Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary

Accession:

PLT-GCED-1711a

Research Theme:

Plant Ecology (Directed Study)

Contributors:

Christopher B. Craft, McKenna Stahl, Sarah Widney, Dontrece Smith

Title:

Forest survey of species richness and basal area for two tidal forest plots at GCE 11 on the Altamaha River in Southeast Georgia in December 2013

Abstract:

We established two 0.1-ha plots in the Site 11 tidal forest in December 2013 to monitor forest composition. In each plot, we identified the species and measured DBH (diameter at breast height) of every tree using standard diameter tapes. We also used the DBH measurements to calculate the basal area of each tree.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/95771dba9e839a57c74b9ae806569877

Key Words:

Acer rubrum, basal area, BDH, Carpinus caroliniana, Fraxinus pennsylanica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora, productivity, Quercus, Quercus lyrata, species composition, Taxodium distichum, tidal forest

LTER Core Area:

Primary Production

Research Themes:

Plant Ecology, Botany

Study Period:

01-Dec-2013 to 31-Dec-2013

Study Sites:

GCE11 -- Tidal Forest, Georgia, USA

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Species References:

Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa sylvatica, Taxodium distichum

Data References:

PLT-GCED-1711 (Dendrometer band measurement data from the tidal forest plots), PLT-GCED-1711b (Litterfall collection data from the tidal forest plots)

Research Protocols:

GCE 11 Tidal Forest Plot Layout and Tagged Trees (Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER)

Downloads:

Data Table: PLT-GCED-1711a (Main data table for data set PLT-GCED-1711a, 235 records)

Access: Public (released 01-Feb-2018)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [8.00kb], Text File [6.79kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [135.59kb], MATLAB (Variables) [108.98kb], Text Report [18.41kb]

Column List:(hide)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Site_Code	none	string	GCE Site code
2	Plot	none	integer	0.1 hectare survey unit
3	Quadrant	none	string	Region of plot distinguished by cardinal direction
4	Tree_Species	none	string	Individual tree species
5	DBH	Centimeters	floating-point	Tree diameter at breast height
6	Tag_Number	none	integer	Tag number on tree for identification in dendrometer band dataset
7	BasalArea	square meter	floating-point	Cross sectional area of the tree at breast height

Statistics:

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Citation:

Craft, Christopher B. 2017. Forest survey of species richness and basal area for two tidal forest plots at GCE 11 on the Altamaha River in Southeast Georgia in December 2013. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/95771dba9e839a57c74b9ae806569877

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