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(1) The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
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Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
| Dataset URLs: | METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data | |||||||
| Dataset ID: | LTE-MD-VEGSTN.02 | |||||||
| Dataset Title: | A description of the two hayed and two reference areas used for vegetation studies in the haying project. Includes transects within the hayed areas | |||||||
| Investigator 1: | ||||||||
| First Name: | Robert | |||||||
| Last Name: | Buchsbaum | |||||||
| Address line 1: | Massachusetts Audubon, North Shore | |||||||
| Address line 2: | Endicott Regional Center | |||||||
| Address line 3: | 356 Grapevine Road | |||||||
| City: | Wenham | |||||||
| State: | MA | |||||||
| Zip Code: | 01984 | |||||||
| Country: | USA | |||||||
| Associate Investigators: | April Ridlon | |||||||
| Keywords: | PIE LTER, primary production, organic matter, population dynamics, haying, salt marsh, vegetation | |||||||
| Abstract: | A description of the two hayed and two reference areas used for vegetation studies in the haying project. Includes transects within the hayed areas | |||||||
| Contact: | Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7485 Email: pie_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ |
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| DATA FILE INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Data File URL | http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/LTE/data/LTE-MD-VEGSTN.dat | |||||||
| Data File Name | LTE-MD-VEGSTN | |||||||
| Beginning Date | 1/1/2000 | |||||||
| End Date | 12/31/2000 | |||||||
| Number of Data Records | 12 | |||||||
| Other Files to Reference | LTE-MD-VEGTRANS.xls; LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.xls; LTE-MD-EOYBIOMASS.xls | |||||||
| Availability Status | Type 1 | |||||||
| Quality Control Information | ||||||||
| Maintenance Description | ||||||||
| Log of Changes: | Version 01, initial Excel to EML metadata | |||||||
| Version 02 keyword update | ||||||||
| RESEARCH LOCATION: | Site 1 | Site 2 |
| Geographic Description | Between Sawyer Creek and Stackyard Rd | |
| Location Bounding Box | ||
| West Bounding Coordinate | ||
| East Bounding Coordinate | ||
| North Bounding Coordinate | ||
| South Bounding Coordinate | ||
| OR if single point location | ||
| Latitude | 42.744 | |
| Longitude | -70.841 | |
| Elevation | ||
| TAXONOMIC COVERAGE: | |
| Taxonomic Protocols | |
| Organisms studied | Spartina alterniflora; Spartina patens; Distichlis spicata; Juncus gerardi; Distichlis spicata; Salicornia europae; Atriplex patula; Iva frutescens; Solidago sempervirens; Suaeda linearis; Glaux maritima; Agropyron repens |
| Methods: | NOTES AND COMMENTS: Locations of the creek edges of the transects may change because of erosion, ice scouring. |
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Units | Measurement Scale | Code Information | Number Type | DateTime Format | Missing Value Code | Missing Value Code Explanation |
| STATION NAME | the name of the hayed or reference area | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| STATION CODE | coded name of hayed or reference area | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| TREATMENT | shows if site is a hayed area or a reference area and, is hayed, at what frequency (in years) | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| TRANSECT | transect number | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| TRANSECT LENGTH | length in meters of the transect | meter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Lat Creek End | latitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence. | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Long Creek End | longitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence. | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Lat Upland End | latitude in decimal degrees of transect at upland end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence. | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Long Upland End | longitude in decimal degrees of transect at upland end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence. | degree | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| COMMENTS | verbal descriptions of the locations of transects and additional notes pertaining to the observations | nominal | blank cell |