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Sediment and nutrient deposition and plant-soil phosphorus interactions associated with Hurricane Irma (2017) in mangroves of the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE LTER), Florida


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Authors: Edward Castaneda, Victor Rivera-Monroy
Time period: 2008-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1227.3

How to cite:
Castaneda, E., V. Rivera-Monroy. 2020. Sediment and nutrient deposition and plant-soil phosphorus interactions associated with Hurricane Irma (2017) in mangroves of the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE LTER), Florida. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/2eb6663175051c21427304e75d0840fb. Dataset accessed 2024-10-09.

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This data set contains the following files.

Sediment and nutrient deposition from Hurricane Irma in mangrove forests of the Florida Coastal Everglades
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TP concentrations in leaf litter of mangrove species along Shark River estuary in southwestern Florida Coastal Everglades
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Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) concentrations in Shark River mangrove sites from 2008 to 2018
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  • Dataset Abstract
    We quantified how Hurricane Irma influenced soil nutrient pools, vertical accretion, and plant phosphorus (P) uptake after its passage across the Florida Coastal Everglades in September 2017. Mangrove leaf litter data from three years (2008, 2014, 2018) were selected for each site at Shark River estuary to identify species-specific foliar P responses post-Wilma’s impact in 2005 and immediate post-Irma’s impact in 2017. We also monitored porewater SRP concentrations in the Shark River mangrove sites to evaluate the effect of Hurricane Irma on soil chemistry. The data in this data package were used in the following paper: Castañeda-Moya, E., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R.M. Chambers, X. Zhao, L. Lamb-Wotton, A. Gorsky, E.E. Gaiser, T.G. Troxler, J.S. Kominoski, and M. Hiatt. 2020. Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA). PNAS. In Press.
  • Geographic Coverage
    Bounding Coordinates
    FCE LTER Site SRS5
    N: 25.377, S: 25.377, E: -81.032, W: -81.032

    FCE LTER Site SRS6
    N: 25.365, S: 25.365, E: -81.078, W: -81.078

    Site SRS7 - mouth of Shark River estuary
    N: 25.353, S: 25.353, E: -81.114, W: -81.114

    WSC-8 in Harney River
    N: 25.423, S: 25.423, E: -81.06, W: -81.06

    WSC-9 in Harney River
    N: 25.431, S: 25.431, E: -81.1, W: -81.1

    WSC-10 in Harney River
    N: 25.417, S: 25.417, E: -81.132, W: -81.132

    WSC-11 in Broad River
    N: 25.5, S: 25.5, E: -81.082, W: -81.082

    WSC-12 in Broad River
    N: 25.487, S: 25.487, E: -81.108, W: -81.108

    WSC-13 in Broad River
    N: 25.475, S: 25.475, E: -81.144, W: -81.144

    Taylor Ridge area
    N: 25.191, S: 25.191, E: -80.639, W: -80.639

  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Sediment and nutrient deposition from Hurricane Irma in mangrove forests of the Florida Coastal Everglades
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of mangrove site
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Name of mangrove site
      Missing Value Code:
       

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

      Attribute Name:
      Transect_Distance
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Sampling point along transect
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: meter
      Number Type: whole
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Core_Rep
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      core A or B within a sampling point along transect
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      core A or B within a sampling point along transect
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Soil_Layer
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      storm sediments or surface soils
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Storm layer= storm sediments
      Surface soils= surface layer
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Soil_Layer_Depth
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Depth of soil layer sampled
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Bulk_Density
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      soil dried mass per unit volume of soil calculated by grams of dried mass divided by volume (cm3) of wet soil
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: gramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Organic_Matter_content
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      percent of organic matter in soil (loss-on-ignition technique - % ashed-free dry weight)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_C
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      C concentration (C content from elemental analyzer divided by the bulk density of the layer)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_Organic_C
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      organic C concentration (C content from elemental analyzer divided by the bulk density of the layer)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_Inorganic_C
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      inorganic C concentration (C content from elemental analyzer divided by the bulk density of the layer)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_N
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      nitrogen concentration
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_P
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      phosphorus concentration (A standard curve (Linear relationship) was used to convert absorbance readings to nutrient concentrations: y = ax+b.)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Soil_N_P_ratio
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      nutrient N:Pratio (this is an atomic mass ratio of N and P concentrations)
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Ca_bound_P
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      P Fraction: A standard curve (Linear relationship) was used to convert absorbance readings to nutrient concentrations: y = ax+b.
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: milligramsPerCubicCentimeter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (Sample was not analyzes)


