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PIE LTER surface elevation table (SET) raw data from six marsh sites along the Rowley River, MA.

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-pie.54.9
Title:PIE LTER surface elevation table (SET) raw data from six marsh sites along the Rowley River, MA.
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Surface elevation table (SET) measurements (raw data) from 6 marsh sites along the Rowley River, Rowley, MA. SET measurements are useful for determining the relative elevation change of marsh sediments. Precise measurements of sediment elevation in marshes is useful for determining rates of elevation change in response to changes in sea level.

Purpose:

 

Short Name:MAR-RO-SET
Publication Date:2019
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
2002-09-23
End:
2018-05-23

People and Organizations
Contact:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER 
Creator:Giblin, Anne 
Creator:Hopkinson, Charles 
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Associate:Lawrence, Corey 
Associate:Goldstein, Joshua 
Associate:Lee, William 
Associate:Strong, Aaron 
Associate:Prosser, Rebecca 
Associate:Valentine, Vinton 
Associate:Millar, Colin 
Associate:Caruso, Catherine 
Associate:Kelsey, Samuel 
Associate:Messerschmidt, Tyler 
Associate:Vanderjeugdt, Erin 

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
MAR-RO-SET_csv
Description:
Surface elevation table (SET) raw data from six marsh sites along the Rowley River.
Other Name:
MAR-RO-SET_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 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 AreasOrganic Matter, Disturbance
LTER Controlled Vocabularyaccretion, sedimentation, Rowley River, inorganic nutrients, organic matter, marker horizons, marsh elevation, Massachusetts, surface elevation table, 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:

