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Aboveground biomass is determined non-destructively during the growing season at a Typha-dominated brackish marsh on the Parker River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Aboveground biomass is determined non-destructively during the growing season at a Typha-dominated brackish marsh on the Parker River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site.
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site.
Porewater samples from a Typha sp.-dominated brackish marsh on the Upper Parker River in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and chloride concentrations.
Nutrient concentrations from porewater samples at marsh sites in the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. There are three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The fertilization sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, one S. patens-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers and two non-fertilized marsh sites on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
Salt and brackish marsh vegetation distribution was documented using cover classes (modified Braun-Blanquet) on individual plots along 9 transects in the Plum Island Estuary. The plots were also surveyed for elevation rel mNAVD88 using RTK GPS . The plots and transects had been surveyed for vegetation and elevation in 2001. The re-survey is designed to monitor changes in species composition and marsh elevation across a broad spatial scale over the previous 20 years. The survey will also serve as a baseline for future marsh monitoring work with UAVs.
We selected 9 transects from a set of 40 marsh surveys conducted in 2000 and 2001 to use as a baseline for monitoring changes in species composition and marsh elevation across a broad spatial scale in the Plum Island Estuary. In the early surveys, latitude, longitude and elevation, as well as salt and brackish marsh vegetation composition were documented using cover classes on individual plots. Results from those surveys have been compiled here.