Dataset title: Consumer Stocks: Physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from February 1996 to April 2008 Dataset ID: LT_CD_Trexler_002 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 physical data of the sampled plots. 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 All Sites Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 06A Longitude:-80.734 Latitude:25.637 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 06B Longitude:-80.722 Latitude:25.633 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 06C Longitude:-80.748 Latitude:25.636 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 07A Longitude:-80.779 Latitude:25.559 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 07B Longitude:-80.783 Latitude:25.554 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 07C Longitude:-80.776 Latitude:25.563 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 08A Longitude:-80.834 Latitude:25.486 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 08B Longitude:-80.830 Latitude:25.492 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 08C Longitude:-80.830 Latitude:25.493 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 23A Longitude:-80.618 Latitude:25.688 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 23B Longitude:-80.615 Latitude:25.678 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 23C Longitude:-80.617 Latitude:25.675 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 37A Longitude:-80.850 Latitude:25.469 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 37B Longitude:-80.855 Latitude:25.467 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 37C Longitude:-80.856 Latitude:25.470 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 50A Longitude:-80.760 Latitude:25.691 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 50B Longitude:-80.757 Latitude:25.686 Geographic Description:Shark Slough_Site 50C Longitude:-80.762 Latitude:25.685 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site CPA Longitude:-80.644 Latitude:25.322 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site CPB Longitude:-80.641 Latitude:25.323 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site CPC Longitude:-80.642 Latitude:25.325 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site MDA Longitude:-80.635 Latitude:25.318 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site MDB Longitude:-80.640 Latitude:25.334 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site MDC Longitude:-80.681 Latitude:25.270 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site MDD Longitude:-80.673 Latitude:25.265 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site MDE Longitude:-80.683 Latitude:25.270 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site TSA Longitude:-80.666 Latitude:25.262 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site TSB Longitude:-80.687 Latitude:25.275 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site TSC Longitude:-80.704 Latitude:25.230 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site TSD Longitude:-80.704 Latitude:25.236 Geographic Description:Taylor Slough_Site TSE Longitude:-80.718 Latitude:25.237 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1996-02-07 End Date: 2008-04-10 Data Table Entity Name: LT_CD_Trexler_002 Entity Description: Consumer Stocks: Physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida Object Name: LT_CD_Trexler_002 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: Area Attribute Label: location Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Area Descriptor Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Sample Collection Area Descriptor 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: NumofThrowTraps Attribute Label: count Attribute Definition: Number of Throw Traps Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Avg%PlantCover Attribute Label: percent cover Attribute Definition: Average Percent Plant Cover Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AvgPlantHeight Attribute Label: height Attribute Definition: Average Plant Height Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Avg%PeriphytonCover Attribute Label: percent cover Attribute Definition: Average Percent Periphyton Cover Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AvgPeriphytonVolume Attribute Label: volume Attribute Definition: Average Periphyton Volume Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milliliter Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AvgWaterDepth Attribute Label: depth Attribute Definition: Average Water Depth Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Comments Attribute Label: Data Notations Attribute Definition: Comments Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: HELCOP= Helicopter was used to access sites. Only five throws taken NODATA= No data were collected for this sample NODEPT= No depth data was recorded for the sample NOPTHT= No plant height was recorded for this sample NOPVOL= No Periphyton Volume was recorded for the sample NOPVPC= No periphyton volume or periphyton cover were recorded for the sample NPHPLC= No plant height or plant cover were recorded for the sample NPLTCV= No plant cover was recorded for the sample SITDRY= Site was visited but too dry to sample (depth < Missing Value Code: Methods Sampling Description Contents of 1-m2 throwtraps at 6 FCE locations Method Step Description At each throwtrap, water depth and plant height were measured. Plant and periphyton cover of the throwtrap area were calculated, after which the periphyton volume was measured. Citation Jordan, Coyne, and Trexler, Frank, Sean, and Joel C. 1997. Sampling fishes in heavily vegetated habitats: the effects of habitat structure on sampling characteristics of the 1-m2 throw trap. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 126: 1012-1020. Instrumentation Standard laboratory balances micrometers graduated cylinders The throwtrap used to sample was 85cm (H) x 100cm (W) x 100cm (L) The perimeter of the trap was covered with 3/16 inch mesh. Quality Control All analyses completed with standards for precision and accuracy Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_CD_Trexler_002.txt 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 plant cover Taylor Slough Shark River Slough Everglades National Park plants consumers periphyton cover freshwater estuarine periphyton volume water depth periphyton Data Submission Date: 2008-10-06 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_002 original and (v1-v6). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. 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 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 2008-10-06 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). Samples taken in January of 1998 at Shark River Slough sites 06, 23, and 50 correspond to the fifth sampling period of the previous year (1997). Information Management Notes Information Manager made the following changes to file on October 20, 2008:1) Added Date and SITENAME. 2) Changed column headings to: Date, Area, SITENAME, NumofThrowTraps, Avg%PlantCover ,AvgPlantHeight , Avg%PeriphytonCover, AvgPeriphytonVolume, AvgWaterDepth, Comments 3) Replaced blank 'no data' values to '-9999'.4) Added new comment codes to Archive file AND the FCE EML metadata files. 5) Deleted the 'CUM' column as per Chuck Goss. 6) The original data file contained data without a date assigned so in these cases, the Information Manager assigned a date based on the 'PERIOD' of the record. There are a total of 5 sampling periods: 1) Feb, 2) April, 3) July, 4) Oct and 5) Dec. The missing dates were assigned the 1st day of the sampling period month (i.e. If the record was taken in Period 2 the date assigned was April 1st, year sampled) 7) This dataset replaces all previous versions of LT_CD_Trexler_002 original and (v1-v6). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.