Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary

Accession:

PLT-GCEM-2509

Research Theme:

Plant Ecology (Monitoring)

Contributors:

Steven C. Pennings, Christine Hladik, Jonah Rigdon

Title:

RTK survey of permanent monitoring plots at GCE sites 1-10 conducted between 2010 and 2022.

Abstract:

Initial real time kinematic (RTK) GPS survey of ground elevations of the permanent monitoring plots at GCE sites 1-10 was conducted in June of 2010. Additional surveys of the active monitoring plots was conducted periodically through 2022. Plots that experienced terminal slump or could not be found for any reason were replaced with a new plot in the same general area with the plot code incremented by 10. For example if plot 3 was lost, it was replaced by 13, and then in turn by 23. This data set will be updated as future RTK measurement of the plots are made.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/6108ed4609dfe702473e13362f688ac6

Key Words:

elevation, GCE1, GCE10, GCE2, GCE3, GCE4, GCE5, GCE6, GCE7, GCE8, GCE9, global positioning system, plant communities

LTER Core Area:

Primary Production

Research Themes:

Plant Ecology

Study Period:

01-Jun-2010 to 01-Sep-2022

Study Sites:

GCE1 -- Eulonia, Georgia, USA
GCE2 -- Four Mile Island, Georgia, USA
GCE3 -- North Sapelo, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE4 -- Meridian, Georgia, USA
GCE5 -- Folly River, 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

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Data References:

PLT-GCES-1609 (Long-term plant monitoring data set), PLT-GCEM-1801 (Disturbance to plant monitoring plots)

Downloads:

Data Table: PLT-GCEM-2509 (Main data table for data set PLT-GCEM-2509, 343 records)

Access: Public (released 22-Sep-2025)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [54.19kb], Text File [49.65kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [47.58kb], MATLAB (Variables) [69.05kb], Text Report [127.20kb]

Column List:(hide)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Location	none	string	Geographic location code in the GCE Metadata Database for the sampling plot
2	Site	none	integer	GCE LTER sampling site number
3	Site_name	none	string	GCE LTER sampling site name
4	Zone	none	integer	Nominal marsh zone
5	Plot	none	integer	Permanent plot number
6	Description	none	string	Location description
7	UTM_Zone	none	string	UTM zone
8	UTM_Northing	m	floating-point	UTM northing
9	UTM_Easting	m	floating-point	UTM easting
10	UTM_Datum	none	string	UTM datum
11	Longitude	degrees	floating-point	Longitude in decimal degrees
12	Latitude	degrees	floating-point	Latitude in decimal degrees
13	Elevation	m	floating-point	Plot elevation in meters
14	Elevation_Datum	none	string	Elevation datum
15	Date_Measured	YYYY-MM-DD	string	Date of location measurement
16	Duplicate	none	integer	Duplicate measurement of previously measured plot (0 = no, 1 = yes)

Statistics:

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Citation:

Pennings, Steven C. 2025. RTK survey of permanent monitoring plots at GCE sites 1-10 conducted between 2010 and 2022. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6108ed4609dfe702473e13362f688ac6

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