Sargassum Biomass Measurements at Enrique Station, La Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico.

Weekly measurements of Sargassum biomass from coastal waters in southwestern Puerto Rico

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-05-02

Metadata Tags

CF Standard Names

Online Access

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Distribution Formats
  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor CARICOOS Inc.
Point of Contact Edward L. Cruz Garcia
CARICOOS Inc.
edward.cruz1@upr.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Edward L. Cruz Garcia
CARICOOS Inc.
edward.cruz1@upr.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Dataset Point of Contact IOOS Data Manager
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
240-533-9444
data.ioos@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation Sargassum monitoring program
Date(s) creation: 2026-04-30
creation: 2026-04-30
creation: 2026-04-30
creation: 2026-04-30
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Time Period 2020-10-05T00:00:00Z to 2026-04-22T00:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 17.9545° S: 17.9545° E: -67.05029° W: -67.05029°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • biomass
  • caribbean sea
  • caricoos
  • concentration
  • data
  • flag
  • identifier
  • inc
  • mass
  • monitoring
  • observation
  • oceanography
  • program
  • quality
  • sargassum
  • sea
  • seawater
  • station
  • time series
  • water

CF Standard Name Table v70
  • time
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • mass_concentration_of_sargassum_in_sea_water
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • Sargassum monitoring program
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement Created 2026-04-30T10:32:03Z
Platforms
platform sampling_location
platform_id E1
platform_name Enrique
platform_vocabulary http://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
Ingestion Attributes
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
infoUrl https://cfconventions.org
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v70