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PIE LTER locations of vegetation transects in Rowley salt marsh sites used for measuring long term changes.

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-pie.26.7
Title:PIE LTER locations of vegetation transects in Rowley salt marsh sites used for measuring long term changes.
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

A description of transects used for long term studies of marsh vegetation in Rowley, MA. Four sites ((12 transects) were originally set up to study the impact of salt marsh haying. Two of these sites (labeled McH and EPH) were regularly hayed until 2002. The other two (PUH and CC) were reference sites. Two additional sites labeled RM (8 transects) were originally set up to track invasion by Phragmites australis.
 

Short Name:LTE-MD-VEGSTN
Publication Date:2021-03-04
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
2000-01-01
End:
2020-09-28

People and Organizations
Contact:Buchsbaum, Robert  [  email ]
Contact:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER 
Creator:Buchsbaum, Robert 
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Associate:Ridlon, April 

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
LTE-MD-VEGSTN_csv
Description:
Description of two hayed and two reference PIE LTER marsh sites used for vegetation studies in the haying project
Other Name:
LTE-MD-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

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-pie/26/7/3bf84ea09246da58d94008f5f9c2853c
Name:LTE-MD-VEGSTN_csv
Description:Description of two hayed and two reference PIE LTER marsh sites used for vegetation studies in the haying project
Number of Records:19
Number of Columns:12

Table Structure
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Table Column Descriptions
 Station NameStation CodeYear startTreatmentTransectTransect LengthLat Creek endLong Creek endLat Upland endLong Upland endBearingComments
Column Name:Station_Name  
Station_Code  
YearStart  
Treatment  
Transect  
Transect_length  
Lat_Creek_end  
Long_Creek_end  
Lat_Upland_end  
Long_Upland_end  
Bearing  
Comments  
Definition:the name of the hayed or reference areacoded name of hayed or reference areayear transect was first monitoredshows if site is a hayed area or a reference area and, is hayed, at what frequency (in years)Transect numberlength in meters of the transectlatitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrencelongitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrencelatitude in decimal degrees of transect at upland end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey LawrenceLong Upland endCompass bearing (true north) from marsh (creek) end toward the upland end.verbal descriptions of the locations of transects and additional notes pertaining to the observations
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Measurement Values Domain:
Definitionthe name of the hayed or reference area
Definitioncoded name of hayed or reference area
FormatYYYY
Precision
Definitionshows if site is a hayed area or a reference area and, is hayed, at what frequency (in years)
DefinitionTransect number
Definitionlength in meters of the transect
Unitdegree
Typereal
Unitdegree
Typereal
Unitdegree
Typereal
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Typereal
Unitdegree
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Definitionverbal descriptions of the locations of transects and additional notes pertaining to the observations
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Accuracy Assessment:                        
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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:LTE-MD-VEGSTN_xls
Entity Type:document
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
Physical Structure Description:
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Format Name:application/vnd.ms-excel
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-pie/26/7/1dedb2f5109315b33a878ea853c39767

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Data Policies

PIE LTER Data Use Agreement

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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
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  • 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.
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Core AreasPrimary Production, Organic Matter, Disturbance, Population Dynamics
LTER Controlled Vocabularypopulation dynamics, salt marshes, haying, vegetation, PIE LTER, Plum Island Ecosystems, production, organic matter

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:

NOTES AND COMMENTS:
Locations of the creek edges of the transects may change because of erosion, ice scouring. 
Other files to refer to include short names:
LTE-MD-VEGTRANS
LTE-MD-VEGQUADS
LTE-MD-EOYBIOMASS

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
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
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
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Associated Parties:
Individual: April Ridlon
Address:
,,
US
Role:field crew
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:
2000-01-01
End:
2020-09-28
Geographic Region:
Description:Salt marsh in Rowley, MA west of Plum Island Sound. Five sites are in the vicinity of Stackyard and Patmos Roads. One site is off Railroad Avenue near the PIE LTER Rowley Field House.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  42.747398376465Southern:  42.725498199463
Western:  -70.857498168945Eastern:  -70.837303161621

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
Personnel:
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: Wilfred Wollheim
Address:
WSAG Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space,Morse Hall, Room 452, 8 College Road,
Durham, NH 03824 US
Phone:
(603) 862-0812 (voice)
Email Address:
Wil.Wollheim@unh.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-3212
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: Nathaniel Weston
Address:
Department of Geography and the Environment ,Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue,
Villanova, PA 19085 US
Phone:
(610) 519-8009 (voice)
Email Address:
nathaniel.weston@villanova.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-360X
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: 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 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: Jarrett Byrnes
Address:
University of Massachusetts, College of Science and Mathematics,100 Morrissey Blvd,
Boston, MA 02125 US
Phone:
(617) 287-3145 (voice)
Email Address:
Jarrett.Byrnes@umb.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9791-9472
Role:principalInvestigator
Abstract: 

The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is developing a predictive understanding of the response of a linked watershed-marsh-estuarine system in northeastern Massachusetts to rapid environmental change. Over the last 30 years, surface sea water temperatures in the adjacent Gulf of Maine have risen at 3 times the global average, rates of sea-level rise have accelerated, and precipitation has increased. Coupled with these changes in climate and sea level are substantial changes within the rapidly urbanizing watersheds that influence water, sediment, and nutrient delivery to the marsh and estuary. In PIE IV our focus is on: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.

NSF OCE LTER-Plum Island Ecosystems:
Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.

Funding:

1637630

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description: 

Version 01, initial Excel to EML metadata
Version 02 keyword update
Version 03: January 12, 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 22, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jan2018.xlsm 6/21/18 3:53 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
Version 05: March 4, 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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