Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Law's Point, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA.

Summary

Short name: 

LTE-MP-LAC-porewatermeans

Abstract: 

Porewater samples from a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley River in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and salinity concentrations.

Data set ID: 

126

EML revision ID: 

14
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Morris, J., Sundberg, K. 2021. Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Law's Point, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0e6f5ffebce59969a4d7aa5953335d7c
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Dates

Date Range: 

Tuesday, June 1, 1999 to Sunday, October 31, 2021

Publication Date: 

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
People

Owner/Creator: 

Jim Morris
Karen Sundberg

Project: 

Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
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Data sources: 

LTE-MP-LAC-porewatermeans_csv
LTE-MP-LAC-porewatermeans_xls
Methodology

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Methods: 

General:
This data set is part of an on-going LTER project at the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) site.   The sampling location is in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated marsh at Law's Point between the Rowley River and West Creek in Rowley MA. 

Sampling Description:
Triplicate porewater diffusion samplers were permanently installed in control plots on the marsh platform in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh.  Each sampler collects porewater from depths of 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 cm.  Samples are retrieved  approximately monthly from May through October.  Porewater samples are either filtered (0.45 uM) and preserved with HCl (for PO4 and NH4) or preserved unfiltered with ZnAc (for sulfides) either in the field or immediately upon return from the field.  These samples are then shipped to the lab in SC.  Porewater collection began in June 1999.  In May 2006 the Control porewater plots were relocated  due to potential contamination from fertilized plots. 

Lab Methods:
Filtered porewater samples are analyzed for PO4 and NH4 according to standard laboratory protocols (Strickland and Parsons 1972) and for chloride concentrations by coulometric titration using a Haake-Buchler chloridometer.  Unfiltered, preserved porewater samples are analyzed for sulfide concentrations colorimetrically (Cline 1969).  Salinity was calculated from chloride concentrations of filtered porewater samples (by coulometric titration using a Haake-Buchler chloridometer) before August 2020.  Beginning in August 2020, salinity was measured using an EXTECH EC600 conductivity meter.

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-LPA, ~ 1.17 meters NAVD88

 

Maintenance: 

Collections occur approximately every month from May through October.
Database is updated once annually, usually in the winter.
Study and data collection are ongoing as of Dec 2021.
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