Dataset title: Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA from February 2000 to April 2005 Dataset ID: doi:10.6073/pasta/208fe755e7f7e097c3d07066f26fad43 Research type: Short-Term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Joel Trexler Position: Principal Investigator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1966 Fax: 305-348-1986 Email: trexlerj@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~trexlerj/ 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 Dataset Abstract We hypothesize that standing crops of consumers reflect patterns of allochthonous nutrient transport along the estuarine interface at the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) LTER. Our goal is to investigate how variation in hydrology, water quality, and disturbance influence secondary production. This data set represents the numeric count data of fish, plants, and other fauna. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough FCE research areas within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected in the Shark River Slough, within Everglades National Park, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.856 East bounding coordinate: -80.615 North bounding coordinate: 25.691 South bounding coordinate: 25.230 Geographic description: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-02-01 End Date: 2005-04-01 Data Table Entity Name: LT_CD_Trexler_001.csv Entity Description: Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida Object Name: LT_CD_Trexler_001.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Month Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Month Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Sample Collection Month Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Year Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Year Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Area Attribute Label: location Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Area Descriptor Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Sample Collection Area Descriptor Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: FPO Attribute Label: sample type Attribute Definition: Type of Sample Collected (Fish, Plants or Other) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Type of Sample Collected (Fish, Plants or Other) Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of Collection Site Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Name of Collection Site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Plot Attribute Label: ID Number Attribute Definition: Plot ID Number Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Plot ID Number Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: SpeciesName Attribute Label: species name Attribute Definition: Genus and Species Name Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: 1= Dry - Not Sampled and 2 Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: SpeciesCount Attribute Label: count Attribute Definition: Number of Species Collected Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: NumofThrowTraps Attribute Label: count Attribute Definition: Number of Throw Traps Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: SpeciesDensity Attribute Label: density Attribute Definition: Species Density Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: numberPerMeterSquared Precision: 0.0001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0000 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description Contents of 1-m2 throwtraps at 6 FCE locations Method Step Description Instrumentation Standard laboratory balances Method Step Description Quality Control All analyses completed with standards for precision and accuracy Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1062/5/9f09b17fb9d29173a71b3f638178c423 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 grants #DEB-9910514, and # DBI-0620409. 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. Dataset Keywords FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring consumer dynamics fishes species density Taylor Slough Shark River Slough Everglades National Park plants consumers species freshwater estuarine Data Submission Date: 2005-08-22 Maintenance This is a short-term trophic dynamics and community structure dataset. As per Dr. Joel Trexler, these data will NOT be updated. This dataset replaces all previous versions of LT_CD_Trexler_001 original and (v1-v5). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact Name: Joel Trexler Position: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Principal Investigator Organization: Department of Biological Sciences Address: Florida International University University Park OE 167 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1966 Fax: 305-348-1986 Email: trexlerj@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~trexlerj/ 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 Dataset Submission Date 2005-08-22 Data Submission Notes This is a short-term trophic dynamics and community structure dataset. As per Dr. Joel Trexler, these data will NOT be updated (Feb. 2016). Blank cells indicate presence of species (density information will be inserted later) Information Management Notes Information Manager (September 8, 2005) added Date and SITENAME and Changed Column Headings to: Month,Year, Area, FPO, Plot, SpeciesName, SpeciesCount, NumofThrowTraps, SpeciesDensity. Please note: This data file will be updated sometime in the next two to three years (2011-2012) once outside funding agency obligations have been met (L.Powell, January 2009). This is a long-term trophic dynamics and community structure dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of LT_CD_Trexler_001 original and (v1-v5). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.