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Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Riparian vegetation data - 7 of 11 - 2004 plot elevations

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-bes.3060.101
Title:Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Riparian vegetation data - 7 of 11 - 2004 plot elevations
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This is one of 11 datasets generated in a study of riparian vegetation in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study from 1999-2004. Comparisons of vegetation between the rural/suburban (upper) and urban (lower) sections of the watershed show distinct patterns across an urban to rural gradient. In the lower, more urban section of the watershed, wetland tree species are either absent or occur as small stems while upland species are abundant, in mixed sizes. A comparison of the number of wetland and upland species in the mostly urbanized Gwynns Falls riparian zone with non-urbanized Piedmont floodplains throughout Maryland shows approximately twice as many upland species in the urban floodplain than in non-urbanized floodplains. The majority of shrubs in riparian zones through the Gwynns Falls are upland species. For herbaceous species, frequencies of upland and wetland species are about equal in the upper and middle regions of the watershed, but upland species are more common in the more urban lower floodplains by a factor of greater than two.

Publication Date:2016-02-29

Time Period
Begin:
1999-01-01
End:
2004-12-31

People and Organizations
Contact:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies [  email ]
Creator:Brush, Grace (Baltimore Ecosystem Study)

Data Entities
Other Name:
BES-riparian_2004_elevations_of_plots
Description:
2004 plot elevation as part of multi-dataset collection on riparian vegetation
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Name:BES-riparian_2004_elevations_of_plots
Entity Type:unknown
Description:2004 plot elevation as part of multi-dataset collection on riparian vegetation
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:BES-riparian_2004_elevations_of_plots.xls
Size:96768 bytes
Authentication:f34f72aaef2e3fa7a74c46a340279f23 Calculated By MD5
Externally Defined Format:
Format Name:unknown
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-bes/3060/101/176cc5d4ed43c455d8f3454d682b6d5b

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
BES VocabularyBaltimore, MD, Maryland, Baltimore Ecosystem Study, BES, LTER
LTER Controlled Vocabularywatersheds, riparian, vegetation, herbs, tree, shrub, elevation
National Research & Development TaxonomyEcology, Ecosystems, & Environment
ISO 19115 Topic Categorybiota

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

110 100 square meter plots located along 56 randomly selected transects across 1st to 4th order streams in the riparian section of the watershed. Plots are located on digital aerial photographs in GIS. In each 100 square meter plot, all trees greater than or equal to 2.5 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) were identified to species and measured. All stems less than 2..5 cm DBH and greater than or equal to 1 m in height were counted. Four 1 square meter plots were established around the plot center, where percent cover of herbaceous species and species of woody seedlings were estimated using a 1 square meter frame divided into a grid of 100 10 square meter cells.

People and Organizations

Creators:
Individual: Grace Brush
Organization:Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Email Address:
gbrush@jhu.edu
Contacts:
Organization:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Email Address:
besim@caryinstitute.org

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
1999-01-01
End:
2004-12-31
Geographic Region:
Description:Baltimore County
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  39.722Southern:  39.19
Western:  -76.93Eastern:  -76.33

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Urban LTER: Human Settlements as Ecosystems: Metropolitan Baltimore from 1797-2100; Start Date:11/01/1997
Personnel:
Individual: Steward Pickett
Organization:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Email Address:
picketts@caryinstitute.org
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1899-976x
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 9714835

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:complete
Frequency:
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