uid=PIE,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read MAR-RO-SET.04 Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program Anne Giblin

Ecosystems Center MBL 7 MBLSt Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program Charles Hopkinson

Georgia Sea Grant College Program University of Georgia 229 Marine Sciences Athens GA 30602 USA

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/ Corey Lawrence additional investigator Joshua Goldstein additional investigator William Lee additional investigator Aaron Strong additional investigator Rebecca Prosser additional investigator Vinton Valentine additional investigator Colin Millar additional investigator Catherine Caruso additional investigator Samuel Kelsey additional investigator 2004 Surface elevation table (SET) measurements (raw data) from 6 marsh sites along the Rowley River, Rowley, MA. SET measurements are useful for determining the relative elevation change of marsh sediments. Precise measurements of sediment elevation in marshes is useful for determining rates of elevation change in response to changes in sea level. PIE LTER Massachusetts Rowley River organic matter inorganic nutrients surface elevation table SET sedimentation accretion marker horizons marsh elevation 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/MAR/MAR-RO-SET.html Holy Island Set 1 -70.826261475 -70.826261475 42.7311915944444 42.7311915944444 Holy Island Set 2 -70.8267253 -70.8267253 42.7305825333333 42.7305825333333 Holy Island Set 3 -70.8269414305556 -70.8269414305556 42.7301031472222 42.7301031472222 Laws Point Set 1 -70.8414932388889 -70.8414932388889 42.7315728027778 42.7315728027778 Laws Point Set 2 -70.84219655 -70.84219655 42.7312495 42.7312495 Laws Point Set 3 -70.8427585138889 -70.8427585138889 42.7306886166667 42.7306886166667 Old Levine’s Set 1 -70.8522784805556 -70.8522784805556 42.7273335194444 42.7273335194444 Old Levine’s Set 2 (rebar) -70.8525714083333 -70.8525714083333 42.7279038722222 42.7279038722222 Old Levine’s Set 3 -70.8526065444444 -70.8526065444444 42.7282771916667 42.7282771916667 Morris Island Set 1 -70.8347285277778 -70.8347285277778 42.7291177 42.7291177 Morris Island Set 2 -70.8354574694444 -70.8354574694444 42.7292381277778 42.7292381277778 Morris Island Set 3 -70.8363326444444 -70.8363326444444 42.7294181888889 42.7294181888889 New Levine's 1 Set -70.8528908638889 -70.8528908638889 42.7276595833333 42.7276595833333 New Levine's 2 Set -70.8531460833333 -70.8531460833333 42.72759735 42.72759735 New Levine's 3 Set -70.8536607083333 -70.8536607083333 42.7276784944444 42.7276784944444 Infill Pond 1 Set -70.8499324 -70.8499324 42.7283417805556 42.7283417805556 Infill Pond 2 Set -70.8500658777778 -70.8500658777778 42.7283188083333 42.7283188083333 Infill Pond 3 Set -70.8501624055556 -70.8501624055556 42.7283834083333 42.7283834083333 2002-09-23 2011-04-14 01) 15Aug2007 updates to EML level 4-5 02) Updated data through Spring 2007, added new levine's and infilling pond sites to dataset. 9/24/2007 03) Updated data through Fall 2009 and changed location data to reflect GPS data from 2009. 11/30/2009 Version 04: January 19, 2012, updated data and metadata through Spring 2011. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 1/18/12 4:51 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.004). 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/ SET sites are measured each spring and fall using a custom built surface elevation table. Measurement are made of the height of brass pins above the table. Relative changes in the surface elevation of the marsh can be calculated from the change of pin height overtime. Four transects of three SETs were established in 2002. These are Holy Island, Morris Island, Law's Point and Old Levine's. Two additional transects of 3-SETs were established in 2005, using a different custom built table that relies on a rebar base. These are New Levine's and Infilling Pond. The middle SET of the Old Levine's transect (Old Levine's 2) was re-established in 2005 using the newer, rebar based SET (RSET). For the original transects (2002), each SET has 6 positions relative to the location of the marker horizon (A-F). At each position there are 9 pins dropped to the marsh surface. The bearing of each position in relation to magnetic north is also recorded. For the 2005 rebar SET transects, each SET has 8 positions relative to the location of the Marker Horizon (1-8). At each position, 9 pins are dropped to the marsh surface. The length of pin extending above the table is measured and reported in centimeters. (This enables calculation of the length of pin between the table and the marsh surface, thus the elevation change over time between the constant position of the table and the changing marsh surface.) For more information on SET and Marker Horizons see: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/set NOTES AND COMMENTS: This data is in a raw unprocessed format. Please note that the “SET position” in the data is a reference to the orientation of the SET table at each site. Position “A” refers to the orientation of the SET facing directly at the Marker Horizon plot, subsequent lettering continues in the clockwise direction. Latitude and Longitude reported as decimal degrees in the NAD 83 Datum. Elevation is reported as NAVD 88, orthometric height (meters), and is measured at the top of the SET table from which pins are dropped. This raw elevation, taken from FastStatic measurements using a Trimble 4800 receiver and TSC-1 controller (from UNAVCO www.unavco.org), can be used directly with the SET pin measurements found in the dataset, to calculate the exact elevation of the marsh. Total pin length for the original SETs is 91.44cm, and pin length for the rebar based SETs 76.20cm. For example for Levine's SET 1 in Fall 2002, position A, pin 1 the value is 21.2cm (this is the height of the pin extending above the table). This means that between the measured top of the SET table at 2.067 m there are 70.24cm of pin (91.44cm -21.2cm). The marsh surface itself is therefore at 2.067m - 0.7024 m or 1.3646m elevation above mean sea level. For more information please contact Catherine Caruse (ccaruso@mbl.edu). pers-1 Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, P. Hensel , R. Boumans, B. C. Perez, B. Segura, and J. W. Day, Jr. 2002a. A device for high precision measurement of wetland sediment elevation: I. Recent improvements to the sedimentation-erosion table. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 72, No. 5. pp 730-733. 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 MAR-RO-SET.csv Surface elevation table (SET) raw data from 6 sites along the Rowley River. MAR-RO-SET.csv 1 \r\n column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MAR/data/MAR-RO-SET.csv Site Site Location of transect Location of transect SET SET SET # in transect SET # in transect Position Position Letter (A-F) denoting the orientation of SET Table Letter (A-F) denoting the orientation of SET Table Degree Degree Orientation of SET, at each position, in relation to magnetic North degree real Pin Pin Identification of Pin # (1-9) and Corresponding Pin Hole # at each SET position Identification of Pin # (1-9) and Corresponding Pin Hole # at each SET position Pin Height Fall 2002 Pin Height Fall 2002 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2003 Pin Height Spring 2003 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2003 Pin Height Fall 2003 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2004 Pin Height Spring 2004 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2004 Pin Height Fall 2004 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2005 Pin Height Spring 2005 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2005 Pin Height Fall 2005 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2006 Pin Height Spring 2006 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2006 Pin Height Fall 2006 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2007 Pin Height Spring 2007 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2007 Pin Height Fall 2007 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2008 Pin Height Spring 2008 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2008 Pin Height Fall 2008 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2009 Pin Height Spring 2009 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2009 Pin Height Fall 2009 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2010 Pin Height Spring 2010 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Fall 2010 Pin Height Fall 2010 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Pin Height Spring 2011 Pin Height Spring 2011 Measurement of pin height above SET table. Each additional column contains the same measurements on different dates centimeter real Comments Comments Information pertaining to individual data points Information pertaining to individual data points