    • Data Table:   TP concentrations in leaf litter of mangrove species along Shark River estuary in southwestern Florida Coastal Everglades
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      name of sampling location
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      name of sampling location
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Year
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      year of data collection
      Storage Type:
      date
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Month
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      month of data collection
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      month of data collection
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Magrove_species
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      name of species
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      name of species
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Total_P_leaf_litter
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      concentration of TP
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: microgramsPerGram
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (no data)

      Attribute Name:
      Relative_Canopy_P_Retranslocation
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      percent P retranslocation
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: dimensionless
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999 (no data)


    • Data Table:   Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) concentrations in Shark River mangrove sites from 2008 to 2018
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of collection site
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Name of collection site
      Missing Value Code:
       

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

      Attribute Name:
      Season
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Wet for June-November and dry for December-May
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Wet for June-November and dry for December-May
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Plot
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      Plot 1 or 2 within the site
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      Plot 1 or 2 within the site
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Subplot
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      subplot indicates which subdivision of the two plots
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      subplot indicates which subdivision of the two plots
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Depth
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      collection depth in the soil
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimeter
      Number Type: natural
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Porewater_PO4
      Attribute Label:
      Attribute Definition:
      SRP concentrations; A standard curve (Linear relationship) was used to convert absorbance readings to nutrient concentrations: y = ax+b. Values below detection limit are considered zero.
      Storage Type:
      float
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: micromolesPerLiter
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
       


  • Methods
    Method Step

    Description
    <emphasis role="strong">1. Soil Sediment Cores</emphasis>
    We used a comprehensive spatial sampling design (i.e., transect sites and discrete sites) to compare gradients in storm deposits and nutrient inputs associated with Hurricane Irma across mangrove sites in the FCE. We measured the thickness, distribution, and physico-chemical properties (bulk density, OM content, total C, N, P, TOC, TIC, and Ca-bound P) of storm sediments using duplicate cores collected at different distances along transect sites and discrete sites across the FCE. All soil-sediment cores were collected with a piston core (2.5 cm diameter x 15 cm length) and sectioned into two layers, storm sediments (variable depths) and surface (top 10 cm) mangrove soils, and the depth of each layer was registered. Each layer was stored separately in pre-labeled 50 mL centrifuge tubes, placed on ice, and transported to the laboratory for further analyses using standard protocols. For the transect data, we used a randomized block ANOVA design to test for differences in physico-chemical variables among sites, distance along transects, and layers (soil vs. sediment). Data collected within the discrete sites were analyzed separately with a two-way ANOVA, with sites and layers as main factors.
    Duplicate soil-sediment cores were collected with a piston corer and sectioned into two layers, storm sediments (variable depths) and surface (top 10 cm) mangrove soils, and the depth of each layer was registered. Each layer was stored separately in pre-labeled 50 mL centrifuge tubes, placed on ice, and transported to the laboratory for further analyses.
    <emphasis role="strong">2. Total P in mangrove leaf litter: </emphasis>
    Mangrove litterfall dynamics have been monitored in all Shark River sites (SRS-4, SRS-5, SRS-6) since January 2001 using the same collection method stated in Castañeda-Moya et al. 2013 (metadata: LT_PP_Castaneda_001.v6_eml). Briefly, litterfall was collected monthly at all sites (10 baskets per site) using permanent 0.25 m2 wooden baskets supported approximately 1.3 m above the soil surface and lined with 1 mm mesh screening. Litterfall from each basket was sorted, dried, and weighed by leaf species, reproductive parts by species, and woody material. For this study, leaf litter data from three years (2008, 2014, 2018) were selected for each site to identify species-specific foliar P responses post-Wilma’s impact in 2005 and immediate post-Irma’s impact in 2017. Monthly leaf litter samples were analyzed separately by species for all years after grinding with a Wiley Mill to pass through a 40-µm mesh screen. Total leaf litter P was extracted with 1 N HCl after combustion in a furnace at 550 ºC (Aspila et al. 1976) and determined by colorimetric analysis using a segmented flow analysis Flow Solution IV autoanalyzer (OI Analytical). Relative (%) canopy P retranslocation was calculated using P concentrations of green and senescent (leaf litter) leaves for all mangrove species present at SRS-6. We used an unbalanced factorial ANOVA to evaluate differences in foliar P content of senescent leaves among mangrove species and sites. All pairwise comparisons were performed with Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD). Statistical analyses were performed with PROC MIXED (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).
    <emphasis role="strong">3. Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP): </emphasis>
    Porewater nutrients have been monitored in all Shark River mangrove sites since December 2000 using the same collection method stated in Castañeda-Moya et al. 2013. For this study, we used SRP concentrations for all sites from 2008 to 2018. Porewater samples were taken with a porewater sipper in the middle of each subplot at all sites. Concentrations of orthophosphate (i.e., SRP) were determined using either a spectrophotometer, a Lachat auto analyzer or an OI analytical autoanalyzer. Apha standard methods (1992) were used to derive the nutrient concentrations.
    Two permanent plots (20x20 m) were established in each mangrove site, which where subdivided into four 10x10 m subplots. In the middle of each subplot porewater samples for nutrient and sulfide analyses have been collected repeatedly 2-3 times a year over 19 years next to physical data. The null hypothesis is that there is no significant difference between the mangrove sites that are monitored.
    <emphasis role="strong">4. Quality Control on all Datasets:</emphasis>
    Dataset is inspected by PI for QA/QC; descriptive statistics, normal distribution plots, standard validation checks for negative numbers, graphs to detect potential outliers Nutrient dataset QA/QC performed during analysis of samples; samples with 5% between lab replicates were redone; data was graphed to check for outliers
    <emphasis role="strong">5. References cited:</emphasis>
    <ulink url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.011">Castañeda-Moya, E., R.R. Twilley and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2013. Allocation of biomass and net primary productivity of mangrove forests along environmental gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 307: 226-241</ulink>
    .
    <ulink url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.011">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.011</ulink>



