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Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion from March 2000 to April 2004


At a Glance


Authors: Carole McIvor
Time period: to
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1120.2
Dataset id: PHY_McIvor_001

How to cite:
McIvor, C.. 2005. Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion from March 2000 to April 2004. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/. Dataset accessed 2024-04-26.

Geographic Coverage


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  • Dataset Abstract
    Depth is measured at 3 random locations within each net at time of set. All other variables (salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen) are measured at the river bank adjacent to each net also at the time of set. Minimum and maximum values for sites were found to be: Salinity(ppt) = SRSMc-S2: 0.3-14.7, SRSMc-S3: 15.6-34.4, SRSMc-S4: 2.4-34; Water temp(degrees C)= SRSMc-S2: 22.2-31.5, SRSMc-S3: 16.6-31.1, SRSMc-S4: 21.1-30.6; DO(mg/l)= SRSMc-S2: 2.55-5.27, SRSMc-S3: 2.08-5.3, SRSMc-S4: 1.25-4.2; Mean depth(cm)= SRSMc-S2: 0.0-24.6, SRSMc-S3: 5.7-41.5, SRSMc-S4: 0.0-21.4
  • Geographic Coverage
    Study Extent Description
    The Study Extent of this dataset includes part of the Harney River and Shark River area within Everglades National Park, South Florida

    Bounding Coordinates
    Data were collected in the Harney River and Shark River area, within Everglades National Park, South Florida
    N: 25.424, S: 25.365, E: -80.967, W: -80.077

    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

    FCE LTER Sites
    Near SRS4 and SRS6

    All Sites
    Geographic Description
    Bounding Coordinates
    SRSMc-S2
    N: 25.409, S: 25.409, E: -80.968, W: -80.968
    SRSMc-S3
    N: 25.365, S: 25.365, E: -81.077, W: -81.077
    SRSMc-S4
    N: 25.424, S: 25.424, E: -81.060, W: -81.060
  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      sitename
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of LTER site
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Name of LTER site
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Net_Number
      Attribute Label:
      ID
      Attribute Definition:
      ID Number of Net
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      ID Number of Net
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Net_SetDate
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Date of collection
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Net_SetTime
      Attribute Label:
      time
      Attribute Definition:
      Time of Net Set
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Salinity
      Attribute Label:
      Salinity
      Attribute Definition:
      Salinity
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: PSU
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      Water_Temperature
      Attribute Label:
      Temperature
      Attribute Definition:
      Water Temperature
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: celsius
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      MeanWaterDepth
      Attribute Label:
      depth
      Attribute Definition:
      Mean Water Depth
      Storage Type:
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimeter
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )


  • Methods
    Sampling Description
    Lift nets (6m2) were set at high tide and nekton collected at low tide in trenches bordering each net. Three nets were set at each site, and physical parameters were taken at each site: water depth, salinity, water temperature and dissolved oxygen. Three permanent plots per site, nets folded into aluminum trenches set in the forest floor and deployed remotely from boardwalks.

    Method Step

    Description
    2 x 3 m2 bottomless lift nets (Rozas 1992, Bottomless lift net for sampling nekton on intertidal marshes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 89: 287-92.); K-S test for length-frequency dist., RM ANOVA for site differences.

    Citation
    Rozas, L. P. 1905-06-14. Bottomless lift net for sampling nekton on intertidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 89: 287-292.

    Instrumentation
    YSI Meter model # 85/10

    Quality Control
    Equipment calibration; Electronic files are checked against raw data
  • Distribution and Intellectual Rights
    Online distribution
    http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_McIvor_001.txt
    Data Submission Date:  2005-01-27

    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 grant #DEB-9910514. 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, salinity, water, surveys, nekton, depth, surface elevation table, ecosystems, temperature, rivers, Shark River, Harney River, community structure, mangrove forest, tidal inundation, fish , crustaceans, lift net, Everglades National Park
  • Dataset Contact
    • Position: Information Manager
    • Organization: LTER Network Office
    • Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020
      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
    • Phone: 505 277-2535
    • Fax: 505 277-2541
    • Email: tech-support@lternet.edu
    • URL: http://www.lternet.edu

    • Name: Carole McIvor 
    • Position: Biologist
    • Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
    • Address: Florida Integrated Science Center
      600 4th Street South
      St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
    • Phone: 727-803-8747 ext. 3022
    • Fax: 727-803-2032
    • Email: carole_mcivor@usgs.gov
    • URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/

    • 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:  Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion

    Entity Name:
    PHY_McIvor_001
    Entity Description:
    Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion
    Object Name:
    PHY_McIvor_001
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    162

  • Project permits
    ENP Permit No.s: 1999-068; 2000-048; EVER-2001-SCI-0067; EVER-2003-SCI-0066