Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary

Accession:

PLT-GCES-0706

Research Theme:

Plant Ecology (Directed Study)

Contributors:

Merryl Alber, Alana Lynes, Jenny Fenton

Title:

Summer 2007 survey of plant presence and abundance at fifty-five GCE LTER Hammock sites and five GCE marsh monitoring sites

Abstract:

Presence and abundance of plant species was determined at the six permanent monitoring transects within fifty-six GCE LTER hammock sites and five GCE LTER study sites in June-July 2007. Plant presence was determined by placing a 1 m x 1 m qaudrat at two meters from the upland border of the study site's permanent monitoring transect and noting all species present. In the center of the quadrat, an additional 0.5 m x 0.5 m qudarat was placed to determine percent cover of each species. Plant height was also measured and recorded that the four corners of the 0.5 m x 0.5 m qudarat.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/ad4e84a054994b03cc8405be37e99711

Key Words:

Aster, Atriplex patula, Baccharis halimifolia, Batis maritima, Borrichia frutescens, Distichlis spicata, hammock, height, Iva, Juncus roemerianus, Limonium carolinianum, percent cover, plant ecology, Plant Monitoring, Salicornia virginica, Serenoa repens, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides, Spartina patens, Spobolus virginicus, summer

LTER Core Area:

Population Studies

Research Themes:

GCE2 Q4 - Lateral Gradients, GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation, Plant Ecology

Study Period:

05-Jun-2007 to 30-Jul-2007

Study Sites:

GCE1 -- Eulonia, Georgia, USA
GCE3 -- North Sapelo, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE4 -- Meridian, Georgia, USA
GCE6 -- Dean Creek, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE9 -- Rockdedundy Island, Georgia, USA
BC_i_3 -- Hammock BC_i_3, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BC_i_5 -- Hammock BC_i_5, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BC_i_6 -- Hammock BC_i_6, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BC_ii_1 -- Hammock BC_ii_1, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BC_ii_2 -- Hammock BC_ii_2, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BN_i_10 -- Hammock BN_i_10, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BN_i_8 -- Hammock BN_i_8, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
BN_i_9 -- Hammock BN_i_9, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_10 -- Hammock DS_i_10, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_11 -- Hammock DS_i_11, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_13 -- Hammock DS_i_13, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_14 -- Hammock DS_i_14, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_16 -- Hammock DS_i_16, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_i_17 -- Hammock DS_i_17, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
DS_ii_5 -- Hammock DS_ii_5, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_i_1 -- Hammock HN_i_1, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_i_2 -- Hammock HN_i_2, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_i_3 -- Hammock HN_i_3, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_ii_4 -- Hammock HN_ii_4, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_ii_5 -- Hammock HN_ii_5, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HN_iv_6 -- Hammock HN_iv_6, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_i_10 -- Hammock HS_i_10, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_i_11 -- Hammock HS_i_11, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_i_7 -- Hammock HS_i_7, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_i_8 -- Hammock HS_i_8, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_i_9 -- Hammock HS_i_9, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_ii_14 -- Hammock HS_ii_14, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_ii_15 -- Hammock HS_ii_15, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_ii_27 -- Hammock HS_ii_27, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_iii_17 -- Hammock HS_iii_17, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_iii_19 -- Hammock HS_iii_19, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_iii_20 -- Hammock HS_iii_20, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
HS_v_21 -- Hammock HS_v_21, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PC_i_24 -- Hammock PC_i_24, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PC_iii_7 -- Hammock PC_iii_7, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_10 -- Hammock PN_i_10, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_11 -- Hammock PN_i_11, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_12 -- Hammock PN_i_12, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_13 -- Hammock PN_i_13, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_14 -- Hammock PN_i_14, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_26 -- Hammock PN_i_26, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_i_9 -- Hammock PN_i_9, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_ii_15 -- Hammock PN_ii_15, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_ii_16 -- Hammock PN_ii_16, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_ii_17 -- Hammock PN_ii_17, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_ii_18 -- Hammock PN_ii_18, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_ii_19 -- Hammock PN_ii_19, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_iii_20 -- Hammock PN_iii_20, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_iii_28 -- Hammock PN_iii_28, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_iv_21 -- Hammock PN_iv_21, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_iv_22 -- Hammock PN_iv_22, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_v_23 -- Hammock PN_v_23, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
PN_vii_25 -- Hammock PN_vii_25, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA

