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| Dataset URLs: | METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data |
| Dataset ID: | LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGTRANS.01 |
| Dataset Title: | Plant species presence along vegetation transects at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site (Ipswich) and Rough Meadows reference marsh (Rowley Stackyard Road area). |
| Investigator 1: | |
| First Name: | Robert |
| Last Name: | Buchsbaum |
| Address line 1: | Massachusetts Audubon, North Shore |
| Address line 2: | Endicott Regional Center |
| Address line 3: | 356 Grapevine Road |
| City: | Wenham |
| State: | MA |
| Zip Code: | 01984 |
| Country: | USA |
| Investigator 2: | |
| First Name: | John |
| Last Name: | Catena |
| Address line 1: | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Address line 2: | |
| Address line 3: | |
| City: | Gloucester |
| State: | MA |
| Zip Code: | |
| Country: | |
| Investigator 3: | |
| First Name: | Eric |
| Last Name: | Hutchins |
| Address line 1: | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| City: | Gloucester |
| State: | MA |
| Associate Investigators: | |
| Keywords: | Phragmites australis, Spartina alterniflora, salt marsh, restoration, tidal restriction, invasive species, salt marsh vegetation |
| Abstract: | Plant species presence along vegetation transects at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site (Ipswich) and Rough Meadows reference marsh (Rowley Stackyard Road area). A long term study not directly part of the PIE LTER, but a companion study related to tidal restrictions and hydrological alterations of salt marshes in the Plum Island ecosystem.. |
| Contact: | Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7485 Email: pie_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ |
| DATA FILE INFORMATION: | |
| Data File URL | http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/LTE/data/LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGTRANS.dat |
| Data File Name | LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGTRANS |
| Beginning Date | 1/1/1995 |
| End Date | 1/1/2002 |
| Number of Data Records | 639 |
| Other Files to Reference | LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGQUADS.xls, LTE-EX-ARGILLA-RM-VEGSTN.xls |
| Availability Status | Type 1 |
| Quality Control Information | |
| Maintenance Description | |
| Log of Changes: | Version 1: July 20, 2007 Level 3+ EML using Jim Laundre's Excel program |
| RESEARCH LOCATION: | Site 1 |
| Geographic Description | 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 Audubons Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary and additional sections are owned by Dan McHugh. |
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| Methods: | 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. |
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Units | Measurement Scale | Code Infomation | Number Type | DateTime Format | Missing Value Code | Missing Value Code Explanation |
| SITE | Site where data collected | nominal | ||||||
| TRANSECT | Transect number | nominal | ||||||
| TREATMENT | Restored vs Reference vs Downstream Reference | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| YEAR | Year data collected | datetime | YYYY | |||||
| INTERVAL | Interval along transect in one meter increments, generally from the edge of a creek running perpendicular to that creek. | nominal | ||||||
| Phragmites australis | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Spartina alterniflora | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Spartina patens | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Distichlis spicata | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Juncus gerardi | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Salicornia europaea | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Atriplex patula | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Salicornia virginica | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Puccinellia maritima | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Typha angustifolia | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Solidago sempervirens | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Suaeda linearis | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Limonium carolinianum | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Algal Mat | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Juncus balthicus | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Toxicodendron radicans | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Rhus typhina | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Spartina pectinata | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Panicum virgatum | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Teucrium canadense | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Bare Mud | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Agrostis stolonifera | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Carex sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Scirpus robustus | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Scirpus pungens | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Hypericum sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Cyperus strigosa | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Unidentified Poaceae | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Erechtites | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Dryopteris (carthusiana?) | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Wrack | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Iva frutescens | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Unidentified Upland species | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Rubus sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Aster sp. (purple stem, hairy) | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Solanum sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Solidago (canadensis type) | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Solidago "Flat topped" | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Solidago sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Apocynum sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Sassafras albidum | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Aster sp. (small flowered) | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Quercus rubra | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Festuca sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Calamagrostis canadensis | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Quercus velutina | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Unidentified Sedge | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Unidentified Rush | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Aster nova-belgii | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Carex stricta (?) | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Vitas sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Smilax rotundifolia | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Parthenocissus quinquifolia | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Acer rubrum | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Nyssa sylvatica | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Osmunda cinnamonea | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Fraxinus americanus | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Lonicera sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Prunus serotina | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Prunus pennsylvanicus | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Amelanchia sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Lysimacha quadrifolia | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Agropyron repens | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Artemesia | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Mustard sp. | Species presence or absence, if species is present at that site/transect/year/interval it is marked with a 1 and if absent, with a 0. | nominal | 1=present | 0= absent | |||||
| Comments | Comments about data | nominal |