Dataset title: Mangrove Litterfall from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida, USA, January 2001 - ongoing Dataset ID: LT_PP_Castaneda_001 Research type: Long-term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Edward Castañeda-Moya Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 S.W. 8th Street OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: edwardcm@gmail.com Name: Dr John Kominoski Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-7117 Email: jkominos@fiu.edu URL: https://kominoskilab.com/ Name: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Phone: (225) 578-2773 Email: vhrivera@lsu.edu URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/ Name: Dr. Robert Twilley Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: 239 Sea Grant Building Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Phone: (225) 578-6445 Email: rtwilley@lsu.edu URL: http://www.gulfbase.org/ Name: Caitlin Reisa Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: creisa@fiu.edu Dataset Abstract Monthly litterfall data is being collected in two mangrove-dominated regions (Shark River and Taylor Slough) in South Florida. Three sites (SRS4, SRS5, SRS6) in the Shark River region and one site (TS/Ph8) in the Joe Bay area region were used to characterize patterns of litterfall production. At each mangrove site 10 litter baskets (0.5 x 0.5 m) were placed in two 20 x 20 m plots (five baskets per plot). Data have been collected since January 2001. Statistical analysis is being performed. See also Shark River mangrove litterfall carbon and nutrients data package knb-lter-fce.1266 (https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-fce&identifier=1266). 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. After December 2006, this study is only focused on Shark River Slough mangrove sites Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS4 West bounding coordinate: -80.964 East bounding coordinate: -80.964 North bounding coordinate: 25.41 South bounding coordinate: 25.41 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS5 West bounding coordinate: -81.032 East bounding coordinate: -81.032 North bounding coordinate: 25.377 South bounding coordinate: 25.377 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS6 West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -81.078 North bounding coordinate: 25.365 South bounding coordinate: 25.365 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph8 West bounding coordinate: -80.525 East bounding coordinate: -80.525 North bounding coordinate: 25.233 South bounding coordinate: 25.233 FCE LTER Sites: SRS4,SRS5,SRS6,TS/Ph8 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2001-01-25 End Date: 2023-12-07 Data Table Entity Name: LT_PP_Castaneda_001.csv Entity Description: Mangrove Litterfall from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Object Name: LT_PP_Castaneda_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: string Measurement Scale: SRS4= FCE LTER Site SRS4 SRS5= FCE LTER Site SRS5 SRS6= FCE LTER Site SRS6 TS/Ph8= FCE LTER Site TS/Ph8 Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Plot_ID Attribute Label: ID number Attribute Definition: Plot ID Number Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Basket_ID Attribute Label: ID number Attribute Definition: Basket ID Number Storage Type: ordinal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ag_Leaves Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Avicennia germinans Leaf Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Rm_Leaves Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Rhizophora mangle Leaf Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Lr_Leaves Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Laguncularia racemosa Leaf Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ce_Leaves Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Conocarpus erectus Leaf Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Rm_Stipules Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Rhizophora mangle Stipules Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ag_Flower Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Avicennia germinans Flower Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Rm_Flower Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Rhizophora mangle Flower Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Lr_Flower Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Laguncularia racemosa Flower Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ce_Flower Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Conocarpus erectus Flower Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ag_Propagules Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Avicennia germinans Propagules Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Rm_Propagules Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Rhizophora mangle Propagules Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Rm_fruit_embryo Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Rhizophora mangle Fruit Embryo Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Lr_Propagules Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Laguncularia racemosa Propagules Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Ce_Propagules Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Mangrove Species Conocarpus erectus Propagules Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Wood Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Wood Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Miscellaneous Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Miscellaneous Materials Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Total_Weight Attribute Label: dry weight Attribute Definition: Total Dry Weight Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: gram Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Methods Sampling Description Monthly litterfall data are being collected in two mangrove dominated regions (Shark River and Taylor Slough) in South Florida. Ten litter baskets ( 0.5 x 0.5 m) were placed in two 20 x 20 m plot (five baskets per plot) in each mangrove site. Within the Shark River sites, Conocarpus erectus has only been found in SRS4, and Avicennia germinans has not been found in SRS4. Experimental design is a split-plot repeated measures ANOVA. Method Step Description Litterfall is collected, dried at 60 degrees celcius, and separated in different categories (e.g., leaves, propagules, wood) per species and weighted. Submission notes: Sampling on site TS/Ph8 has been cancelled since January 2007. During 2008 and 2009, the miscellaneous component is a composite of all other components, except leaves. Beginning in January 2010, all litterfall components are registered. Instrumentation Standard laboratory drying ovens, furnaces, balances Quality Control Dataset is inspected by PI for QA/QC; descriptive statistics, normal distribution plots, standard validation checks for negative numbers, graphs to detect potential outliers Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1195/12/98a5a3bcaae4221c9dd5997b36000115 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 FCE FCE LTER LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring productivity Shark River Slough mangrove forest mangrove litterfall Taylor Slough propagules wood stipules mangroves primary production mangroves wetlands plant growth flowering primary production Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1195.12: no changes to data; updated order of creators in metadata Dataset Contact Name: Dr John Kominoski Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-7117 Email: jkominos@fiu.edu Name: Dr Edward Castañeda-Moya Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: Edward.Castaneda@miamidade.gov 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 Data Table and Format Data Table: Mangrove Litterfall from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Entity Name: LT_PP_Castaneda_001.csv Entity Description: Mangrove Litterfall from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Object Name: LT_PP_Castaneda_001.csv Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: 8800 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 Award(s) Project award(s): Award title: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research-the Coastal Everglades Funder name: National Science Foundation Award number: 9910514 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9910514 Related project award(s): Award title: FCE LTER II: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research Funder name: National Science Foundation Award number: 620409 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0620409 Award title: FCE LTER III: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research Funder name: National Science Foundation Award number: 1237517 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237517 Award title: LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades Funder name: National Science Foundation Award number: 1832229 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832229&HistoricalAwards=false Award title: LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research Funder name: National Science Foundation Award number: 2025954 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025954&HistoricalAwards=false Project permits National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2001-SCI-0071 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2002-SCI-0070 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2003-SCI-0067 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2004-SCI-0070 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2005-SCI-0081 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2007-SCI-0065 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2009-SCI-0070 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2011-SCI-0071 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2013-SCI-0058 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2015-SCI-0062 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2017-SCI-0054 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2019-SCI-0055 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2022-SCI-0029 National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2023-SCI-0011