Dataset title: Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation: Epiphyte Loads on Thalassia testudinum in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) from March 2000 to April 2001 Dataset ID: ST_PP_Frankovich_003 Research type: Short-term 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 Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll-a loads and leaf nutrients were measured on Thalassia seagrass short-shoots from Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Rabbit Key Basin research site, Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected in 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: 2000-03-27 End Date: 2001-04-19 Data Table Entity Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_003 Entity Description: Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation: Epiphyte Loads on Thalassia testudinum in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) Object Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_003.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 Collection Site Storage Type: Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Short_Shoot_Rep_Number Attribute Label: replicate Attribute Definition: Short Shoot Replicate ID Number Storage Type: string Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Short_Shoot_LeafArea Attribute Label: area Attribute Definition: Short Shoot Leaf Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: squareCentimeters Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Total_LeafWeight Attribute Label: weight Attribute Definition: Total Leaf Weight per Short Shoot Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerShortShoot Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Total_Epiphyte_Load_mg_short_shoot Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Total Epiphyte Load per Short Shoot Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerShortShoot Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Total_Epiphyte_Load_mg_cm2 Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Total Epiphyte Load per Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Chlorophyll_a_Load_ug_Short_Shoot Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Chlorophyll a Load per Short Shoot Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microgramsPerShortShoot Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Chlorophyll_a_Load_ug_cm2 Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Chlorophyll a Load per Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microgramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Autotrophic_Index Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Autotrophic Index Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microgramsPerMilligram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Thalassia_LeafCarbon Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Thalassia testudinum Leaf Carbon Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Thalassia_LeafNitrogen Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Thalassia testudinum Leaf Nitrogen Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Thalassia_LeafPhosphorus Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Thalassia testudinum Leaf Phosphorous Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: dimensionless Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description At approximate 2-month intervals 20 Thalassia short-shoots harvested. Total epiphyte load and epiphyte chlorophyll-a and leaf nutrients determined for each short-shoot. Method Step Description Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll load analysis (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 Shimadzu filter fluorometer, Carlo-Erba elemental analyzer Quality Control Balances routinely calibrated and standard curves generated for chlorophyll determination. Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1155/3/7427f6d4c54fa4d5fa6e49704a0a03c1 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. 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Dataset Keywords primary production FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Florida Bay Everglades National Park seagrass epiphytes chlorophyll a load growth period leaves Thalassia short-shoots Rabbit Key Basin leaf nutrients growth Data Submission Date: 2003-11-26 Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1155.3: Updated metadata to EML 2.2.0, added creator ORCID and organization ROR ids, updated project information with award elements; added .csv extension to data file name and changed "#" character in column header name to "Number" (no other 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 Dataset Submission Date 2003-11-26 Data Submission Notes Representative algal species deposited in UVA Barley Herbarium (pressed samples and digital photomicrographs) references-Littler and Littler 2000, Taylor, 1960. T Information Management Notes This is a short-term primary productionl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Frankovich_003 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.