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
PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEM LTER DATABASE
DATA FILE: Data file is available as both an Excel spreadsheet (version 2000) and a text (tab-delimited) file.
MAR-EX-ArgRMTr.xls, MAR-EX-ArgRMTr.txt
DOCUMENTATION FILE: MAR-EX-ArgRMTr.doc
YEAR: 2001
PI: Robert Buchsbaum
OTHERS: John Catena and Eric Hutchins of National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: 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
SITE TYPE: Not part of the PIE-LTER project, but data from a companion study.
RESEARCH LOCATION: 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.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS: Please refer to the “Experimental design and methods” section in the MAR-EX-ArgRMVeg.htm metadata file.
NOTES AND COMMENTS:
VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:
SITE = Site where data collected
TRANSECT = Transect number
TRANSECT LENGTH = Length in meters of the transect
YEAR STARTED = Year data first collected on that transect
CULVERT = whether the transect is upstream or downstream of a culvert
DEGREES LATITUTE = INTEGER DEGREES OF LATITUDE, ALWAYS 42oN
DEGREES LONGITUDE = INTEGER DEGREES OF LONGITUDE, ALWAYS 70oW
MINUTES LATITUDE CREEK END = DECIMAL MINUTES OF LATITUDE AT THE CREEK END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS
MINUTES LONGITUDE CREEK END = DECIMAL MINUTES OF LONGITUDE AT THE CREEK END OF THE TRANSECT, AS MEASURED BY A GARMAN 12 GPS UNIT, SO ACCURACY GENERALLY TO 3-7 METERS
MINUTES LATITUDE UPLAND END = DECIMAL MINUTES OF 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
MINUTES LONGITUDE UPLAND END = DECIMAL MINUTES OF 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
COMMENTS = NOTES AND COMMENTS
CALCULATIONS:
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Robert Buchsbaum
Massachusetts Audubon Society
mailto:rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:
REFERENCE CITATIONS:
DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS:
Type 2
ARCHIVE INFORMATION:
Date of entry: July 26, 2001
Data entered by: Robert Buchsbaum
Comments: