Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary

Accession:

INV-GCEM-1704

Research Theme:

Population Ecology (Monitoring)

Contributors:

Christine Angelini, Sean Sharp, Kimberly Prince, Sinead Crotty

Title:

Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2016

Abstract:

To characterize spatial variation in barnacle recruitment at the creekbank, and across a gradient in salinity and distance to ocean, we deployed PVC poles to passive sample barnacle settlement. Eight poles were deployed between 4-5m apart adjacent to the creekbank vegetation monitoring plots at each GCE LTER permanent monitoring site each Fall beginning in 2012. These poles were then collected the following Fall and all barnacle that settled on the poles were identified and counted on 50cm-long sections of the 8, 3/4" diameter PVC poles. Although a few other barnacle species are occur within this estuary, only two species settled on poles: Chthamalus fragilis and Balanus spp.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/3deb6d02860892dad51943a2db5acca2

Key Words:

Animalia, Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring, Arthropoda, Balanidae, Balanoidea, Balanomorpha, Balanus, Balanus amphitrite, Balanus eburneus, Balanus trigonus, barnacle, Bilateria, Chthalamus, Chthalamus fragilis, Chthamalidae, Chthamaloidea, Chthamalus fragilis, Cirripedia, creek bank, Crustacea, crustaceans, Ecdysozoa, GCE, Georgia, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems, LTER, Maxillopoda, Protostomia, recruitment, salt marshes, Sapelo Island, Sessilia, settlement, Thecostraca, Thoracica, USA

LTER Core Area:

Population Studies

Research Themes:

Population Ecology

Study Period:

21-Oct-2016 to 28-Oct-2016

Study Sites:

GCE1 -- Eulonia, Georgia, USA
GCE2 -- Four Mile Island, Georgia, USA
GCE3 -- North Sapelo, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE4 -- Meridian, Georgia, USA
GCE6 -- Dean Creek, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE7 -- Carrs Island, Georgia, USA
GCE8 -- Alligator Creek, Georgia, USA
GCE9 -- Rockdedundy Island, Georgia, USA
GCE10 -- Hunt Camp, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
SCSA -- SCSA Altamaha Plant Transition Site, Georgia, USA
ZSC1 -- ZSC1 Altamaha Plant Transition Site, Georgia, USA
ZSC2 -- ZSC2 Altamaha Plant Transition Site, Georgia, USA

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Species References:

Balanus amphitrite, Balanus eburneus, Balanus trigonus, Chthamalus fragilis

Downloads:

Data Table: INV-GCEM-1704 (Main data table for data set INV-GCEM-1704, 176 records)

Access: Public (released 01-Apr-2018)

Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language)

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [9.03kb], Text File [7.36kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [53.92kb], MATLAB (Variables) [57.67kb], Text Report [89.13kb]

Column List:(hide)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Year	YYYY	integer	Calendar year of observation
2	Month	MM	integer	Calendar month of observation
3	Day	DD	integer	Calendar day of observation
4	Site	none	string	GCE-LTER sampling site number
5	Pole_Replicate	none	integer	Pole replicate number (does not correspond to GCE LTER plots as poles were not placed to directly adjacent to GCE plots)
6	Barnacle_Species	none	string	Species counted
7	Barnacle_Count	count	integer	Number of barnacles species counted per 50-cm length of pole
8	Flag_Barnacle_Count	none	string	QA/QC flags for Number of barnacles species counted per 50-cm length of pole (flagging criteria, where "x" is Barnacle_Count: x<0="Q", x>42="Q")
9	Pole_Lost	none	integer	Was the pole lost during sampling
10	Notes	none	string	Notes from field sampling

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Citation:

Angelini, Christine. 2017. Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2016. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/3deb6d02860892dad51943a2db5acca2

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