LTE-MF-GREENWOOD-CLUBHEAD-VEGQD_csv

PIE LTER study of marsh vegetation percent cover at Greenwood Creek, Ipswich, MA effluent enrichment and Clubhead Creek, Rowley, MA reference sites

Download: LTE-MF-GREENWOOD-CLUBHEAD-VEGQD.csv
Variables
Date
  • Label: Date
  • Definition: date data collected (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Site
  • Label: Site
  • Definition: location of data collection
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Transect
  • Label: Transect
  • Definition: Transect line along which species were observed and collected
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Observers
  • Label: Observers
  • Definition: initials of people who collected the samples
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • RB = Robert Buchsbaum
    • HG = Hap Garritt
    • HH = Heather Haas
    • JL = John Logan
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Distance
  • Label: Distance
  • Definition: distance in meters along transect that quadrat was placed down
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Spartina_alterniflora_cover
  • Label: Spartina_alterniflora_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Spartina_patens_cover
  • Label: Spartina_patens_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Distichlis_spicata_cover
  • Label: Distichlis_spicata_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Juncus_gerardi_cover
  • Label: Juncus_gerardi_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Phragmites_australis_cover
  • Label: Phragmites_australis_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Salicornia_europaea_cover
  • Label: Salicornia_europaea_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Atriplex_patula_cover
  • Label: Atriplex_patula_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Iva_frutescens_cover
  • Label: Iva_frutescens_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Suaeda_linearis_cover
  • Label: Suaeda_linearis_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Agrostis_stolonifera_cover
  • Label: Agrostis_stolonifera_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Glaux_maritima_cover
  • Label: Glaux_maritima_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Solidago_sempervirens_cover
  • Label: Solidago_sempervirens_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Spartina_pectinata_cover
  • Label: Spartina_pectinata_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Scirpus_robustus_cover
  • Label: Scirpus_robustus_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Elymus_virginianus_cover
  • Label: Elymus_virginianus_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Panicum_virgatum_cover
  • Label: Panicum_virgatum_cover
  • Definition: decimal fraction cover (out of 1.00) of that species within the quadrat including bare areas
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Comments
  • Label: Comments
  • Definition: Comments
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

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Orientation: 

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Field delimiter: 

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Record delimiter: 

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Number of records: 

98