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 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 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 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.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: Measurement Scale: text 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: text 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: text 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) References: 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: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1152/3/9ffab79cee7833511008695274a79870 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 populations 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 knb-lter-fce.1152.3: Updated metadata to EML 2.2.0, added creator ORCID and organization ROR ids, updated project information and added award information, added .csv extension to data file name (no changes to data) Dataset Contact Name: Thomas Frankovich Position: FCE LTER 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/ 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 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.