Dataset title: Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) from March 2000 to April 2001 Dataset ID: ST_PP_Frankovich_004 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 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 Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity were measured from six arbitrary 200 cm2 plots within a Thalassia seagrass meadow in 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 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: 2000-03-12 End Date: 2001-04-03 Data Table Entity Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_004 Entity Description: Thalassia leaf morphology and productivity measurements from arbitrary plots located in a Thalassia seagrass meadow in Rabbit Key Basin, Florida Bay (FCE) Object Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_004 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: Name of Collection Site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: MarkingDate Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Marking Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: HarvestDate Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Harvest Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: GrowthPeriod Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Growth Period Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Growth Period Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Short_Shoot_Density Attribute Label: density Attribute Definition: Short Shoot Density Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: short-shootPerMeterSquared Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Mean_LeafLength Attribute Label: length Attribute Definition: Mean Leaf Length Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Mean_LeafWidth Attribute Label: width Attribute Definition: Mean Leaf 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: Leaf_Area_Index Attribute Label: index Attribute Definition: Leaf Area Index Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: meterPerMeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafGrowth_mm_lf_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: Leaf Growth in mm/lf/d Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millimetersPerLeafPerDay Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafGrowth_mm_ss_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: LeafGrowth_mm_ss_d Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millimetersPerSecondPerDay Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafGrowth_cm2_lf_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: One-sided leaf area growth per turion per day Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: squaredCentimetersPerLeafPerDay Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafGrowth_cm2_ss_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: One-sided leaf area growth per short-shoot per day Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: squareCentimetersPerSecondPerDay Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafLength_TurnoverRate Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: Leaf Length Growth Relative to Leaf Length Standing Crop Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percentPerDay Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LeafArea_TurnoverRate Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: Leaf Area Growth Relative to Leaf Area Standing Crop Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percentPerDay Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: ArealGrowth_cm_m2_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: Leaf Length Growth per Sediment Surface Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimetersPerSquareMeterPerDay Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: ArealGrowth_cm2_m2_d Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: Leaf Area Growth per Sediment Surface Area Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: squareCentimetersPerSquareMeterPerDay Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description At approximate 2-month intervals seagrass leaf productivity was measured using the Zieman (1974) leaf marking technique. Method Step Description Seagrass leaf productivity (Zieman, 1974; Zieman and Fourqurean, 1989) Citation Zieman, J. C. 1974. Methods for the study of the growth and production of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum Konig.. Aquaculture, 4: 139-143. Instrumentation None Method Step Description Seagrass leaf productivity (Zieman, 1974; Zieman and Fourqurean, 1989) Citation Zieman, J. C. , J. W. Fourqurean, R. L. Iverson. 1989. Distribution, abundance and productivity of seagrasses in Florida Bay.. Bull. Mar. Sci., 44: 292-311. Instrumentation None Quality Control Data-entry checked visually. Balances routinely calibrated. Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=ST_PP_Frankovich_004.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 primary production seagrass leaf morphology Thalassia short-shoots Rabbit Key Basin leaf product short-shoot density leaf nutrients growth growth period leaf area leaves Data Submission Date: 2003-11-26 Maintenance This is a short-term primary productionl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Frankovich_004 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 primary productionl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Frankovich_004 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.