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Parameter: SPM

Short Description: suspended particulate matter concentration

Short Name: SPM

Official Name: SPM

Units: various

No Data Value: nd

Description

concentration of suspended particulate matter in the water column, units may be micrograms/L, milligrams/L, or micrograms/kg.

Parameter Occurences in Datasets (12)

Dataset	PI-Supplied Description	PI-Supplied Name
Coastal phytoplankton and mercury dynamics in watersheds along the U.S. East Coast from New Jersey to Maine assessed using particulate and dissolved samples collected in 2015 and 2016	Total suspended solids (larger fraction)	TSS_large
Coastal phytoplankton and mercury dynamics in watersheds along the U.S. East Coast from New Jersey to Maine assessed using particulate and dissolved samples collected in 2015 and 2016	Chlorophyll a (smaller fraction)	TSS_small
Size-fractionated major and minor particle composition and concentration collected from RV Thompson (TN303) along the US GEOTRACES EPZT transect in the Eastern Tropical Pacific during 2013 (US GEOTRACES EPZT project)	Suspended particulate matter derived from POM; OPAL; CaCO3; LITHO; FeOH3; MnO2 in large particles	SPM_LPT_CONC_PUMP
Size-fractionated major and minor particle composition and concentration collected from RV Thompson (TN303) along the US GEOTRACES EPZT transect in the Eastern Tropical Pacific during 2013 (US GEOTRACES EPZT project)	Suspended particulate matter derived from POM; OPAL; CaCO3; LITHO; FeOH3; MnO2 in small particles	SPM_SPT_CONC_PUMP
Suspended particulate matter along US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect from the R/V Knorr KN199-04 cruise in the subtropical northern Atlantic Ocean in 2010 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)	Suspended particulate matter.	SPM
Concentrations of mercury forms and ancillary parameters in size fractionated plankton samples and in water collected during 2014 from Long Island Sound and the adjacent shelf	Total suspended solids	TSS
Aggregate Sinking Velocity from the CO2 Aggregation Experiment from UCSB Marine Science Institute Passow Lab from 2009 to 2010 (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation project)	Volume of concentrated suspension of clay (illite) additions	clay
Aggregate Size from the CO2 Aggregation Experiment from UCSB Marine Science Institute Passow Lab from 2009 to 2010 (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation project)	Volume of concentrated suspension of clay (illite) additions	clay
BioChemical results from the CO2 Aggregation Experiment from UCSB Marine Science Institute Passow Lab from 2009 to 2010 (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation project)	Volume of concentrated suspension of clay (illite) additions	clay
Carbonate System results from the CO2 Aggregation Experiment from UCSB Marine Science Institute Passow Lab from 2009 to 2010 (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation project)	Volume of concentrated suspension of clay (illite) additions	clay
General Information about the CO2 Aggregation Experiment from UCSB Marine Science Institute Passow Lab from 2009 to 2010 (OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation project)	Mineral Concentration	Mineral_Concentration
Table 2: Suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentrations in lake water	suspended particulate matter (>0.45 microns)	SPM_b