Metadata

• Name: Dr. John Kominoski 
• Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
• Address: Florida International University
  11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
  Miami, FL 33199 
• Email: jkominos@fiu.edu

• Name: Dr. Edward Castañeda-Moya 
• Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
• Address: Florida International University
  11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
  Miami, FL 33199 
• Email: edwardcm@gmail.com

• Name: Caitlin Reisa 
• Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
• Address: Florida International University
  11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
  Miami, FL 33199 
• Email: creisa@fiu.edu

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: knb-lter-fce.1195) and Danielson et al. 2017. 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. Leaf litter data from different years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) were selected for each site to identify species-specific foliar carbon and nutrient (N and P) content. 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 C and N contents were determined with a Carlo-Erba NA-1500 elemental analyzer (Fisons Instruments Inc., Danvers, MA, USA). Total leaf litter P was extracted using an acid-digest (HCl) extraction, and concentrations of SRP were determined by spectrophotometric analysis (Methods 365.4 and 365.2, USA EPA 1983). Litterfall data collection is ongoing every year since 2001, while C and nutrients analyses are performed every other year after 2021. See also Shark River mangrove litterfall data (knb-lter-fce.1195) on the FCE LTER website's data catalog or in the EDI repository (https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-fce&identifier=1195).
References:
Castañeda-Moya, E., Twilley, R. R., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (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.
Danielson, T.M., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castaneda-Moya, H. Briceno, R. Travieso, B.D. Marx, E. Gaiser, and L.M. Farfan. 2017. Assessment of Everglades mangrove forest resilience: Implications for above-ground net primary productivity and carbon dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management 404: 115-125.
EPA. 1983. Methods for chemical analysis of water and wastes. Methods 365.4 and 365.2, USA EPA 1983. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC 20460.

Start Date:   2019
End Date:   2023

• Data Table:   Carbon and nutrient (N and P) content of mangrove leaf litter in Shark River Slough
  Attribute Name:

  SITENAME

  Attribute Label:

  SITENAME

  Attribute Definition:

  Study sites

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  SRS4= FCE LTER Shark River Slough site 4
  SRS5= FCE LTER Shark River Slough site 5
  SRS6= FCE LTER Shark River Slough site 6
  

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Year

  Attribute Label:

  Year

  Attribute Definition:

  Year of data collection

  Storage Type:

  dateTime

  Measurement Scale:

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Month

  Attribute Label:

  Month

  Attribute Definition:

  Month of data collection

  Storage Type:

  float

  Measurement Scale:

  Units: dimensionless
  

  Number Type: integer

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Season

  Attribute Label:

  Season

  Attribute Definition:

  Seasonality - Dry and Wet seasons

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Dry= December-May
  Wet= June-November
  

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Mangrove_species

  Attribute Label:

  Mangrove_species

  Attribute Definition:

  Mangrove species

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  A. germinans= Avicennia germinans
  C. erectus= Conocarpus erectus
  L. racemosa= Laguncularia racemosa
  R. mangle= Rhizophora mangle
  

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Total_C_leaf_litter

  Attribute Label:

  Total_C_leaf_litter

  Attribute Definition:

  Total C content in mangrove leaf litter

  Storage Type:

  float

  Measurement Scale:

  Units: milligramPerGram
  

  Precision: .01
  Number Type: real

  Missing Value Code:

  -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Total_N_leaf_litter

  Attribute Label:

  Total_N_leaf_litter

  Attribute Definition:

  Total N content in mangrove leaf litter

  Storage Type:

  float

  Measurement Scale:

  Units: milligramPerGram
  

  Precision: .01
  Number Type: real

  Missing Value Code:

  -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  Total_P_leaf_litter

  Attribute Label:

  Total_P_leaf_litter

  Attribute Definition:

  Total P content in mangrove leaf litter

  Storage Type:

  float

  Measurement Scale:

  Units: milligramPerGram
  

  Precision: .001
  Number Type: real

  Missing Value Code:

  -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded)