LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.02 Robert Buchsbaum

Massachusetts Audubon, North Shore Endicott Regional Center 356 Grapevine Road Wenham MA 01984 USA

John Catena

National Marine Fisheries Service Gloucester MA

Eric Hutchins

National Marine Fisheries Service Gloucester MA

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ 2004 A description of the vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley. LTER PIE Plum Island Ecosystems Massachusetts Phragmites australis Spartina alterniflora primary production disturbance population dynamics salt marsh restoration tidal restriction invasive species salt marsh vegetation Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that: The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions. The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/LTE/LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.html Argilla Rd. salt marsh is located on land owned by the Trustees of Reservations between Castle Hill and Crane Beach. Rough Meadows salt marsh includes marshes located on the north side of Patmos Road in Rowley. Some sections are part of Massachusetts Audubon’s Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary and additional sections are owned by Dan McHugh. 1995-01-01 2002-01-01 Genus Phragmites Species australis Genus Spartina Species alterniflora Version 01, July 20, 2007 Level 3+ EML using Jim Laundre's Excel program Version 02, 25Jan2010 keywords update Data Manager

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Line intercept method as described in Brower, J., J. Zar, and C. von Ende (1990) Field and Laboratory for General Ecology. Wm. C. Brown. Transects typically start at edge of marsh creek in Spartina sp. and run perpendicular from creek into a zone of Phragmites australis. Lengths of individual transects vary from 25-60 m depending on the shape of the marsh sites. The presence of plants within each one meter interval along the transect line was recorded. Data then converted into % frequency. Anne Giblin

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7488 agiblin@mbl.edu Lead PI Hap Garritt

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu Information Manager The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is an integrated research, education and outreach program whose goal is to develop a predictive understanding of the long-term response of watershed and estuarine ecosystems at the land-sea interface to changes in climate, land use and sea level. The principal study site is the Plum Island Sound estuary, its coupled Parker, Rowley and Ipswich River watersheds and the adjacent coastal ocean, the Gulf of Maine. The PIE LTER focuses on how several aspects of global change influence organic matter and inorganic nutrient biogeochemistry and estuarine foodwebs. The inputs of organic matter and nutrients from land, ocean and marshes interact with the external drivers (climate, land use, river discharge, sea level) to dictate the extent and degree of nutrient and organic matter processing and determine the spatial patterns of estuarine productivity and trophic structure. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site, is located in northeastern Massachusetts, 42.72 N, 70.85 W. The PIE LTER lies at the interface of a thinly soiled, formerly glaciated New England land mass and the highly productive Gulf of Maine. Three watersheds comprise the estuarine drainage basin: Parker (155 km2), Rowley (26 km2) and Ipswich (404 km2). The Ipswich River watershed is highly urbanized with Boston "bedroom" communities encroaching in the headwater region while the Parker is less urbanized and retains a higher proportion of forest. -71.2198 -70.7568 42.8276 42.4965 0 100 meter uid=PIE,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.dat Geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley. LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.dat 1 column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/LTE/data/LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.dat SITE SITE Site where data collected Site where data collected TRANSECT TRANSECT Transect number Transect number TRANSECT LENGTH TRANSECT LENGTH Length in meters of the transect meter real YEAR STARTED YEAR STARTED Year data first collected on that transect Year data first collected on that transect CULVERT CULVERT Whether the transect is upstream or downstream of a culvert Whether the transect is upstream or downstream of a culvert LATITUDE CREEK END LATITUDE CREEK END LATITUDE AT THE CREEK END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS degree real LONGITUDE CREEK END LONGITUDE CREEK END LONGITUDE AT THE CREEK END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS degree real LATITUDE UPLAND END LATITUDE UPLAND END LATITUDE AT THE UPLAND (FURTHEST FROM THE CREEK) END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS degree real LONGITUDE UPLAND END LONGITUDE UPLAND END LONGITUDE AT THE UPLAND (FURTHEST FROM THE CREEK) END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS degree real COMMENTS COMMENTS Comments about data Comments about data