friday Harbor Labs- Ocean Acidification Environmental Lab | San Juan Archipelago: FHL | Summer 2013, Spring 2014 | Hourly, daily, fortnightly, seasonal | Salinity, temperature, pH | Meta-analysis |
WA-DOE | Washington Dept. of Ecology | Strait of Georgia | 1989-2014 | Seasonal, annual, decadal | Salinity, temperature, Chl a, pH, dissolved oxygen | Meta-analysis |
RR | Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans | Race Rocks Lighthouse, Strait of Juan de Fuca, BC | 1942-2012 | Daily, fortnightly, seasonal, annual, decadal | Salinity, temperature | Meta-analysis, Long-term trends |
Temperature (as an indicator of water mass) variation from Sep 2011-Sep 2012 at the sites of POM sampling. Data loggers were attached to a subsurface buoy at ~6m below MLLW and measured temperature hourly.
Aragonite saturation state calculated from Alkalinity-salinity relationship for FHL and durafet pH measurements. Each point represents hourly measurement during spring and summer.