Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Catalog of Data

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WATERSHED

Name:

WAT-VA-StreamNutrient.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Jack Finn

Description:

Nutrient data set for time course rain events and various base flow samplings in 1992 and 1993 in watershed streams of the Plum Island Sound Estuary.

Keywords:

nutrient, loading, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, total, chloride, sulfate, magnesium, sodium, potassium, suspended, solid, particulate, stream, flow, storm, event, anion, cation

 

 

Name:

WAT-PR-ParkerDischarge01101000.htm

Scientists:

USGS

Description:

USGS gauged discharge from the Parker River at Byfield (01101000), draining 55.1637 km2 of watershed.

Keywords:

discharge, stream, flow, Parker, river

 

 

Name:

WAT-IP-IpswichDischarge01101500.htm

Scientists:

USGS

Description:

USGS gauged discharge from the Ipswich River at South Middleton (01101500), draining 112.13 km2 of watershed.

Keywords:

discharge, stream, flow, Ipswich, river

 

 

Name:

WAT-IP-IpswichDischarge01102000.htm

Scientists:

USGS

Description:

USGS gauged discharge from the Ipswich River near Ipswich (01102000), draining 317.56 km2 of watershed.

Keywords:

discharge, stream, flow, Ipswich, river

 

 

Name:

WAT-VA-Inputs.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Greg Peterson

Description:

Dissolved nutrient and particulate concentrations of freshwater inputs to the Plum Island estuarine system, taken approximately monthly.

Keywords:

nutrient, loading, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, suspended, solids, isotope, particulate, chlorophyll, phaeopigment, organic

 

 

Name:

WAT-IP-catchments.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans

Description:

Nutrient data set of Ipswich River tributaries located in first- (F) and second- to fourth-order catchments (referred to as nodes - N).  Data are for base-flow conditions (BASE) in all but the April 2000 set which was a storm event (EVENT).  Samplings occurred from April 1999 to September 2000 and were collected and analyzed by MBL.

Keywords:

ammonium, calcium, carbon, chloride, dissolved, magnesium, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfate, total

 

 

Name:

WAT-IP-1998Monthly.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans

Description:

Nutrient data set for the Ipswich River main stem, major tributaries, and headwaters.  Data are from base flow conditions.  Samplings were from July 1998 to July 1999, and were collected and analyzed by MBL.

Keywords:

ammonium, dissolved, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, total

 

 

Name:

WAT-IP-MonthlySampling.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Luc Claessens, Jeff Evans

Description:

Nutrient data set for the Ipswich River main stem, major tributaries, and headwaters.  Data are from base flow conditions (BASE), except were indicated as storm flow (EVENT).  Samplings were from March 1999 to May 2001, collected by the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) and analyzed at MBL.

Keywords:

ammonium, chloride, dissolved, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, phosphorus, sulfate, total

 

 

Name:

WAT-VA-rainfall.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Ed Rastetter, Joe Vallino, Michael Williams, Solange Filoso, Jeff Evans

Description:

Solute data of wet deposition for the Ipswich River basin.  Samples were collected on an event basis when possible, and otherwise collected on a weekly basis.  Samplings are from May 2000 to June 2001, and were collected and analyzed by MBL.

Keywords:

ammonium, base cations, chloride, dissolved, hydrogen ion, nitrate, nitrogen, nutrient, organic, phosphate, pH, phosphorus, sulfate, total

 

MARSH

Name:

MAR-RO-Sedimentation.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Catherine Schmitt, Nat Weston

Description:

Sedimentation patterns along five transects in the Rowley River Estuary Marsh

Keywords:

sedimentation, marsh, elevation, organic, vegetation

 

 

Name:

MAR-VA-Porewater.htm

Scientists:

James T. Morris, Robert J. Daoust

Description:

Porewater nutrient concentration data [SRP, NH4+, S-2, Cl-] from several sites along the Rowley and Parker Rivers, MA and Wells NEER, ME.

Keywords:

Spartina, alterniflora, patens, macrophyte, ammonium, chloride, sediment, marsh, phosphorus, sulfide, salinity, porewater, LTE-MP-LPP, LTE-MP-LPA, LTE-MP-ORT, MAR-RO-LawTr, MAR-RO-MorrisTr, MAR-PR-PD, MAR-WM-Little

 

 

Name:

MAR-VA-Transects.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Catherine Schmitt, Nat Weston

Description:

Marsh vegetation and sediment characteristics at three sites along five transects.

Keywords:

marsh, vegetation, biomass, density, organic, ammonium, vegetation, bulk, porosity, sediment

 

 

Name:

MAR-EX-ArgRMTr.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum (PIE-LTER); John Catena and Eric Hutchins of National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester

Description:

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.

Keywords:

Phragmites, australis, Spartina, alterniflora, salt marsh, restoration, tidal restriction, invasive species

 

 

Name:

MAR-EX-ArgRMVeg.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum (PIE-LTER); John Catena and Eric Hutchins of National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester

Description:

Plant species present along vegetation transects at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site (Ipswich) and Rough Meadows reference marsh (Rowley).

Keywords:

Phragmites australis, Spartina alterniflora, salt marsh, restoration, tidal restriction, invasive species

 

ESTUARY

Name:

EST-PR-NUT.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Greg Peterson, Josh Goldstein

Description:

Water-column nutrient and particulate transects along the Parker River Estuary.

