Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Database

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Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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Dataset ID:LTE-TIDE-LENS-2009-below-bio.01
Dataset Title:2009 LENS belowground biomass core results
Investigator 1: 
First Name:Linda
Last Name:Deegan
Address line 1:The Ecosystems Center
Address line 2:Marine Biological Laboratory
Address line 3:7 MBL St.
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Investigator 2: 
First Name:Duncan
Last Name:FitzGerald
Address line 1:Boston University
Address line 2:Dept of Earth Sciences
Address line 3:675 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 141
City:Boston
State:MA
Zip Code:02115
Country:USA
Investigator 3: 
First Name:Sergio
Last Name:Fagherazzi
Address line 1:Boston University
Address line 2:Dept of Earth Sciences
Address line 3:675 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 141
City:Boston
State:MA
Zip Code:02115
Country:USA
Associate Investigators:Carol Wilson, Zoe Hughes
Keywords:PIE LTER, TIDE, LENS,primary production, organic matter, biomass, belowground biomass
Abstract:2009 LENS Geotechnical and Biomass
Results from 72 hand auger cores (50 cm depth) retrieved from LENS and TIDE project creeks (Sweeney, West, Clubhead, Nelson) in Rowley, MA. Thirty-six of these cores were processed for aboveground and belowground biomass (roots, rhizomes, detritus) . Results for belowground biomass presented here. Above ground biomass results are presented in file STP-LENS-2009-above-biomass. The remainder 36 of these cores were processed for bulk density and bulk organic content (from loss on Iinition, LOI) and results are presented in file STP-LENS-2009-geotechnical.
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/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/LTE/data/LTE-TIDE-LENS-2009-below-bio.csv
Data File Name LTE-TIDE-LENS-2009-below-bio
Beginning Date 9/4/2009
End Date 12/4/2009
Number of Data Records 180
Other Files to Reference LTE-TIDE-LENS-2009-above-bio, LTE-TIDE-LENS-2009-geotech
Availability Status Type 1
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes: Version 01: February 2, 2012, data and metadata for 2009. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 2/1/12 5:00 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
 
RESEARCH LOCATION: MAR-LTE-RO-TC-MF-SW MAR-LTE-RO-TC-MF-WE MAR-LTE-RO-TC-MF-CL MAR-LTE-RO-TC-MF-NE  
Geographic Description "Sweeney Creek", off Rowley River, Ipswich, MA West Creek, off Rowley River, Rowley, MA. Clubhead Creek off Rowley River, Rowley, MA. Nelson Island Creek, off Rowley River, Rowley,  
Location Bounding Box          
West Bounding Coordinate -70.851 -70.852 -70.842 -70.836  
East Bounding Coordinate -70.845 -70.846 -70.836 -70.831  
North Bounding Coordinate 42.724 42.741 42.742 42.744  
South Bounding Coordinate 42.719 42.736 42.738 42.74  
OR if single point location          
Latitude          
Longitude          
Elevation          
           
           
 
TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Taxonomic Protocols
Organisms studied Spartina alterniflora
 
Methods:Coring was done with a hand held half-cylinder auger (8cm diameter) to insure cores with little vertical compression, thus the root and soil profiles would be intact. Cores were taken from 6 small primary creeks within four major creek areas:

Two primary creeks within Sweeney Creek, right and left branch (5 years fertilized - since 2004)
Two primary creeks within West Creek, right and left branch (used as reference since 2004)
One primary creek within Clubhead Creek, right branch (one year fertilized - 2009)
One primary creek within Nelson Creek, left branch (reference)
 
In each primary creek, 6 sites in creek bank tall-form S. alterniflora were chosen along the length of the creek, 3 on each bank. Each site was co-located with a cross-sectional transect so that the elevation of the S. alterniflora can be determined (site # refers to white PVC transect pole #) .Latitude and longitude were noted. At each site, we took 2 cores using the auger: 1 for root and shoot biomass centered on a single plant and 1 for geotechnical properties taken in an adjacent area.

For the biomass core, the aboveground stem(s) centered above the core was cut and stored, and the belowground core material was sectioned at the following intervals:0-5 cm, 5-10cm, 10-20cm, 20-30cm, and 30-50cm. These samples were brought back to the lab for washing and measuring of longest stem length, aboveground dry weight, and belowground dry weight of separated roots, rhizomes, and detrital material.


Data Table

Variable Name Variable Description Units Measurement Scale Code Information Number Type DateTime Format Missing Value Code Missing Value Code Explanation
Location creek name and branch code   nominal SW-R = Sweeney right | SW-L = Sweeney left | WE-R = West right | WE-L = West left | CL-R = Clubhead right | NE-L = Nelson left        
Site Number coring location based on pole number for each creek   nominal          
Collection Date date of sample collection   datetime     dd-mmm-yyyy    
Latitude latitude   nominal          
Longitude longitude   nominal          
Biomass Core Segment biomass core depth (cm) centimeter ratio   real      
Live Rhizomes dry weight of live rhizomes (g) gram ratio   real      
Live Roots dry weight of live roots (g) gram ratio   real      
Detritus dry weight of detrital material (dead roots and rhizomes included) (g) gram ratio   real