MAR-RO-Sedimentation.02 Charles Hopkinson

Ecosystems Center MBL 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 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/ Catherine Schmitt additional investigator Nat Weston additional investigator 2000 Sedimentation patterns along five transects in the Rowley River Estuary Marsh in 1998 PIE LTER organic matter sedimentation marsh elevation organic 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/MAR/MAR-RO-Sedimentation.html MAR-RO-1.1 -70.82633015 -70.82633015 42.73124641 42.73124641 MAR-RO-1.2 -70.82674205 -70.82674205 42.73044391 42.73044391 MAR-RO-1.3 -70.82689935 -70.82689935 42.73010427 42.73010427 MAR-RO-2.1 -70.83476712 -70.83476712 42.72927524 42.72927524 MAR-RO-2.2 -70.83554343 -70.83554343 42.72937808 42.72937808 MAR-RO-2.3 -70.83600791 -70.83600791 42.72944309 42.72944309 MAR-RO-2.4 -70.83626412 -70.83626412 42.72951425 42.72951425 MAR-RO-3.1 -70.84149728 -70.84149728 42.7315672 42.7315672 MAR-RO-3.2 -70.84213437 -70.84213437 42.73114989 42.73114989 MAR-RO-3.3 -70.84278369 -70.84278369 42.73073701 42.73073701 MAR-RO-4.1 -70.84739211 -70.84739211 42.72164579 42.72164579 MAR-RO-4.2 -70.84752722 -70.84752722 42.72102267 42.72102267 MAR-RO-4.3 -70.84773538 -70.84773538 42.72012316 42.72012316 MAR-RO-5.1 -70.85227181 -70.85227181 42.72735083 42.72735083 MAR-RO-5.2 -70.85242278 -70.85242278 42.72786435 42.72786435 MAR-RO-5.3 -70.8525282 -70.8525282 42.72826021 42.72826021 MAR-RO-5.4 -70.85271101 -70.85271101 42.7287399 42.7287399 1998-07-01 1998-12-01 Version 01, initial metadata Excel template Version 02, 21Jan2010 keyword 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/ Triplicate 9 cm diameter glass fiber filter circles were placed on inverted petri-dish tops and fixed to the marsh surface with a long nail at each station. Filters were then collected after 2-5 weeks and dried. Sedimentation rates were measured as the weight change of the filter before and after deployment. A sub-set of filters were ashed to determine organic content of the accreting sediment. Relative elevation of the sites were determined by near-simultaneous water depth measurement at slack high tide. 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 MAR-RO-Sedimentation.dat Sedimentation patterns along five transects in the Rowley River Estuary Marsh in 1998 MAR-RO-Sedimentation.dat 1 column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MAR/data/MAR-RO-Sedimentation.dat STATION STATION transect station transect station STATE X STATE X x coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83 meter real STATE Y STATE Y y coordinates (meters) in MA state plane NAD 83 meter real LAT LAT Latitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees) degree real LON LON Longitude in NAD 83 geographic coordinates (decimal degrees) degree real DIST DIST Distance from creek bank (m) meter real ELEV ELEV relative elevation of the marsh surface (cm) centimeter real VEG VEG dominant vegetation type alterniflora Spartina alterniflora short alterniflora Spartina alterniflora short-form patens Spartina patens DEPLOY DEPLOY date of filter deployment dd-mmm-yyyy COLLECT COLLECT date of filter collection dd-mmm-yyyy SED SED sedimentation rate as dry weight gramsPerSquareMeter real SED SE SED SE standard error of the sedimentation measurement gramsPerSquareMeter real %OM %OM percent organic matter of sediment of filter percent real ratio of two quantities as percent composition (1:100)