Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) from March 2000 to April 2001
At a Glance
Authors: Thomas Frankovich
Time period: to
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1156.2
Dataset id: ST_PP_Frankovich_004
Frankovich, T.. 2004. Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) from March 2000 to April 2001. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/. Dataset accessed 2025-01-15.
Geographic Coverage
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Dataset Creator(s)
- Name: Mr. Thomas Frankovich
- Position: Project Post Doctoral
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
- Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center
98630 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA - Phone: 305-852-2668
- Email: frankovich@virginia.edu
- URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/
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Dataset AbstractThalassia leaf morphology and productivity were measured from six arbitrary 200 cm2 plots within a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay.
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Geographic CoverageStudy Extent Description
The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Rabbit Key Basin research site, Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park, South Florida
Bounding Coordinates
Data were collected in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park, South Florida
N: 24.977, S: 24.977, E: -80.839, W: -80.839
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
Geographic DescriptionBounding CoordinatesRabbit Key BasinN: 24.977, S: 24.977, E: -80.839, W: -80.839
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Temporal CoverageStart Date: 2000-03-12
End Date: 2001-04-03
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Attributes
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Data Table: Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE)Attribute Name:SITENAMEAttribute Label:sitenameAttribute Definition:Name of Collection SiteStorage Type:Measurement Scale:Name of Collection SiteMissing Value Code:Attribute Name:MarkingDateAttribute Label:dateAttribute Definition:Marking DateStorage Type:Measurement Scale:Missing Value Code:Attribute Name:HarvestDateAttribute Label:dateAttribute Definition:Harvest DateStorage Type:Measurement Scale:Missing Value Code:Attribute Name:GrowthPeriodAttribute Label:timeAttribute Definition:Growth PeriodStorage Type:Measurement Scale:Growth PeriodMissing Value Code:Attribute Name:Short_Shoot_DensityAttribute Label:densityAttribute Definition:Short Shoot DensityStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: short-shootPerMeterSquaredPrecision: 1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:Mean_LeafLengthAttribute Label:lengthAttribute Definition:Mean Leaf LengthStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: centimeterPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:Mean_LeafWidthAttribute Label:widthAttribute Definition:Mean Leaf WidthStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: millimeterPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:Leaf_Area_IndexAttribute Label:indexAttribute Definition:Leaf Area IndexStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: meterPerMeterPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafGrowth_mm_lf_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:Leaf Growth in mm/lf/dStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: millimetersPerLeafPerDayPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafGrowth_mm_ss_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:LeafGrowth_mm_ss_dStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: millimetersPerSecondPerDayPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafGrowth_cm2_lf_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:One-sided leaf area growth per turion per dayStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: squaredCentimetersPerLeafPerDayPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafGrowth_cm2_ss_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:One-sided leaf area growth per short-shoot per dayStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: squareCentimetersPerSecondPerDayPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafLength_TurnoverRateAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:Leaf Length Growth Relative to Leaf Length Standing CropStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: percentPerDayPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:LeafArea_TurnoverRateAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:Leaf Area Growth Relative to Leaf Area Standing CropStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: percentPerDayPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:ArealGrowth_cm_m2_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:Leaf Length Growth per Sediment Surface AreaStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: centimetersPerSquareMeterPerDayPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:ArealGrowth_cm2_m2_dAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:Leaf Area Growth per Sediment Surface AreaStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: squareCentimetersPerSquareMeterPerDayPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
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Data Table: Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE)
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MethodsSampling Description
At approximate 2-month intervals seagrass leaf productivity was measured using the Zieman (1974) leaf marking technique.
Method Step
Description
Seagrass leaf productivity (Zieman, 1974; Zieman and Fourqurean, 1989)
Citation
Zieman, J. C. 1974. Methods for the study of the growth and production of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum Konig.. Aquaculture, 4: 139-143.
Instrumentation
NoneMethod Step
Description
Seagrass leaf productivity (Zieman, 1974; Zieman and Fourqurean, 1989)
Citation
Zieman, J. C. , J. W. Fourqurean, R. L. Iverson. 1989. Distribution, abundance and productivity of seagrasses in Florida Bay.. Bull. Mar. Sci., 44: 292-311.
Instrumentation
NoneQuality Control
Data-entry checked visually. Balances routinely calibrated.
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Distribution and Intellectual RightsOnline distribution
http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_PP_Frankovich_004.txt
Data Submission Date: 2003-11-26
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.
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KeywordsFCE, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, primary production, seagrass, leaf morphology, Thalassia, short-shoots, Rabbit Key Basin, leaf product, short-shoot density, leaf nutrients, growth, growth period, leaf area, leaves
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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: Thomas Frankovich
- Position: FCE LTER Post Doctoral
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
- Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center
98630 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA - Phone: 305-852-2668
- Email: frankovich@virginia.edu
- URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/
- 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
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Data Table and FormatData Table: Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE)Entity Name:ST_PP_Frankovich_004Entity Description:Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE)Object Name:ST_PP_Frankovich_004Number of Header Lines:1Attribute Orientation:columnField Delimiter:,Number of Records:48
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Metadata Provider
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
- Address: Florida International University
University Park
OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA - Phone: 305-348-6054
- Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
- URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu
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Project permitsLTER permit number EVER-2001-SCI-0071.