Dataset title: Mangrove Forest Growth from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida, USA, January 1995 - ongoing Dataset ID: LT_PP_Rivera_002 Research type: Long-term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Edward Castañeda-Moya Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 S.W. 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: (305) 348-7479 Email: edwardcm@gmail.com URL: http://wetland.fiu.edu Name: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University, 3209 Energy, Coast and Environment Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Phone: (225) 578-2773 Email: vhrivera@lsu.edu Name: Dr. Robert Twilley Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University, 3257 Energy, Coast & Environment Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Phone: (225) 578-6445 Email: rtwilley@lsu.edu URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/ Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract All mangrove trees having a diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than 2.5 cm were tagged in two 20 x 20 m plot in stations SRS4-7 and TS/Ph-8. Measurements in Plot Num1 began in 1995; measurements in Plot Num 2 began in 2001. Plot Num1 in TS/Ph-8 was established in 2001. Measurements at SRS-7 began in 2022. DBH has been measured in the period 1995-2023. Mangrove species include Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia germinans, Conocarpus erectus. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes some of the FCE Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: SRS4 West bounding coordinate: -80.96431016 East bounding coordinate: -80.96431016 North bounding coordinate: 25.40976421 South bounding coordinate: 25.40976421 Geographic description: SRS5 West bounding coordinate: -81.03234716 East bounding coordinate: -81.03234716 North bounding coordinate: 25.37702258 South bounding coordinate: 25.37702258 Geographic description: SRS6 West bounding coordinate: -81.07794623 East bounding coordinate: -81.07794623 North bounding coordinate: 25.36462994 South bounding coordinate: 25.36462994 Geographic description: SRS7 West bounding coordinate: -81.114339 East bounding coordinate: -81.114339 North bounding coordinate: 25.352825 South bounding coordinate: 25.352825 Geographic description: TS/Ph8 West bounding coordinate: -80.52455665 East bounding coordinate: -80.52455665 North bounding coordinate: 25.23269749 South bounding coordinate: 25.23269749 FCE LTER Sites: SRS4,SRS5,SRS6,SRS7,TS/Ph8 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1995-01-13 End Date: 2023-12-04 Data Table Entity Name: LT_PP_Rivera_002.csv Entity Description: Mangrove Forest Growth from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Object Name: LT_PP_Rivera_002.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of LTER site Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Plot_ID Attribute Label: ID Number Attribute Definition: Plot ID Number Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Tree_TagNumber Attribute Label: ID number Attribute Definition: Mangrove Tree ID Tag Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Species_Tree Attribute Label: species name Attribute Definition: Mangrove Tree Species Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: A= Avicennia germinans C= Conocarpus erectus L= Laguncularia racemosa R= Rhizophora mangle Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Tree_DBH Attribute Label: mean diameter Attribute Definition: Mean Diameter of Mangrove Tree at Breast Height Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Tree_Height Attribute Label: height Attribute Definition: Mangrove Tree Height Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: meter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description The annual net increase in biomass will be estimated at different time intervals for each individual tree/species. The sum of these differences will represent the wood production for each site. The general objectives of this study are to evaluate differences in above ground productivity along soil P concentrations, soil salinity gradients, and hydroperiod. Information will be analyzed using a repeated-measures ANOVA. Two plots of 20 x 20m in each sampling station (only one in TS/Ph-8) Method Step Description An aluminum nail was placed at breast height (1.3 m) along with an numbered aluminum tag in each tree. DBH is measured above and below the nail at each sampling time; the mean value from these measurements is used for growth calculations. Tree height is measured using a calibrated range finder, accuracy of height measurements is plus or minus 3.5 m due to canopy density) Instrumentation Standard DBH tape, range finder Quality Control Descriptive statistics, normal distribution plots, standard validation checks for negative numbers, graphs to detect potential outliers Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1113/7/90bd1dfa8ffda8660c3a17618f902444 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. 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Dataset Keywords FCE FCE LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring productivity Shark River Slough mangrove forest growth Rhizophora mangle Laguncularia racemosa Avicennia germinans tree growth Taylor Slough trees wetlands Conocarpus erectus wetlands primary production mangroves primary production Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1113.7: Added new data, corrected data, and updated metadata (including addition of QUDT unit annotations) Dataset Contact Name: Edward Castañeda-Moya Position: LTER Project Collaborator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University University Park Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: (305) 348-7479 (VH 332) Email: Edward.Castaneda@miamidade.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 Project permits EVER-2001-SCI-0071 EVER-2002-SCI-0070 EVER-2003-SCI-0067 EVER-2004-SCI-0070 EVER-2005-SCI-0081 EVER-2007-SCI-0065 EVER-2009-SCI-0070 EVER-2011-SCI-0071 EVER-2013-SCI-0058 EVER-2015-SCI-0062 EVER-2017-SCI-0054 EVER-2019-SCI-0055 EVER-2022-SCI-0029 EVER-2023-SCI-0011 Data Submission Notes Data collected in the period 1995-1996 was published in: Chen and Twilley (1999). Data collected in period 2001-2004 was published in Castañeda-Moya et al. (2013). Data collected in the period 2001-2015 was published in Rivera-Monroy et al. (2019). Information Management Notes Information Manager (February 3, 2006) 1) Merged Day, Month, and Year columns into one 'Date' Column.