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Species References:

Atriplex patula, Baccharis halimifolia, Batis maritima, Borrichia frutescens, Distichlis spicata, Iva frutescens, Limonium carolinianum, Salicornia bigelovii, Salicornia virginica, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides, Spartina patens, Symphyotrichum tenuifolium

Project References:

Intensive hammock characterization

Downloads:

Data Table: PLT-GCES-0706 (Main data table for data set PLT-GCES-0706, 360 records)

Access: Public (released 01-Aug-2008)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [53.15kb], Text File [49.66kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [556.15kb], MATLAB (Variables) [391.13kb], Text Report [108.88kb]

Column List:(hide)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Date	YYYY-MM-DD	string	Calendar date
2	Site	None	string	GCE-LTER hammock number or GCE site
3	Site_Origin	None	integer	Origin of hammock or GCE site
4	Site_Region	None	integer	Region of study area where the hammock or GCE site occur
5	Site_Size	Hectares	floating-point	Measured area of hammock or GCE site
6	Flag_Site_Size	none	string	QA/QC flags for Measured area of hammock or GCE site (flagging criteria, where "x" is Site_Size: x<0.01="I", x<0.02="Q", x>554.74="Q")
7	Site_Identifier	None	integer	Number that identifies hammock or GCE site
8	Plot	none	integer	Permanent plot number
9	UTM_Zone	none	integer	UTM zone of sampling location
10	UTM_Northing	m	floating-point	UTM northing coordinates of the sampling location
11	UTM_Easting	m	floating-point	UTM easting coordinates of the sampling location
12	Latitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic latitude in decimal degrees
13	Longitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic longitude in decimal degrees
14	Juncus_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Juncus roemerianus in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
15	Spartina_alterniflora_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Spartina alterniflora in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
16	Flag_Spartina_alterniflora_Percent_Cover	none	string	QA/QC flags for Percent cover of Spartina alterniflora in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat (flagging criteria, where "x" is Spartina_alterniflora_Percent_Cover: x<0="I", x>100="I", x<0="Q", x>100="Q")
17	Spartina_patens_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Spartina patens in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
18	Salicornia_virginica_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Salicornia virginica in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
19	Salicornia_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Salicornia biglovii in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
20	Distichlis_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Distichlis spicata in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
21	Batis_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Batis maritima in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
22	Borrichia_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Borrichia frutescents in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
23	Spobolus_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Spobolus virginicus in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
24	Aster_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Aster tenuifolius in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
25	Limonium_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Limonium carolinianum in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
26	Iva_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Iva frutescens in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
27	Spartina_cynosuroides_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Spartina cynosuroides in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
28	Baccharis_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Baccharis halimifolia in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
29	Atriplex_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Atriplex patula in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
30	Palmetto_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Serenoa repens in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
31	Sesuvium_Percent_Cover	percent	floating-point	Percent cover of Sesuvium portulacastrum in a 0.5 x 0.5 m quadrat
32	Height_Corner1	cm	floating-point	Height of plant in corner 1 of 0.25 m^2 quadrat
33	Height_Corner2	cm	floating-point	Height of plant in corner 2 of 0.25 m^2 quadrat
34	Height_Corner3	cm	floating-point	Height of plant in corner 3 of 0.25 m^2 quadrat
35	Height_Corner4	cm	floating-point	Height of plant in corner 4 of 0.25 m^2 quadrat
36	Flag_Height_Corner4	none	string	QA/QC flags for Height of plant in corner 4 of 0.25 m^2 quadrat (flagging criteria, where "x" is Height_Corner4: x<0="I", x<0="Q", x>280="Q")

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Citation:

Alber, Merryl. 2007. Summer 2007 survey of plant presence and abundance at fifty-five GCE LTER Hammock sites and five GCE marsh monitoring sites. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ad4e84a054994b03cc8405be37e99711

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