Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Goat Island, North Inlet, Georgetown, SC.

Summary

Short name: 

LTE-MP-NAC-porewatermeans

Abstract: 

Porewater samples from a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on Goat Island, North Inlet, Georgetown, SC were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and chloride concentrations.

Data set ID: 

133

EML revision ID: 

12
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Morris, J., Sundberg, K., 2020. Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Goat Island, North Inlet, Georgetown, SC. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/20d8467263edceaeb44b5c4353ac8aad
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Dates

Date Range: 

Friday, January 1, 1993 to Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Publication Date: 

Friday, October 2, 2020
People

Owner/Creator: 

Jim Morris
Karen Sundberg
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Data sources: 

LTE-MP-NAC-porewatermeans_csv
LTE-MP-NAC-porewatermeans_xls
Methodology

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General:
This data set is part of an on-going  project in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated marsh at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory in North Inlet, Georgetown, SC.

Sampling Description:
Triplicate porewater diffusion samplers are permanently installed in control plots on the marsh platform in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh in North Inlet, SC.  Each sampler collects porewater from depths of 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 cm.  Samples are retrieved monthly.  Porewater samples are either filtered (0.2 uM; for PO4 and NH4) or preserved unfiltered with ZnAc (for sulfides) either in the field or immediately upon return from the field.  Porewater collection  began in Jan 1994. 

Lab Methods:
Filtered porewater samples are analyzed for PO4, NH4, and chloride concentrations according to standard laboratory protocols (Strickland and Parson 1972) and for chloride concentrations by coulimetric tritration using a Haake-Buchler chloridometer.  Unfiltered, preserved porewater samples are analyzed for sulfide  colorimetrically (Cline 1969).

Numerical Processing:
Data are reported as geometric means of sample concentrations from 3 depths within the root zone (10, 25, and 50 cm), and the 95% confidence interval, for 3 replicate samplers (n=9 per time).  Statistics were computed using SAS (SAS System for Windows; release 8.02; SAS Institute, Inc; Cary, NC).

Elevation:
LTE-MP-NIN-GIHM, ~ 0.5 meters NAVD88

 

Maintenance: 

Collections occur approximately every month.
Database is updated seasonally.
Study and data collection are ongoing as of Jan 2020.
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