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| Accession: | PLT-GCET-1508b | Research Theme: | Plant Ecology (Graduate Thesis Study) |
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| Contributors: | Andrew R. Howard, Jonathan Adams, Steve Pennings, Marc Garbey | ||
| Title: | Survey of high marsh plant structure and biomass for Spartina, Juncus, Borrichia and Batis specimens on Sapelo Island, Georgia during May to June 2015 | ||
| Abstract: | From May 29th to June 27th of 2015, plant specimens of Spartina, Juncus, Borrichia, and Batis were extracted from Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Study Site 6 and brought to the UGA Marine Institute research center for structural and biomass measurements. The focus of the structural measurements were to capture the top-down horizontal length and branching angles of rhizomes connecting the above-ground plant shoots. The height of plant shoots were also measured, along with the dry-weight mass of all measured plant components. The purpose of these measurements was to provide data that will be the basis for parameter values used in the Virtual Prairie agent-based model for clonal plant growth and competition. Note that a web-based index of plant photographs from this study are available at http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/datasets/ancillary/PLT-GCET-1508/. | ||
| DOI: | 10.6073/pasta/73244f03145bdda150ae92eeabf4c6ef | ||
| Key Words: | Batis, Borrichia, branching, Juncus, marshes, morphology, plant biomass, plant community, Spartina, structure | ||
| LTER Core Area: | Population Studies | ||
| Research Themes: | GCE2 Q4 - Lateral Gradients, GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation, Plant Ecology, Population Ecology | ||
| Study Period: | 29-May-2015 to 27-Jun-2015 | ||
| Study Sites: |
GCE6 -- Dean Creek, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
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| Project References: | Models of salt marsh plant species | ||
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Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_BatisES (Batis Extended Shoot (ES) data table, 21 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [1.22kb], Text File [0.78kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [149.33kb], MATLAB (Variables) [111.99kb], Text Report [28.77kb] Column List:(display) Zip archive (ancillary data): PLT-GCET-1508b_laplacian.zip (Archive of MATLAB files containing data for the Laplacian matrix that defines a simply connected graph for each plant's overall structure) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Zip archive [65kb] Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_Notes (Notes table containing instances of missing data and other clarifications, 107 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [6.19kb], Text File [5.37kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [161.28kb], MATLAB (Variables) [121.38kb], Text Report [31.88kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_Rhizomes (Rhizomes data table, 596 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [8.46kb], Text File [8.06kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [149.50kb], MATLAB (Variables) [109.57kb], Text Report [36.30kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_Rhizomes_Angles (Rhizomes angles data table, 1198 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [23.92kb], Text File [22.78kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [238.65kb], MATLAB (Variables) [197.45kb], Text Report [55.53kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_RS-RM (Rhizome RS-RM data table, 20 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [0.91kb], Text File [0.49kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [143.86kb], MATLAB (Variables) [105.50kb], Text Report [27.35kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_Shoots (Shoots data table, 461 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [8.28kb], Text File [8.34kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [150.59kb], MATLAB (Variables) [111.76kb], Text Report [36.48kb] Column List:(display) Data Table: PLT-GCET-1508b_Species (Species data table, 117 records) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [2.06kb], Text File [1.44kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [145.21kb], MATLAB (Variables) [104.22kb], Text Report [27.31kb] Column List:(display) GIS Keyhole Markup Language File: PLT-GCET-1508b_Study_Site_Map (Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language file containing a polygon describing locations where plants were collected.) Access: Public (released 17-Aug-2017) Metadata: XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file [2.0kb] |
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| Citation: | Howard, Andrew R. 2015. Survey of high marsh plant structure and biomass for Spartina, Juncus, Borrichia and Batis specimens on Sapelo Island, Georgia during May to June 2015. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/73244f03145bdda150ae92eeabf4c6ef | ||
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