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PIE LTER geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, Massachusetts.

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-pie.19.6
Title:PIE LTER geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, Massachusetts.
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

A description of the vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich, MA and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, MA.

Short Name:LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN
Publication Date:2021-01-13
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
1995-01-01
End:
2002-01-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Buchsbaum, Robert  [  email ]
Creator:Buchsbaum, Robert 
Creator:Catena, John 
Creator:Hutchins, Eric 

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.csv
Description:
PIE LTER geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, Massachusetts.
Other Name:
LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.xls
Description:
Excel metadata and data file associated with the csv data source file. Excel file after downloading is to be used for adding/editing new metadata and data.
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Data Table

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Description:PIE LTER geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, Massachusetts.
Number of Records:20
Number of Columns:10

Table Structure
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Table Column Descriptions
 SiteTransectTransect lengthYear startedCulvertLat Creek EndLong Creek EndLat Upland EndLong Upland EndComments
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Lat Creek End  
Long Creek End  
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Long Upland End  
Comments  
Definition:Site where data collectedTransect numberTransect lengthYear data first collected on that transectLocation of transect, upstream or downstream of a culvertlatitude at the creek end of the transect, as measured by a garman 12 gps unit, so accuracy generally to 3-7 metersLongitude at the creek end of the transect, as measured by a garman 12 gps unit, so accuracy generally to 3-7 metersLatitude at the upland (furthest from the creek) end of the transect, as measured by a garman 12 gps unit, so accuracy generally to 3-7 metersLongitude at the upland (furthest from the creek) end of the transect, as measured by a garman 12 gps unit, so accuracy generally to 3-7 metersComments about data
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DefinitionSite where data collected
DefinitionTransect number
Unitmeter
Typereal
FormatYYYY
Precision
DefinitionLocation of transect, upstream or downstream of a culvert
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Typereal
Unitdegree
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Unitdegree
Typereal
Unitdegree
Typereal
DefinitionComments about data
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Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-pie/19/6/445a46515b43f5726488084a7df3d533

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PIE LTER Data Use Agreement

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, CC BY - Attribution. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported and encouraged. Permission to use this dataset is granted to the Data User free of charge subject to the following terms:

  • 1) Citation. It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form: Creator, Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset identifier.
  • For example: Giblin, Anne; Hopkinson, Charles (2000): Rates of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Parker and Rowley Rivers of the Plum Island Sound estuary. Plum Island Ecosystems LTER, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/17fa8b4fef50c7b85cac3d61482a7cb6
  • 2) Acknowledgement. The Data User should acknowledge any institutional support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. The Data User should contact the Data Set Contact to ensure the appropriate Granting Programs are acknowledged.
  • For example: Data sets were provided by the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER. This material is based upon funding supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565, OCE-1058747, OCE-1238212, OCE-1637630.
  • 3) Notification. The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is distributed. The Data User will provide the data contact with two reprints of any publications resulting from use of the Data Set and will provide copies, or on-line access to, any derived digital products. Notification will include an explanation of how the Data Set was used to produce the derived work.
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Core AreasPopulation Dynamics
LTER Controlled Vocabularypopulation dynamics, marshes, plants, PIE LTER, Plum Island Ecosystems, community composition, locations, transects

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:

