Data Overview

Temperature Data

glimpse(temperature_df)
## Rows: 71,268
## Columns: 7
## $ `Field Station`        <chr> "Shoals Marine Laboratory", "Shoals Marine Labo…
## $ `Data Collection Site` <lgl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,…
## $ Latitude               <dbl> 42.93427, 42.93427, 42.93427, 42.93427, 42.9342…
## $ Longitude              <dbl> -70.61247, -70.61247, -70.61247, -70.61247, -70…
## $ Date                   <chr> "09-04-2016", "09-04-2016", "09-04-2016", "09-0…
## $ Time                   <time> 08:00:00, 09:00:00, 10:00:00, 11:00:00, 12:00:…
## $ `Water Temperature`    <dbl> 22.369, 17.130, 17.153, 18.200, 18.366, 18.699,…

Transect Data

glimpse(transect_df)
## Rows: 1,980
## Columns: 13
## $ `Field Station`        <chr> "Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station (MDR…
## $ `Data Collection Site` <chr> "East", "East", "East", "East", "East", "East",…
## $ Latitude               <dbl> 43.99056, 43.99056, 43.99056, 43.99056, 43.9905…
## $ Longitude              <dbl> -68.29611, -68.29611, -68.29611, -68.29611, -68…
## $ Date                   <chr> "08-14-2017", "08-14-2017", "08-14-2017", "08-1…
## $ Time                   <lgl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,…
## $ Tide                   <chr> "Low", "Low", "Low", "Low", "Low", "Low", "Low"…
## $ Quadrat                <dbl> 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 0, 3, 6, 9,…
## $ `Species Name`         <chr> "Knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)", "Knotted…
## $ `Species Code`         <chr> "AscoCC", "AscoCC", "AscoCC", "AscoCC", "AscoCC…
## $ `Canopy cover (0-25)`  <dbl> 0, 1, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 23, 11, 0, 0, 0,…
## $ `Substrate Cover`      <dbl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,…
## $ `# per quadrat`        <chr> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,…

Column Meta Data

glimpse(column_meta_data)
## Rows: 37
## Columns: 4
## $ `Column Title` <chr> "Field Station", "Data Collection site", "Date", "Time"…
## $ ...2           <chr> "Name of NeCSA location", "Location of data collection/…
## $ ...3           <chr> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "Ascophyllum canopy cover (0-25…
## $ ...4           <chr> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "Knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nod…

Plots

Water Temperature Ranges at Each NeCSA Field Station

Water Temperature at Each NeCSA Field Station Over Time

Water Temperature Over Time (All Stations)

Water Temperature Over Time Faceted by Field Station

Location of Each NeCSA Field Station on Gulf of Maine Leaflet