Dataset title: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Soil Sediments from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from August 2004 to Present Dataset ID: LT_SS_Chambers_001 Research type: Long-Term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Randy Chambers Position: Project Collaborator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Department of Biology College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA Phone: 757-221-2331 Fax: 757-221-5076 Email: rmcham@wm.edu URL: http://www.wm.edu/environment/KeckLab.html Name: Timothy Russell Position: Technical Staff Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Keck Environmental Field Lab College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA Phone: 757-221-5074 Fax: 757-221-5076 Email: tmruss@wm.edu URL: http://www.wm.edu/environment/KeckLab.html Name: Adrianna Gorsky Position: Technical Staff Organization: College of William and Mary Address: Keck Environmental Field Lab College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA Phone: 757-221-5074 Fax: 757-221-5076 Email: algorsky@wm.edu URL: http://www.wm.edu/environment/KeckLab.html 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 These data represent the results of soil sampling and analysis from all 17 FCE LTER transect locations during from Year 2004 thru Year 2017. Surface soils from 0-10 cm been homogenized and analyzed from Sawgrass and mangrove sites and Florida Bay sites. Soils and sediments were analyzed for a suite of physical/chemical variables, including bulk density, organic matter content, extractable iron, AVS and CRS sulfur, and various forms of extractable phosphorus. These analyses are completed to document the differences in soil structure among transect sites, and to provide a baseline dataset against which long-term changes in the physical/chemical properties of the soils can be detected. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the FCE Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected in the Shark River and Taylor River Slough, within Everglades National Park, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 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: SRS1b, SRS1c, SRS1d, SRS2, SRS3, SRS4, SRS5, TS/Ph1a, TS/Ph1b, TS/Ph2,TS/Ph3, TS/Ph4,TS/Ph5, TS/Ph6b,TS/Ph7a, TS/Ph8, TS/Ph9, TS/Ph10, TS/Ph11 All Sites Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS1b Longitude:-80.726 Latitude:25.758 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS2 Longitude:-80.785 Latitude:25.550 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS3 Longitude:-80.853 Latitude:25.468 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS4 Longitude:-80.964 Latitude:25.410 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS5 Longitude:-81.032 Latitude:25.377 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS6 Longitude:-81.078 Latitude:25.365 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1a Longitude:-80.590 Latitude:25.424 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1b Longitude:-80.590 Latitude:25.439 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph2 Longitude:-80.607 Latitude:25.404 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph3 Longitude:-80.663 Latitude:25.252 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph4 Longitude:-80.522 Latitude:25.315 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph5 Longitude:-80.520 Latitude:25.295 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph6b Longitude:-80.651 Latitude:25.216 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph7a Longitude:-80.639 Latitude:25.191 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph8 Longitude:-80.525 Latitude:25.233 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph9 Longitude:-80.490 Latitude:25.177 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph10 Longitude:-80.68 Latitude:25.02 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph11 Longitude:-80.94 Latitude:24.91 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS1c Longitude:-80.574 Latitude:25.755 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site SRS1d Longitude:-80.654 Latitude:25.746 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2004-08-15 End Date: 2018-08-15 Data Table Entity Name: LT_SS_Chambers_001.txt Entity Description: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Soil Sediments from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) Object Name: LT_SS_Chambers_001.txt 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: Name of LTER site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: SedDepth Attribute Label: depth Attribute Definition: Soil Collection Depth Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: BulkDensity Attribute Label: density Attribute Definition: Soil Bulk Density Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gramsPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: %Organics Attribute Label: percent content Attribute Definition: Soil Percent Organics Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Inorganic_P_Free Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Inorganic Phosphorus Step 1 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Inorganic_P_Fe_Bound Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Inorganic Phosphorus Step 2 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Inorganic_P_CaCo_Bound Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Inorganic Phosphorus Step 3 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Inorganic_P_Organic_Bound Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Inorganic Phosphorus Step 4 Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Extractable_P Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Extractable Phosphorus Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Total_P Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Total Phosphorus Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Extractable_Fe Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Extractable Iron Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AVS Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Acid Volatile Sulfide Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: CRS Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Chromium-Reducible Sulfide Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Total_S Attribute Label: concentration Attribute Definition: Soil Total Sulfide Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microMolesPerCubicCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description Surface soil cores collected at random. Sampling is done once a year in mid-August. Method Step Description Bulk density obtained as the dry weight of known sample volume of soil. %organic obtained as weight loss on ignition expressed as percentage of dry weight. Extractable phosphorus by sequential extraction was obtained by the following: PI (MgCl2 extraction--inorganic P only); PII (buffered dithionite extraction--inorganic P only); PIII (1N HCl extraction--inorganic P only); PIV (ashing/acid extraction). Total phosphorus obtained by 1N HCl extraction of ashed soil sample. Extractable iron obtained from ashed soil sample as the result of 18-hour extraction with 1N HCl, followed by ferrozine analysis. Acid volatile sulfide obtained by 1N HCl extraction of soil sample followed by reaction with Cline's reagent. Chromium-reducible sulfur obtained by concentrated HCl/chromous chloride extraction of soil sample followed by reaction with Cline's reagent. Total reduced sulfur calculated as the sum of acid-volatile plus chromium-reducible sulfur. Instrumentation Standard laboratory drying ovens furnaces balances All wet chemical analyses completed using a Genesys 5 spectrophotometer Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_SS_Chambers_001.txt 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. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. 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Dataset Keywords phosphorus soil bulk density organic matter iron sulfide FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Shark River Slough Everglades National Park Taylor Slough organic fluxes inorganic sediment summary Soil Percent Organics Soil Extractable Phosphorus Soil Total Phosphorus Soil Extractable Iron Soil Acid Volatile Sulfide Soil Chromium-Reducible Sulfide Soil Total Sulfide Data Submission Date: 2019-01-04 Maintenance This is a long-term soils & sediments dataset. This dataset replaces five original files 1) LT_SS_Chambers_001; 2) LT_SS_Chambers_002; 3) LT_SS_Chambers_003; 4) LT_SS_Chambers_004 and 5) LT_SS_Chambers_005. In order to facilitate FCE data use, the files have been combined into one new PASTA ready file: LT_SS_Chambers_001. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact 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 2019-01-04 Information Management Notes This is a long-term soils & sediments dataset. This dataset replaces five original files 1) LT_SS_Chambers_001; 2) LT_SS_Chambers_002; 3) LT_SS_Chambers_003; 4) LT_SS_Chambers_004 and 5) LT_SS_Chambers_005. In order to facilitate FCE data use, the files have been combined into one new PASTA ready file: LT_SS_Chambers_001. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.