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Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA from February 2000 to April 2005


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Authors: Joel Trexler
Time period: 2000-02-01 to 2005-04-01
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1062.5
Dataset id: LT_CD_Trexler_001

How to cite:
Trexler, J.. 2022. Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA from February 2000 to April 2005. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/208fe755e7f7e097c3d07066f26fad43. Dataset accessed 2023-04-02.

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  • Dataset Creator(s)
    • Name: Dr. Joel Trexler 
    • Position: Principal Investigator
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
    • Address: Florida International University
      University Park
      OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Phone: 305-348-1966
    • Fax: 305-348-1986
    • Email: trexlerj@fiu.edu
    • URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~trexlerj/

  • Dataset Abstract
    We hypothesize that standing crops of consumers reflect patterns of allochthonous nutrient transport along the estuarine interface at the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) LTER. Our goal is to investigate how variation in hydrology, water quality, and disturbance influence secondary production. This data set represents the numeric count data of fish, plants, and other fauna.
  • Geographic Coverage
    Study Extent Description
    The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough FCE research areas within Everglades National Park, South Florida

    Bounding Coordinates
    Data were collected in the Shark River Slough, within Everglades National Park, South Florida
    N: 25.691, S: 25.230, E: -80.615, W: -80.856

    Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay
    N: 25.761, S: 24.913, E: -80.490, W: -81.078

  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida
      Attribute Name:
      Date
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Sample Collection Date
      Storage Type:
      datetime
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Month
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Sample Collection Month
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Sample Collection Month
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Year
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Sample Collection Year
      Storage Type:
      datetime
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Area
      Attribute Label:
      location
      Attribute Definition:
      Sample Collection Area Descriptor
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Sample Collection Area Descriptor
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      FPO
      Attribute Label:
      sample type
      Attribute Definition:
      Type of Sample Collected (Fish, Plants or Other)
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Type of Sample Collected (Fish, Plants or Other)
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      sitename
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of Collection Site
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Name of Collection Site
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Plot
      Attribute Label:
      ID Number
      Attribute Definition:
      Plot ID Number
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Plot ID Number
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      SpeciesName
      Attribute Label:
      species name
      Attribute Definition:
      Genus and Species Name
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      1= Dry - Not Sampled and 2
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      SpeciesCount
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Number of Species Collected
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 1
      Number Type: integer
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (Value will never be recorded)

      Attribute Name:
      NumofThrowTraps
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Number of Throw Traps
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 1
      Number Type: integer
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (Value will never be recorded)

      Attribute Name:
      SpeciesDensity
      Attribute Label:
      density
      Attribute Definition:
      Species Density
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: numberPerMeterSquared
      Precision: 0.0001
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0000 (Value will never be recorded)


  • Methods
    Sampling Description
    Contents of 1-m2 throwtraps at 6 FCE locations

    Method Step

    Description
    At each throwtrap, emergent plant stems were counted. Each throwtrap was then bar-seined for fish, invertebrates, and other organisms, all of which were returned to the laboratory for further analysis, including total counts of each species.

    Instrumentation
    Standard laboratory balances

    Method Step

    Description
    Quality Control: All analyses completed with standards for precision and accuracy.


    Quality Control
    All analyses completed with standards for precision and accuracy
  • Distribution and Intellectual Rights
    Online distribution
    https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/208fe755e7f7e097c3d07066f26fad43
    Data Submission Date:  2005-08-22

    Intellectual Rights
    These data are classified as 'Type II' whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE researchers to be released to restricted audiences according to terms specified by the owners of the data. Type II data are considered to be exceptional and should be rare in occurrence. The justification for exceptions must be well documented and approved by the lead PI and Site Data Manager. Some examples of Type II data restrictions may include: locations of rare or endangered species, data that are covered under prior licensing or copyright (e.g., SPOT satellite data), or covered by the Human Subjects Act, Student Dissertation data and those data related to the FCE LTER Program but not funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under LTER grants #DEB-9910514, and # DBI-0620409. Researchers that make use of Type II Data may be subject to additional restrictions to protect any applicable commercial or confidentiality interests. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DEB-1237517, #DBI-0620409, and #DEB-9910514. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Office, LTER Program Manager, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, OE 148, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199. For a complete description of the FCE LTER Data Access Policy and Data User Agreement, please go to FCE Data Management Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/DataMgmt.pdf and LTER Network Data Access Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html.

  • Keywords
    FCE, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, consumer dynamics, fishes, species density, Taylor Slough, Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, plants, consumers, species, freshwater, estuarine
  • Dataset Contact
    • Name: Joel Trexler 
    • Position: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Principal Investigator
    • Organization: Department of Biological Sciences
    • Address: Florida International University
      University Park
      OE 167
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Phone: 305-348-1966
    • Fax: 305-348-1986
    • Email: trexlerj@fiu.edu
    • URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~trexlerj/

    • Position: Information Manager
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
    • Address: Florida International University
      University Park
      OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Phone: 305-348-6054
    • Fax: 305-348-4096
    • Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
    • URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu

  • Data Table and Format
    Data Table:  Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida

    Entity Name:
    LT_CD_Trexler_001.csv
    Entity Description:
    Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida
    Object Name:
    LT_CD_Trexler_001.csv
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    13624