Environmental Data Initiative logo
EDI Staging Environment

This data package was submitted to a staging environment for testing purposes only. Use of these data for anything other than testing is strongly discouraged.

This data package is not the most recent revision of a series.  (View Newest Revision)

Data Package Summary    View Full Metadata

  • Long-term Salt Marsh Vegetation Monitoring in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
  • Jakuba, Rachel W; Science Director; Buzzards Bay Coalition
    Besterman, Alice F; Postdoctoral Researcher; Buzzards Bay Coalition and Woodwell Climate Research Center
    Herring, Melissa D; Fellow and Undergraduate Student; Buzzards Bay Coalition, Environmental Data Initiative, and Northeastern University
  • 2021-08-17
  • Jakuba, R.W., A.F. Besterman, and M.D. Herring. 2021. Long-term Salt Marsh Vegetation Monitoring in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • The Buzzards Bay Coalition's salt marsh long-term monitoring aims to assess and track the condition of salt marsh vegetation, fauna and elevation, as well as collect base-line data over time. This project monitors about 20 plots per marsh in 12 different salt marshes distributed across Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Field surveys including observations of soil compressibility, landscape disturbance, location of marsh boundaries, species counts of both fauna and vegetation, evidence of fauna in the form of burrows, amount of crabs in pit traps, vegetation percent cover, and vegetation stem height and count began in summer 2019. Permanent elevation monuments in upland areas were installed in 2019 and are used as reference points for permanent transects and for elevation surveys.

  • N: 41.782639      S: 41.42379      E: -70.579686      W: -71.059284
  • This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.
  • DOI PLACE HOLDER
  • Analyze this data package using:           

Copyright 2024 Environmental Data Initiative. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants #2223103 and #2223104. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Please contact us with questions, comments, or for technical assistance regarding this web site or the Environmental Data Initiative. Please read our privacy policy to know what information we collect about you and to understand your privacy rights.

EDI is a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Center for Limnology:

UNM logo UW-M logo