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


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Authors: Carole McIvor
Time period: 2000-03-10 to 2004-04-07
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1170.5
Dataset id: LT_TDCS_McIvor_001

How to cite:
McIvor, C.. 2024. Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Mass from March 2000 to April 2004. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0ed4b60c76672dada07f781f7bb1e558. Dataset accessed 2024-04-30.

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  • Dataset Creator(s)
    • Name: Dr. Carole McIvor 
    • Position: Project Collaborator
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
    • Address: U.S. Geological Survery
      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/

  • Dataset Abstract
    Bottomless lift nets are buried within the mangrove forest floor and raised remotely on slack high spring tides to enclose a 6m2 area. As the tide ebbs, fishes retreat into a subtidal refuge cleared when the tide has fallen. Three replicate nets have been sampled at 3 locations along a salinity gradient on Shark River for 4 years. Small resident forage fish and grass shrimp dominate the collections. Exotic species and estuarine transient species that use the estuary as a nursery are rare within the assemblage of fishes that routinely use the flooded forest.
  • Geographic Coverage
    Study Extent Description
    The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Shark River research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida

    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: -81.06, W: -81.06

  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Mass from March 2000 to April 2004
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      sitename
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of Collection Site
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      text
      Missing Value Code:
       

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

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

      Attribute Name:
      SpeciesName
      Attribute Label:
      species
      Attribute Definition:
      Nekton Species Name
      Storage Type:
      text
      Measurement Scale:
      text
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (Value will never be recorded)

      Attribute Name:
      Nekton_mass
      Attribute Label:
      mass
      Attribute Definition:
      Nekton Mass
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: gram
      Precision: 0.01
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded)

      Attribute Name:
      Nekton_number
      Attribute Label:
      count
      Attribute Definition:
      Nekton Count
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Precision: 1
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (Value will never be recorded)


  • Methods
    Sampling Description
    3 sites, one up-river (SRSMc-S2), one mid-river (SRSMc-S4), and one down-river (SRSMc-S3), with 3 nets at each site. Three permanent plots per site, nets folded into aluminum trenches set in the forest floor and deployed remotely from boardwalks. Sampled every two months (ideally), on the highest tides for that month (full moon or new moon).

    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

    Instrumentation
    YSI Meter model NUM 85/10

    Quality Control
    Final validation when necessary done on identifications by ichthyological taxonomist specialist Dr. Ed Matheson, FMRI. Electronic files are checked against raw data; all specimens archived; reliance on all available expertise within lab.
  • Distribution and Intellectual Rights
    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1170/5/ff931ac00256e8f8fdf3661a3caa65e9
    Data Submission Date:  2005-02-21

    Intellectual Rights
    This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

  • Keywords
    Everglades National Park, FCE, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, Shark River Slough, Harney River, mangrove forest, tidal inundation, nekton, lift net, nekton mass, community structure, fishes, crustaceans, biomass, climate, ecosystems, species, Disturbance
  • Dataset Contact
    • Name: Carole McIvor 
    • Position: South Florida Wetland Ecosystems Lab Field Technican
    • Organization: U.S. Geological Survery
    • Address: U.S. Geological Survery
      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
    • Address: Florida International University
      11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
    • URL: https://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 Mass from March 2000 to April 2004

    Entity Name:
    LT_TDCS_McIvor_001.csv
    Entity Description:
    Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Mass from March 2000 to April 2004
    Object Name:
    LT_TDCS_McIvor_001.csv
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    3060

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