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IGP2010 microbial - Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls

Data Set (DS)  |  Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18567  |  Updated: March 4, 2026  |  Published / External 
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Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2026: IGP2010 microbial - Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18567.

Item Identification

Title: IGP2010 microbial - Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls
Short Name: IGP2010 microbial (Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls)
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 2010-05-01
Publication Date: 2019-06-03
Abstract:

Penn Cove (in the Whidbey Basin) is designated as a category 5, 303d impaired water body due to low dissolved oxygen. In addition to runoff from adjacent developed and agricultural lands, treated effluent from two sewage treatment plants (STPs) and freshwater from the nearby Skagit River flow into Penn Cove. This project investigates the structure and function of microbial communities in the context of inorganic nutrients and physical parameters to assess any detectable influence of STPs.

Work is conducted by NOAA personnel with assistance from undergraduate research interns. Data collected across four different seasons include bacterial/archeal abundance (biomass), heterotrophic production (productivity), bacterial diversity, chlorophyll A, inorganic nutrient concentrations, dissolved oxygen concentration, and seawater temperature.

Anticipated products are presentations at scientific meetings related to marine dissolved oxygen and to local management authorities (e.g., county government) as well as publication in the referred literature. The project is a seed project to develop further capacity to assess additional low dissolved oxygen sites.

FileMaker Pro of field & lab analyses.
Purpose:

Raw/field data, Laboratory data
Notes:

Loaded by batch 4461, 02-26-2013 13:18
Supplemental Information:

Subject to Public Access to Research Results (PARR): Yes

Peer Reviewed Publication: Microbial assessments of a marine bay with chronic low dissolved oxygen. manuscript describing study

Presentation: Profiling microbial features in a Whidbey Basin bay with low dissolved oxygen. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Vancouver BC

Presentation: Looking closer to home: microbial ecology studies in Puget Sound. Oceans & Human Health seminar series

Presentation: Profiling microbial features in a marine bay with chronic low dissolved oxygen. Keystone Symposia: Microbial Communities as Drivers of Ecosystem Diversity; Breckenridge, CO

Report: Final report to Internal Grants Program. Final report on project to funding source

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None bacterial communities
None chlorophyll A
None heterotrophic production
None low dissolved oxygen
None marine microbes
None microbial abundance
None nutrients
None Puget Sound

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Penn Cove & Saratoga Passage

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None DNA Sequencer
None GPS
None Quantitative PCR Machine
None Sonde and Probe
None Unknown Instrument

Platform Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Water Sampler Bottle - Niskin Bottle

Physical Location

Organization: Northwest Fisheries Science Center
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Other
Data Presentation Form: Other

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 849503
Date Effective From: 2015-10-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Rhodes, Linda D
Address: 2725 Montlake Blvd East
Seattle, WA 98112
Email Address: Linda.Rhodes@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-860-3279
Fax: 206-860-3467

Distributor

CC ID: 849504
Date Effective From: 2015-10-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
Address: 2725 Montlake Boulevard East
Seattle, WA 98112
USA
ROR: https://ror.org/05r7z1k40
Email Address: nmfs.nwfsc.metadata@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-860-3200
URL: NWFSC Home

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 849502
Date Effective From: 2015-10-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
Address: 2725 Montlake Boulevard East
Seattle, WA 98112
USA
ROR: https://ror.org/05r7z1k40
Email Address: nmfs.nwfsc.metadata@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-860-3200
URL: NWFSC Home

Originator

CC ID: 849506
Date Effective From: 2015-10-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Rhodes, Linda D
Address: 2725 Montlake Blvd East
Seattle, WA 98112
Email Address: Linda.Rhodes@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-860-3279
Fax: 206-860-3467

Point of Contact

CC ID: 849505
Date Effective From: 2015-10-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Rhodes, Linda D
Address: 2725 Montlake Blvd East
Seattle, WA 98112
Email Address: Linda.Rhodes@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-860-3279
Fax: 206-860-3467

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 849513
W° Bound: -122.735
E° Bound: -122.3647
N° Bound: 48.4585
S° Bound: 48.015
Description

Penn Cove & Saratoga Passage

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 849512
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2010-04-01
End: 2011-08-31

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

At this time, contact the Data Manager for information on obtaining access to this data set. In the near future, the NWFSC will strive to provide all non-sensitive data resources as a web service in order to meet the NOAA Data Access Policy Directive (https://nosc.noaa.gov/EDMC/PD.DA.php).
Data Access Constraints:

NA

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 849507
Download URL: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/apex/parrdata/inventory/tables/table/igp2010_microbial
Distributor: Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) (2015-10-01 - Present)
File Name: IGP2010 microbial
Description:

Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls in Penn Cove & Saratoga Passage in the Whidbey Basin, WA from April 2010 to August 2011

Distribution 2

CC ID: 849508
Download URL: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/PARR/EFS_Rhodes_2016_IGP2010_QAQC.xlsx
Distributor: Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) (2015-10-01 - Present)
File Name: IGP2010 microbial
Description:

Bacterial community profiling at sewage treatment plant outfalls in Penn Cove & Saratoga Passage in the Whidbey Basin, WA from April 2010 to August 2011

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 849509
URL: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/apex/parrdata/inventory/datasets/dataset/270
Name: IGP2010 microbial
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: Web site
Description:

NWFSC Dataset Information page. FileMaker Pro of field & lab analyses

URL 2

CC ID: 849510
URL: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/PARR/EFS_Rhodes_2016_IGP2010_QAQC.xlsx
Name: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/PARR/EFS_Rhodes_2016_IGP2010_QAQC.xlsx
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: Web site
Description:

FileMaker Pro of field & lab analyses

Technical Environment

Description:

RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.)

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Medium
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

These data were collected and processed in accordance with established protocols and best practices under the direction of the project’s Principal Investigator. Contact the dataset Data Manager in section 3 for full QA/QC methodology.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: 0
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 0 days
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

No Delay
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: To Be Determined
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

NA
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 365
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center facilitates backup and recovery of all data and IT components which are managed by IT Operations through the capture of static (point-in-time) backup data to physical media. Once data is captured to physical media (every 1-3 days), a duplicate is made and routinely (weekly) transported to an offsite archive facility where it is maintained throughout the data's applicable life-cycle.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Volumetric calculations and decay calculations were employed. These data were collected and processed in accordance with established protocols and best practices under the direction of the project’s Principal Investigator. Contact the dataset Data Manager for full QA/QC methodology.

Sources

NWFSC Annual Project Planning System

CC ID: 298480
Citation URL: https://www.webapps.nwfsc.noaa.gov/270

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18567
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18567
Metadata Record Created By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Created: 2013-02-26 13:18+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2026-03-04 19:17+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-06-04
Owner Org: NWFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-06-04
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-06-04