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Biomass of Spartina alterniflora collected in July 2018 from various marsh edges around Plum Island Sound, MA, PIE LTER.

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-pie.521.1
Title:Biomass of Spartina alterniflora collected in July 2018 from various marsh edges around Plum Island Sound, MA, PIE LTER.
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Biomass of Spartina alterniflora was collected at various locations within the Plum Island  Sound estuary. Samples were collected during July 2018. Only Spartina alterniflora was collected. To collect biomass, 25 X 25 cm quadrats were placed over the plants. Aboveground biomass was clipped to soil surface. Biomass was dried in the lab in a drying oven until a constant weight was reached, and then weighed. Biomass values were then convertedto grams of dry weight per square meter (g/m2).

Short Name:MAR-SO-Biomass-S-alt-2018
Publication Date:2019
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
2018-07-16
End:
2018-07-19

People and Organizations
Contact:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER 
Creator:Morris, Jim 
Creator:Miller, Gwen 
Creator:Sundberg, Karen 

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
MAR-SO-Biomass-S-alt-2018_csv
Description:
Biomass of Spartina alterniflora collected in July 2018 from various marsh edges around Plum Island Sound, MA, PIE LTER.
Other Name:
MAR-SO-Biomass-S-alt-2018_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 Entities

Data Table

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Description:Biomass of Spartina alterniflora collected in July 2018 from various marsh edges around Plum Island Sound, MA, PIE LTER.
Number of Records:35
Number of Columns:8

Table Structure
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Table Column Descriptions
 DatSampleIDSiteCommentsBiomass_totalBiomass_areaElevationLatitudeLongitude
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SiteComments  
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Elevation  
Latitude  
Longitude  
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DefinitionComments regarding the sample location and height of Spartina
Unitgram
Typereal
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Typereal
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Typereal
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Unitdegree
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Accuracy Report:                
Accuracy Assessment:                
Coverage:                
Methods:                

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Data Package Usage Rights

Data Policies

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 AreasPrimary Production
LTER Controlled Vocabularysalt marshes, Plum Island Sound, aboveground production, Spartina alterniflora, Massachusetts, PIE LTER, Plum Island Ecosystems

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:

Sampling Description:
To collect biomass, 25 X 25 cm quadrats were placed over Spartina alterniflora. Aboveground biomass was clipped to soil surface. Biomass was dried in the lab in a drying oven until a constant weight was reached, and then weighed. Biomass values were then converted to grams of dry weight per square meter (g/m2).
Sampling locations were recorded using a Geneq SXBlue II+ GPS Receiver. Elevation data was obtained from the PIE LTER 2005 Digital elevation model for the Plum Island Sound estuary, Massachusetts.
Data processing:
Plant data and gps locations were first entered into ArcGIS, and eventually transferred to  the PIE Excel metadata and data  file for uploading to the PIE web site and EDI Data Portal.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Creators:
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
Individual: Gwen Miller
Address:
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208 US
Email Address:
gjmiller@email.sc.edu
Individual: Karen Sundberg
Address:
Baruch Marine Field Lab, University of South Carolina,
Georgetown, SC US
Phone:
(843) 904-9037 (voice)
Email Address:
sundberg@biol.sc.edu
Contacts:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
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:
2018-07-16
End:
2018-07-19
Geographic Region:
Description:Marsh boundary area for marsh edges bordering Plum Island Sound, MA
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  42.759803771973Southern:  42.713123321533
Western:  -70.842948913574Eastern:  -70.787803649902

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
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: 

Collection done for 2018.
Version 01: August 6, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jun2019.xlsm 6/7/19 12:58 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.

Frequency:
Other Metadata

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