Line intercept method as described in Brower, J., J. Zar, and C. von Ende (1990) Field and Laboratory for General Ecology. Wm. C. Brown. Transects typically start at edge of marsh creek in Spartina sp. and run perpendicular from creek into a zone of Phragmites australis.  Lengths of individual transects vary from 25-60 m depending on the shape of the marsh sites.  The presence of plants within each one meter interval along the transect line was recorded.  Data then converted into % frequency. 
See short name files for additional information,
LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGQUADS for  percent cover information about plant distributions.
LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGTRANS for presence and absence information about plant distributions.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: Robert Buchsbaum
Address:
Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue,
Wenham, MA 01984 US
Phone:
(978) 927-1122 (voice)
Phone:
(978) 922-8487 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
Individual: John Catena
Address:
National Marine Fisheries Service,
Gloucester, MA 01930 US
Individual: Eric Hutchins
Address:
National Marine Fisheries Service,
Gloucester, MA 01930 US
Contacts:
Individual: Robert Buchsbaum
Address:
Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue,
Wenham, MA 01984 US
Phone:
(978) 927-1122 (voice)
Phone:
(978) 922-8487 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
1995-01-01
End:
2002-01-01
Geographic Region:
Description:Argilla Rd. salt marsh is located on land owned by the Trustees of Reservations between Castle Hill and Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  42.693748474121Southern:  42.682617187500
Western:  -70.775970458984Eastern:  -70.773551940918
Geographic Region:
Description:Rough Meadows salt marsh includes marshes located on the north side of Patmos Road in Rowley, MA.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  42.750900268555Southern:  42.744316101074
Western:  -70.846748352051Eastern:  -70.837196350098

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER II, 2004-2010)
Personnel:
Individual: Charles Hopkinson
Address:
University of Georgia, 289A Marine Sciences Building,
Athens, GA 30602 US
Phone:
(706) 542-1855 (voice)
Email Address:
chopkins@uga.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7331-8322
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Linda Deegan
Address:
Woods Hole Research Center,
Falmouth, MA 02540 US
Phone:
508-444-1557 (voice)
Email Address:
ldeegan@whrc.org
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-9599
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Anne Giblin
Address:
Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7488 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 457-1548 (facsimile)
Email Address:
agiblin@mbl.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-2178
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Jim Morris
Address:
Bell Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208 US
Phone:
(803) 777-5288 (voice)
Phone:
(803) 777-4002 (facsimile)
Email Address:
morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu
Web Address:
http://research.cas.sc.edu/morris/
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Joe Vallino
Address:
Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7648 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 457-1548 (facsimile)
Email Address:
jvallino@mbl.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-4512
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Robert Buchsbaum
Address:
Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue,
Wenham, MA 01984 US
Phone:
(978) 927-1122 (voice)
Phone:
(978) 922-8487 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Robert Pontius
Address:
Clark University, School of Geography, 950 Main Street,
Worcester, MA 01610 US
Phone:
(508) 793-7761 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 793-8881 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rpontius@clarku.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-5875
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Martha Mather
Address:
Kansas State University, 204B Leasure Hall,
Manhattan, KS 66506 US
Phone:
(785) 532-6522 (voice)
Email Address:
mmather@ksu.edu
Role:principalInvestigator
Abstract: 

The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is an integrated research, education and outreach program whose goal is to develop a predictive understanding of the long-term response of watershed and estuarine ecosystems at the land-sea interface to changes in climate, land use and sea level. The principal study site is the Plum Island Sound estuary, its coupled Parker, Rowley and Ipswich River watersheds and the adjacent coastal ocean, the Gulf of Maine. Humans are altering the ecosystems of the world at rates not previously experienced. Understanding and predicting how multiple stresses affect the sustainability of ecosystems is one of the most crucial challenges in environmental biology. The PIE LTER focuses on how several aspects of global change influence organic matter and inorganic nutrient biogeochemistry and estuarine foodwebs. The inputs of organic matter and nutrients from land, ocean and marshes interact with the external drivers (climate, land use, river discharge, sea level) to dictate the extent and degree of nutrient and organic matter processing and determine the spatial patterns of estuarine productivity and trophic structure. The overarching question is: How will trophic structure and primary and secondary productivity in estuaries be affected by changes in organic matter and nutrient loading and hydrodynamics caused by changing land use, climate and sea level?

NSF OCE Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

Funding:

0423565

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description: 

Version 01, July 20, 2007 Level 3+ EML using Jim Laundre's Excel program.
Version 02, 25Jan2010 keywords update.
Version 03: January 16, 2017, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jul2016.xlsm 7/20/16 5:08 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
Version 04: January 13, 2021, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2020.xlsm 9/17/20 1:11 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.

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