Dataset title: Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion from March 2000 to April 2004 Dataset ID: PHY_McIvor_001 Research type: Physical Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Carole McIvor Position: Principal Investigator Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Address: Florida Integrated Science Center 600 4th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA Phone: 727-803-8747 ext. 3022 Fax: 727-803-2032 Email: carole_mcivor@usgs.gov URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/ 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 Depth is measured at 3 random locations within each net at time of set. All other variables (salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen) are measured at the river bank adjacent to each net also at the time of set. Minimum and maximum values for sites were found to be: Salinity(ppt) = SRSMc-S2: 0.3-14.7, SRSMc-S3: 15.6-34.4, SRSMc-S4: 2.4-34; Water temp(degrees C)= SRSMc-S2: 22.2-31.5, SRSMc-S3: 16.6-31.1, SRSMc-S4: 21.1-30.6; DO(mg/l)= SRSMc-S2: 2.55-5.27, SRSMc-S3: 2.08-5.3, SRSMc-S4: 1.25-4.2; Mean depth(cm)= SRSMc-S2: 0.0-24.6, SRSMc-S3: 5.7-41.5, SRSMc-S4: 0.0-21.4 Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes part of the Harney River and Shark River area within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected in the Harney River and Shark River area, within Everglades National Park, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.077 East bounding coordinate: -80.967 North bounding coordinate: 25.424 South bounding coordinate: 25.365 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 FCE LTER Sites: Near SRS4 and SRS6 All Sites Geographic Description:SRSMc-S2 Longitude:-80.968 Latitude:25.409 Geographic Description:SRSMc-S3 Longitude:-81.077 Latitude:25.365 Geographic Description:SRSMc-S4 Longitude:-81.060 Latitude:25.424 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-03-08 End Date: 2004-04-07 Data Table Entity Name: PHY_McIvor_001 Entity Description: Global Climate Change Impacts on the Vegetation and Fauna of Mangrove Forested Ecosystems in Florida (FCE): Nekton Portion Object Name: PHY_McIvor_001 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: Measurement Scale: Name of LTER site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Net_Number Attribute Label: ID Attribute Definition: ID Number of Net Storage Type: Measurement Scale: ID Number of Net Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Net_SetDate Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Date of collection Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Net_SetTime Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Time of Net Set Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Salinity Attribute Label: Salinity Attribute Definition: Salinity Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Units: PSU Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Water_Temperature Attribute Label: Temperature Attribute Definition: Water Temperature Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: MeanWaterDepth Attribute Label: depth Attribute Definition: Mean Water Depth Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description Lift nets (6m2) were set at high tide and nekton collected at low tide in trenches bordering each net. Three nets were set at each site, and physical parameters were taken at each site: water depth, salinity, water temperature and dissolved oxygen. Three permanent plots per site, nets folded into aluminum trenches set in the forest floor and deployed remotely from boardwalks. Method Step Description 2 x 3 m2 bottomless lift nets (Rozas 1992, Bottomless lift net for sampling nekton on intertidal marshes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 89: 287-92.); K-S test for length-frequency dist., RM ANOVA for site differences. Citation Rozas, L. P. 1905-06-14. Bottomless lift net for sampling nekton on intertidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 89: 287-292. Instrumentation YSI Meter model # 85/10 Quality Control Equipment calibration; Electronic files are checked against raw data Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_McIvor_001.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 grant #DEB-9910514. 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 salinity water surveys nekton depth surface elevation table ecosystems temperature rivers Shark River Harney River community structure mangrove forest tidal inundation fish crustaceans lift net Everglades National Park Data Submission Date: 2005-01-27 Maintenance This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_McIvor_001 original (v1). 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 Project permits ENP Permit No.s: 1999-068; 2000-048; EVER-2001-SCI-0067; EVER-2003-SCI-0066 Dataset Submission Date 2005-01-27 Information Management Notes Information Manager (February 21, 2005) 1) Changed columns headings to:SITENAME,Net_Number,Net_SetDate,Net_SetTime,Salinity ,Water_Temperature,DO ,DO_ perSat and MeanWaterDepth 2) Replaced blank missing data values with -9999.3) Changed sitenames to SRSMc-S2, SRSMc-S3, and SRSMc-S4.This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_McIvor_001 original (v1). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.