SET sites are measured each spring and fall using a custom built surface elevation table. Measurement are made of the height of brass pins above the table. Relative changes in the surface elevation of the marsh can be calculated from the change of pin height overtime. Four transects of three SETs were established in 2002. These are Holy Island, Morris Island, Law's Point and Old Levine's. Two additional transects of 3-SETs were established in 2005, using a different custom built table that relies on a rebar base. These are New Levine's and Infilling Pond. The middle SET of the Old Levine's transect (Old Levine's 2) was re-established in 2005 using the newer, rebar based SET (RSET).
For the original transects (2002), each SET has 6 positions relative to the location of the marker horizon (A-F). At each position there are 9 pins dropped to the marsh surface. The bearing of each position in relation to magnetic north is also recorded. For the 2005 rebar SET transects, each SET has 8 positions relative to the location of the Marker Horizon (1-8). At each position, 9 pins are dropped to the marsh surface. The length of pin extending above the table is measured and reported in centimeters. (This enables calculation of the length of pin between the table and the marsh surface, thus the elevation change over time between the constant position of the table and the changing marsh surface.)
For more information on SET and Marker Horizons see: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/set
NOTES AND COMMENTS: This data is in a raw unprocessed format. Please note that the “SET position” in the data is a reference to the orientation of the SET table at each site. Position “A” refers to the orientation of the SET facing directly at the Marker Horizon plot, subsequent lettering continues in the clockwise direction. Latitude and Longitude reported as decimal degrees in the NAD 83 Datum. Elevation is reported as NAVD 88, orthometric height (meters), and is measured at the top of the SET table from which pins are dropped. This raw elevation, taken from FastStatic measurements using a Trimble 4800 receiver and TSC-1 controller (from UNAVCO www.unavco.org), can be used directly with the SET pin measurements found in the dataset, to calculate the exact elevation of the marsh. Total pin length for the original SETs is 91.44cm, and pin length for the rebar based SETs 76.20cm. For example for Levine's SET 1 in Fall 2002, position A, pin 1 the value is 21.2cm (this is the height of the pin extending above the table). This means that between the measured top of the SET table at 2.067 m there are 70.24cm of pin (91.44cm -21.2cm). The marsh surface itself is therefore at 2.067m - 0.7024 m or 1.3646m elevation above mean sea level.
Original Surface Elevation Table
Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, P. Hensel , R. Boumans, B. C. Perez, B. Segura, and J. W. Day, Jr. 2002a. A device for high precision measurement of wetland sediment elevation: I. Recent improvements to the sedimentation-erosion table. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 72, No. 5. pp 730-733.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Creators:
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
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
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Contacts:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Associated Parties:
Individual: Corey Lawrence
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 962,
Menlo Park, CA 94025 US
Phone:
(650) 329-4961 (voice)
Phone:
(650) 329-4920 (facsimile)
Email Address:
clawrence@usgs.gov
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Joshua Goldstein
Address:
,,
US
Role:associated researcher
Individual: William Lee
Address:
US
Email Address:
wmcdonaldlee@gmail.com
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Aaron Strong
Address:
US
Email Address:
aaronlstrong@gmail.com
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Rebecca Prosser
Address:
US
Email Address:
rebecca.lynne.prosser@gmail.com
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Vinton Valentine
Address:
University of Southern Maine, 37 College Avenue,
Gorham, ME 04038 US
Phone:
(207) 228-8455 (voice)
Phone:
(207) 780-5167 (facsimile)
Email Address:
vvalentine@usm.maine.edu
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Colin Millar
Address:
Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7745 (voice)
Email Address:
cmillar@mbl.edu
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Catherine Caruso
Address:
Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7731 (voice)
Email Address:
ccaruso@mbl.edu
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Samuel Kelsey
Address:
Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7735 (voice)
Email Address:
skelsey@mbl.edu
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Tyler Messerschmidt
Address:
Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7583 (voice)
Email Address:
tmesserschmidt@mbl.edu
Role:associated researcher
Individual: Erin Vanderjeugdt
Address:
Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Lab,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
508-289-7583 (voice)
Email Address:
evanderjeugdt@mbl.edu
Role:associated researcher
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:
2002-09-23
End:
2018-05-23
Sampling Site: 
Description:Holy Island SET marsh site near mouth of Rowley River
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.826263427734Latitude (degree): 42.731189727783
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Holy Island SET marsh site near mouth of Rowley River
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.826728820801Latitude (degree): 42.730583190918
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Holy Island SET marsh site near mouth of Rowley River
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.826942443848Latitude (degree): 42.730102539062
Altitude (meter):2
Sampling Site: 
Description:Laws Point SET marsh site, approx 8.1 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.841491699219Latitude (degree): 42.731571197510
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Laws Point SET marsh site, approx 8.1 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.842193603516Latitude (degree): 42.731250762939
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Laws Point SET marsh site, approx 8.1 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.842758178711Latitude (degree): 42.730690002441
Altitude (meter):2
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property old SET marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.852279663086Latitude (degree): 42.727333068848
Altitude (meter):2
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property old SET (rebar) marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.852569580078Latitude (degree): 42.727905273438
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property old SET marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.852607727051Latitude (degree): 42.728275299072
Altitude (meter):2
Sampling Site: 
Description:Morris Island SET marsh site, approx 7.8 km upstream of Rowlet River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.834732055664Latitude (degree): 42.729118347168
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Morris Island SET marsh site, approx 7.8 km upstream of Rowlet River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.835456848145Latitude (degree): 42.729236602783
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Morris Island SET marsh site, approx 7.8 km upstream of Rowlet River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.836334228516Latitude (degree): 42.729419708252
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property new SET marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.852890014648Latitude (degree): 42.727661132812
Altitude (meter):2
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property new SET marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.853149414062Latitude (degree): 42.727596282959
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Levine property new SET marsh site, approx 9.2 km upstream of Rowley River mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.853660583496Latitude (degree): 42.727680206299
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Infilling pond SET marsh site off Rowley River, west of Laws Point, approx 8.9 km upstream of Rowley mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.849929809570Latitude (degree): 42.728340148926
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Infilling pond SET marsh site off Rowley River, west of Laws Point, approx 8.9 km upstream of Rowley mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.850067138672Latitude (degree): 42.728317260742
Altitude (meter):1
Sampling Site: 
Description:Infilling pond SET marsh site off Rowley River, west of Laws Point, approx 8.9 km upstream of Rowley mouth
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.850158691406Latitude (degree): 42.728382110596
Altitude (meter):1

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: 

01) 15Aug2007 updates to EML level 4-5
02) Updated data through Spring 2007, added new levine's and infilling pond sites to dataset. 9/24/2007
03) Updated data through Fall 2009 and changed location data to reflect GPS data from 2009. 11/30/2009
Version 04: January 19, 2012, updated data and metadata through Spring 2011. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 1/18/12 4:51 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.004).
Version 05: February 9, 2016, updated data and metadata through Spring 2015 to comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jan2015.xlsm 1/15/15 4:26 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
Version 06: August 14, 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
 

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