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| Accession: | MSH-GCET-2305 | Research Theme: | Marsh Ecology (Graduate Thesis Study) |
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| Contributors: | Gabriella Bliss Giordano, Amanda Spivak | ||
| Title: | Characterizing the ecology and soil biogeochemistry of wetland transition zones along the Satilla River Estuary, GA, USA. | ||
| Abstract: | The location of salinity gradients in coastal wetlands, from tidal freshwater sourced from riverine inputs to polyhaline sourced from saline ocean water, is subject to natural and unnatural shifts due to climactic patterns such as changes in discharge, sea-level rise (SLR), and alterations to hydrology. Increased inundation in of saltwater in the Satilla River has resulted in conversions of plant communities from fresh or brackish to salt tolerant species that has implications for belowground soil biogeochemistry. These data explore the translation of aboveground properties to soil properties in transitional wetlands in poly-, meso-, and oligohaline regions and across elevation gradients from levee to platform in the Satilla River Estuary, GA by characterizing the ecological communities and soil size fractionation, total organic carbon content (TOC) and composition (delta13C). | ||
| DOI: | (not assigned) | ||
| Key Words: | biogeochemistry, brackish, carbon, freshwater, isotope analysis, plant communities, plant cover, salinity, salt marshes, Satilla River, sediments, soil carbon, stable isotopes, UGA, wetlands | ||
| LTER Core Area: | Organic Matter | ||
| Research Themes: | Marsh Ecology, Organic Matter/Decomposition | ||
| Study Period: | 10-Aug-2020 to 17-Apr-2023 | ||
| Study Sites: |
CentralCst -- Central Georgia Coast, Georgia, USA
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| Species References: | Cladium jamaicense, Juncus effusus, Juncus roemerianus, Pluchea odorata, Polygonum spp, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides | ||
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Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_CanopyHeight (Percent cover of each plant species, 60 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [5.22kb], Text File [4.33kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [23.02kb], MATLAB (Variables) [NaNkb], Text Report [24.10kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_Macroinverts (Abuncance of Macroinvertebrates, 24 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [2.06kb], Text File [1.46kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [22.23kb], MATLAB (Variables) [21.93kb], Text Report [20.17kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_PercentCover (Percent cover of each speices, 84 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [6.18kb], Text File [4.98kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [22.76kb], MATLAB (Variables) [22.26kb], Text Report [23.86kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_Porewater (Porewater Chemistry, 12 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [1.54kb], Text File [1.00kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [22.90kb], MATLAB (Variables) [22.73kb], Text Report [20.53kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_RTK (RTK survey results from each station, 12 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [1.97kb], Text File [1.42kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [22.91kb], MATLAB (Variables) [23.01kb], Text Report [21.21kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: MSH-GCET-2305_SOM (Soil organic matter data, 696 records) Access: GCE Members only (public release on 03-May-2025) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [64.83kb], Text File [55.01kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [33.94kb], MATLAB (Variables) [33.27kb], Text Report [77.52kb] Column List:(display) |
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| Citation: | Giordano, Gabriella Bliss. 2023. Characterizing the ecology and soil biogeochemistry of wetland transition zones along the Satilla River Estuary, GA, USA. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/data/MSH-GCET-2305 | ||
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