PIE LTER plant biomass associated with marsh sites used in space for time sea level rise study, Rowley, MA.

Summary

Short name: 

HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Biomass

Abstract: 

This dataset contains the mass of dried grasses collected from clip plots in the PIE LTER Space for Time Sea Level Rise  study. The space for time  study uses an intensive and comprehensive approach to compare low elevation, Spartina alterniflora marsh areas to higher elevation Spartina patens marsh areas. Grasses are sampled in plots from 4 transects per site with five plots per site, arranged from the tidal creek's edge to no more than 150 meters back from the creek.

Other related data files include:
HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Sites, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Birds, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Quads, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Sediments, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Bites, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Sticky, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Decomp, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Traps, HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Deep_pitfalls

Data set ID: 

529

EML revision ID: 

2
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Byrnes, J. 2020. PIE LTER plant biomass associated with marsh sites used in space for time sea level rise study, Rowley, MA. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/895e4278b794533c94d3b3eee2211c93
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Dates

Date Range: 

Thursday, June 1, 2017 to Saturday, September 1, 2018

Publication Date: 

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
People

Owner/Creator: 

Jarrett Byrnes

Project: 

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

Data sources: 

HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Biomass.csv
HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Biomass.xls
Methodology

Methods: 

At each clip plot along a transect in the marsh in late July or early August, aboveground standing crop is estimated destructively by clipping at ground level all aboveground biomass of individual plants rooted within a 0.1 m2 (10 x 100 cm) strip at the end of sampling. Biomass is clipped adjacent to the 1-m2 quadrats. Standing crop is separated into species whether it is live or dead plant tissue. All biomass is dried at 60°C for 48hrs prior to weighing to the nearest 0.01  gram.

 

Maintenance: 

On going collection.

Version 01: August 19, 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.

Version 02: February 4, 2020, added missing Sp_Code data column, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2019.xlsm 9/3/19 5:19 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.