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    "tag": 17639,
    "title": "Hydrological and chemical records from the flooded Ox Bel Ha cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from August 2014 to January 2015",
    "pubdate": "20220915",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/P91D2OUN",
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    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/SB_data_release\/DR_P91D2OUN\/Temporal_RecordsOxBelHa_2014-2015.faq.html",
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    "descript": "Natural cave passages penetrating coastal aquifers in the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control dissolved organic carbon and methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries, the region of aquifers where fresh and saline waters mix. Three field trips were carried out in December 2013, August 2014, and January 2015 to obtain 1) physicochemical and 2) geochemical data from the water column and 3) temporal records of water chemistry and hydrological parameters below and above the surface at three sites within the Ox Bel Ha cave (Cenote Jailhouse, Cenote Naach Wennen Ha, and Cenote Odyssey) and another cave (Cenote Crustacea). These efforts resulted in vertical physicochemical and geochemical profiles from the water column of the flooded caves from the region. In addition, the sampling resulted in temporal chemical and hydrological records of dissolved methane concentrations and chloride concentrations (used to calculate salinity) from August 2014 to January 2015, sampled by OsmoSamplers. The records encompass wet and dry seasons and include the impact of Tropical Storm Hanna during October 2014. Field activities were carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in conjunction with Texas AM University at Galveston.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Brankovits, David",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Pohlman, John W.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lapham, Laura L.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Casso, Michael A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mann, Adrian G.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "O'Keefe Suttles, Jennifer A.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
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            "code": "54",
            "name": "aquatic ecosystems",
            "scope": "Communities of interdependent organisms living primarily in or on water."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "93",
            "name": "biogeochemical cycling",
            "scope": "The cycling of chemical constituents through a biological system."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "315",
            "name": "ecosystem functions",
            "scope": "The total life activities of organisms in habitats and the effects of those activities on the nonliving components of the environment."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "437",
            "name": "geochemistry",
            "scope": "Study of the distribution of chemical elements and natural compounds on the earth and in the atmosphere and the chemical processes that affect the earth."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2031",
            "name": "karst",
            "scope": "Landscape characterized by dissolution features in carbonate or evaporite terranes, often containing caves and sinkholes."
        },
        {
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            "name": "limnology",
            "scope": "Scientific study of the physical and biological characteristics of inland bodies of water such as lakes and ponds."
        },
        {
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            "code": "818",
            "name": "ocean sciences",
            "scope": "Sciences involved in the study of geological, biological, chemical, and physical characteristics and processes of the oceans."
        },
        {
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            "code": "007",
            "name": "environment",
            "scope": "Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "012",
            "name": "inlandWaters",
            "scope": "Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"
        }
    ],
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            "description": "Hydrologic and chemical records from Cenote Odyssey (Tulum, Mexico) showing (a) precipitation, (b) water level and dissolved oxygen (DO), and (c) methane concentrations (CH4) and salinity."
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