    Method Step

    Description
    This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
    This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


  • Intellectual Rights
    Intellectual Rights
    This data package is released to the "public domain" under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 "No Rights Reserved" (see: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). It is considered professional etiquette to provide attribution of the original work if this data package is shared in whole or by individual components. A generic citation is provided for this data package on the website https://portal.edirepository.org (herein "website") in the summary metadata page. Communication (and collaboration) with the creators of this data package is recommended to prevent duplicate research or publication. This data package (and its components) is made available "as is" and with no warranty of accuracy or fitness for use. The creators of this data package and the website shall not be liable for any damages resulting from misinterpretation or misuse of the data package or its components. Periodic updates of this data package may be available from the website. Thank you.

  • Publications citing this dataset
    Castañeda-Moya, Edward, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Randolph M. Chambers, Xiaochen Zhao, Lukas Lamb-Wotton, Adrianna Gorsky, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Tiffany G. Troxler, John S. Kominoski, and Matthew Hiatt 2024. Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117: 4831-4841.

    DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1908597117

  • Keywords
    mangroves, sediment, phosphorus, fertilization, inorganic nutrients, disturbance, leaf litter, FCE, FCE LTER, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, Hurricane Irma, sediment deposition, Shark River Estuary
  • Data Table and Format
    Data Table:  Sediment and nutrient deposition from Hurricane Irma in mangrove forests of the Florida Coastal Everglades

    Entity Name:
    Sediment and nutrient deposition from Hurricane Irma in mangrove forests of the Florida Coastal Everglades
    Entity Description:
    Sediment and nutrient deposition from Hurricane Irma in mangrove forests of the Florida Coastal Everglades
    Object Name:
    FCE1227_Irma_Sediment.txt
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    148

    Data Table:  TP concentrations in leaf litter of mangrove species along Shark River estuary in southwestern Florida Coastal Everglades

    Entity Name:
    TP concentrations in leaf litter of mangrove species along Shark River estuary in southwestern Florida Coastal Everglades
    Entity Description:
    TP concentrations in leaf litter of mangrove species along Shark River estuary in southwestern Florida Coastal Everglades
    Object Name:
    FCE1227_LeafLitter.txt
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    288

    Data Table:  Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) concentrations in Shark River mangrove sites from 2008 to 2018

    Entity Name:
    Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) concentrations in Shark River mangrove sites from 2008 to 2018
    Entity Description:
    Porewater Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) concentrations in Shark River mangrove sites from 2008 to 2018
    Object Name:
    FCE1227_Porewater.txt
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    504