Dataset title: Gastropod Biomass and Densities found at Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) from March 2000 to April 2001 Dataset ID: ST_CD_Frankovich_001 Research type: Physical Dataset Creator Name: Mr. Thomas Frankovich Position: Project Post Doctoral Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center 98630 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA Phone: 305-852-2668 Email: frankovich@virginia.edu URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/ 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 Grazing gastropod biomass and shell morphology were measured from 1 m2 plots within Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay, Everglades National Park. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes Rabbit Key Basin research site within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected at Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.839 East bounding coordinate: -80.839 North bounding coordinate: 24.977 South bounding coordinate: 24.977 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:Rabbit Key Basin Longitude:-80.839 Latitude:24.977 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-03-23 End Date: 2001-04-19 Data Table Entity Name: ST_CD_Frankovich_001 Entity Description: Gastropod Biomass and Densities found at Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) Object Name: ST_CD_Frankovich_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: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Sampling Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Plot Attribute Label: ID Number Attribute Definition: Plot ID Number Storage Type: ID Number Measurement Scale: Plot ID Number Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Plot_Size Attribute Label: area Attribute Definition: Plot Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: squareMeter Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Species Attribute Label: species name Attribute Definition: Gastropod Species Name Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Gastropod Species Name Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Shell_Height Attribute Label: height Attribute Definition: Gastropod Shell Height Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Shell_Width Attribute Label: width Attribute Definition: Gastropod Shell Width Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Wet_Weight Attribute Label: weight Attribute Definition: Wet Weight of Shell + Animal Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AFDW Attribute Label: weight Attribute Definition: Gastropod Ash Free Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligram Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description At approximate 2-month intervals grazing gastropods were censused by visual collection using SCUBA and a 1 m2 quadrat. Method Step Description Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll load and leaf nutrient analyses (Frankovich and Fourqurean, 1997) Citation Frankovich, T. A. , J. W. Fourqurean. 1997. Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, USA.. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. , 159: 37-50. Instrumentation None Quality Control Balances routinely calibrated. Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_CD_Frankovich_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 Florida Bay Everglades National Park gastropods biomass Thalassia seagrass meadow seagrass epiphyte grazers shell morphometrics ecosystems processes nutrients freshwater Data Submission Date: 2003-11-26 Maintenance This is a short-term consumer dynamicl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_CD_Frankovich_001 original. 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 LTER permit number EVER-2001-SCI-0071. Dataset Submission Date 2003-11-26 Information Management Notes This is a short-term consumer dynamicl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_CD_Frankovich_001 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.