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Greenhouse mixed culture experiment from August 2002 to April 2003 (FCE): Evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on interspecific mangrove seedlings growth rate (mixed culture) / Morphometric variables


At a Glance


Authors: Pablo Cardona-Olarte, Victor Rivera-Monroy, Robert Twilley
Time period: to
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1162.2
Dataset id: ST_PP_Rivera_002

How to cite:
Cardona-Olarte, P., V. Rivera-Monroy, R. Twilley. 2005. Greenhouse mixed culture experiment from August 2002 to April 2003 (FCE): Evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on interspecific mangrove seedlings growth rate (mixed culture) / Morphometric variables. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/. Dataset accessed 2024-04-19.

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  • Dataset Creator(s)

    • Name: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy 
    • Position: LTER Project Collaborator
    • Organization: Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute
    • Address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
      Louisiana State University
      3209 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building
      Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
    • Phone: (225) 578-2773
    • Fax: (225) 578-6423
    • Email: vhrivera@lsu.edu
    • URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/

    • Name: Dr. Robert Twilley 
    • Position: LTER Project Collaborator
    • Organization: Louisiana Sea Grant Program
    • Address: 239 Sea Grant Building
      Louisiana State University
      Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
    • Phone: (225) 578-6445
    • Fax: (225) 578-6331
    • Email: rtwilley@lsu.edu
    • URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/

  • Dataset Abstract
    A greenhouse experiment (mixed culture experiment) was performed for 8 months to evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on seedling growth rates of 2 mangrove species( Laguncularia racemosa and Rizhophora mangle). Data analyses are currently being performed.
  • Geographic Coverage
    Study Extent Description
    Patterns of net primary productivity, biomass allocation, total leaf area and leaf turnover rate were determined on Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle saplings grown on a fertilized soil under greenhouse conditions.The microcosm setup is composed of tidal platforms that can simulate different hydroperiods each. These platforms consist of buckets (23 L, 48 cm deep) situated on top of a 190 L-reservoir. Seawater is distributed to each individual bucket. Tidal amplitude is controlled independently in each bucket by two concentric pipes that drain the water back to the reservoir once the pumps are turned off. For the flooded no drainage occurs, and the buckets remain permanently flooded. Timers control inundation frequency and duration on a semidiurnal pattern. Salinity in the water circulating between the buckets and the reservoirs was 10 plus or minus 2.5 g/kg for the low salinity treatment, and 40 plus or minus 2.5 g/kg for the high salinity treatment.

    Bounding Coordinates
    Data were collected in the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, within Everglades National Park, South Florida
    N: 25.761, S: 24.913, E: -80.490, W: -81.078

    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
    SRS1a

    All Sites
    Geographic Description
    Bounding Coordinates
    FCE LTER Site SRS1a
    N: 25.761, S: 25.761, E: -80.727, W: -80.727
  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Greenhouse mixed culture experiment from August 2002 to April 2003 (FCE): Evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on interspecific mangrove seedlings growth rate (mixed culture) / Morphometric variables
      Attribute Name:
      Date
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Collection date
      Storage Type:
      datetime
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Sampling_Time
      Attribute Label:
      time
      Attribute Definition:
      Sequential Sampling Time
      Storage Type:
      ordinal
      Measurement Scale:
      Sequential Sampling Time
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Table_ID
      Attribute Label:
      ID Number
      Attribute Definition:
      Experimental Tidal Unit ID Number
      Storage Type:
      ordinal
      Measurement Scale:
      Experimental Tidal Unit ID Number
      Missing Value Code:
       

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

      Attribute Name:
      Species_ID
      Attribute Label:
      ID Number
      Attribute Definition:
      Species ID Code
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Lag= Laguncularia racemosa
      Rhz= Rizhophora mangle
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Plant_ID
      Attribute Label:
      ID Number
      Attribute Definition:
      Plant ID
      Storage Type:
      ordinal
      Measurement Scale:
      Plant ID
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Bucket_ID
      Attribute Label:
      ID Number
      Attribute Definition:
      Bucket ID
      Storage Type:
      ordinal
      Measurement Scale:
      Bucket ID
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Location
      Attribute Label:
      location
      Attribute Definition:
      Planting Location
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Planting Location
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Salt_treatment
      Attribute Label:
      treatment
      Attribute Definition:
      Salinity Treatment
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Salinity Treatment
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Hydroperiod_Treatment
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Hydroperiod Treatment
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      Hydroperiod Treatment
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_Plant_Height
      Attribute Label:
      height
      Attribute Definition:
      Total Plant Height
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimeter
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      Leaf_Count
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Leaf Count
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      Stem_Diameter
      Attribute Label:
      length
      Attribute Definition:
      Stem Diameter
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimeter
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      Scar_Count
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Scar Count
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

      Attribute Name:
      Node_Count
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Node Count
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 0.1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )


  • Methods
    Sampling Description
    Split-plot repeated measurements design: tidal units represent one salinity treatment (subplot) in which all levels of the other two factors (hydroperiod and species) are included. No experimental plots used;a microcosm setup was used instead in Greenhouse.

    Method Step

    Description
    Partition and total biomass obtained as dry weight plant material per pot.

    Instrumentation
    Standard laboratory drying ovens furnaces balances.

    Quality Control
    Descriptive statistics, normal distribution plots, standard validation checks for negative numbers, graphs to detect potential outliers.
  • Distribution and Intellectual Rights
    Online distribution
    http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_PP_Rivera_002.txt
    Data Submission Date:  2002-08-16

    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, greenhouse, mangrove, mangrove seedlings, biomass, mangrove salinity, mangrove nutrients, hydroperiod, mangrove models, Laguncularia racemosa, Rizhophora mangle, experiment, mangrove seedlings morphometry
  • 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: Victor Rivera-Monroy 
    • Position: LTER Project Collaborator
    • Organization: Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute
    • Address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
      Louisiana State University
      3209 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building
      Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
    • Phone: (225) 578-2773
    • Fax: (225) 578-6423
    • Email: vhrivera@lsu.edu
    • URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/

    • 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:  Greenhouse mixed culture experiment from August 2002 to April 2003 (FCE): Evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on interspecific mangrove seedlings growth rate (mixed culture) / Morphometric variables

    Entity Name:
    ST_PP_Rivera_002
    Entity Description:
    Greenhouse mixed culture experiment from August 2002 to April 2003 (FCE): Evaluate the effect of salinity and hydroperiod on interspecific mangrove seedlings growth rate (mixed culture) / Morphometric variables
    Object Name:
    ST_PP_Rivera_002
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    3144