Keywords:

water, column, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved, organic, carbon, nutrients, temperature, secchi, total, nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended, solid, particulate, isotope, light, extinction, chlorophyll, phaeopigment, conductivity, salinity

 

 

Name:

EST-PR-O2.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Joe Vallino, Greg Peterson, Pete Raymond, Byron Crump

Description:

Transects of the Parker River Plum Island Sound Estuary conducted at dawn and dusk, containing dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, percent saturation, pH, DIC and pCO2 data.

Keywords:

dissolved, oxygen, conductivity, gas, salinity gradient, metabolism, respiration, production, gross, primary, net, community, Parker, estuary

 

 

Name:

EST-PR-O2info.htm

Scientists:

Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt, Ishi Buffam, Justin LeBlanc, Nat Weston, Joe Vallino, Greg Peterson, Pete Raymond, Byron Crump

Description:

Information file for dissolved oxygen transect data, includes transect times, sunrise and sunset times, windspeed, solar radiation, and discharge from the Parker River.

Keywords:

dissolved, oxygen, conductivity, gas, salinity gradient, metabolism, respiration, production, gross, primary, net, community, Parker, estuary

 

BENTHOS

Name:

BEN-PR-Flux.htm

Scientists:

Anne Giblin, Charles Hopkinson, Jane Tucker, Hap Garritt, Nat Weston, Josh Goldstein, Greg Peterson, Sam Kelsey, Dave Vasiliou, Ishi Buffam

Description:

Rates of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Parker and Rowley Rivers of the Plum Island Sound estuary.

Keywords:

sediment, benthos, metabolism, respiration, nutrient cycling, sediment-water exchange, flux, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, methane, nitrous oxide, dissolved inorganic carbon, oxygen

 

 

Name:

BEN-PR-Sediment.htm

Scientists:

Anne Giblin, Charles Hopkinson, Jane Tucker, Hap Garritt, Nat Weston, Josh Goldstein, Greg Peterson, Sam Kelsey, Dave Vasiliou, Ishi Buffam

Description:

Sediment porewater nutrient, sulfide, pH, and alkalinity, sediment redox, and bulk sediment carbon, nitrogen, chlorophyll a and phaeopigments.

Keywords:

sediment, benthos, porewater, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, sulfide, pH, alkalinity, redox, organic carbon, organic nitrogen, chlorophyll, phaeopigments

 

HIGHER TROPHIC LEVELS

Name:

HTL-PR-Isotope.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Charles Hopkinson, Hap Garritt

Description:

Stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen and sulfur) data for primary producers and consumer organisms in the Plum Island Sound Estuary.

Keywords:

isotope, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, food, web, trophic, fish, invertebrates, organic, particulate, marsh, vegetation

 

 

Name:

HTL-PIE-Survey-1993.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt

Description:

Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1993

Keywords:

macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

 

 

Name:

HTL-PIE-Survey-1994.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt

Description:

Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1994

Keywords:

macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

 

 

Name:

HTL-PIE-Survey-1997.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt

Description:

Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1997

Keywords:

macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

 

 

Name:

HTL-PIE-Survey-1998.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt

Description:

Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1998

Keywords:

macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

 

 

Name:

HTL-PIE-Survey-1999.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Robert Buchsbaum, Hap Garritt

Description:

Monthly macrofauna samplings in 1999

Keywords:

macrofauna, fish, crustaceans

 

 

 

LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS

Name:

LTE-TC-NUT.htm

Scientists:

Linda Deegan, Hap Garritt, Amy Chiuchiolo

Description:

Tidal creek nutrient sampling.

Keywords:

tidal, creek, nutrients, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic, salinity, total, chlorophyll, sweeney, club head, nelson, sand, shad, sawyer, west, mud

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-VEGSTN.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon

Description:

A description of the two hayed and two reference areas used for vegetation studies in the haying project.  Includes transects within the hayed areas.

Keywords:

salt marsh, haying, vegetation

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-VEGTRANS.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, Wendy Dalia, Sue Olesko, April Ridlon, Liz Duff, Sam Gale Rosen, Madeline, Simon

Description:

Identification of vegetation along transects through two hayed and two reference sites.

Keywords:

salt, marsh, haying, vegetation

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, Wendy Dalia, Sue Olesko, April Ridlon, Liz Duff, Sam Gale Rosen, Madeline, Simon

Description:

Vegetation % cover data from quadrats along transects through two hayed and two reference sites.

Keywords:

salt marsh, haying, vegetation

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-EARLYVEG.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, Amy Chiuchiolo, Linda Deegan , Julie Horowitz, Maria Mensching, Governor Dummer Academy students

Description:

Biomass and shoot densities at hayed and reference sites for samples collected in June and early July 2000.

Keywords:

haying, salt marsh, vegetation

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-EOYBIOM.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, Peter Britz, Wendy Dalia, Britta Magnuson, April Ridlon

Description:

End of growing season percent cover and biomass data for hayed and reference sites.

Keywords:

haying, salt marsh, vegetation, biomass

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-BIRDDATA.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon

Description:

Birds observed in newly hayed and adjacent reference sites. August through September 2000.

Keywords:

salt marsh, haying, birds

 

 

Name:

LTE-MD-BIRDSTN.htm

Scientists:

Robert Buchsbaum, April Ridlon

Description:

The stations used for counting birds in the hayed and reference sites.