Dataset title: Sediment Elevation Change (Feldspar Marker Horizon Method) from Northeastern Florida Bay (FCE) from 1996 to Present Dataset ID: FCE1213 Research type: Long-term Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Carlos A Coronado Position: Lead Scientist Organization: South Florida Water Management District Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 USA Phone: (561) 682-6205 Email: ccoron@sfwmd.gov Name: Dr. Fred Sklar Position: Director and Section Administrator Organization: South Florida Water Management District Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 USA Phone: (561) 682-6504 Email: fsklar@sfwmd.gov Metadata Provider Organization: South Florida Water Management District Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 USA Phone: (561) 682-6205 Email: ccoron@sfwmd.gov Dataset Abstract The long term goal of the South Florida Water Management District's research program focuses on the following central objective: Regional processes mediated by water flow control population and ecosystem level dynamics at any location within the coastal Everglades landscape. This phenomenon is best exemplified in the dynamics of an estuarine oligohaline zone where fresh water draining phosphorus-limited Everglades marshes mixes with water from the more nitrogen-limited coastal ocean. Data in this data package are specifically to monitor soil elevation change relative to current sea level. Dataset Purpose Monitor soil accretion in mangrove ecosystems to evaluate the effect of sea level rise Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data collected along the Northeastern Florida Bay from Highway Creek to McCormick Creek within the Everglades National Park West bounding coordinate: -80.743 East bounding coordinate: -80.448 North bounding coordinate: 25.318 South bounding coordinate: 25.176 FCE LTER Sites: No LTER site names Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1996-05-01 End Date: 2017-04-30 Data Table Entity Name: FCE1213_Feldspar.txt Entity Description: Soil accretion data measured from feldspar marker Object Name: FCE1213_Feldspar.txt Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Site Attribute Label: Site Attribute Definition: Site name Storage Type: nominal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Site_Code Attribute Label: Site_Code Attribute Definition: Site code Storage Type: nominal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Core_ID_# Attribute Label: Core identification number Attribute Definition: Core identification number Storage Type: nominal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Replicate Attribute Label: Replicate Attribute Definition: Replicate Storage Type: nominal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date_Installed Attribute Label: Date_installed Attribute Definition: Date feldspare installed Storage Type: nominal Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Year_0 Attribute Label: Year zero Attribute Definition: Year zero Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Nov-97 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: May-98 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Jun-99 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Jun-00 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Feb-01 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-02 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-03 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-04 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-05 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-06 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-07 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-08 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: May-09 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-10 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-11 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-12 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-13 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Mar-14 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-15 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: May-16 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Attribute Name: Apr-17 Attribute Label: Attribute Definition: Accretion measured on this date Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: empty cell (data not collected) Data Table Entity Name: FCE1213_sampling_sites Entity Description: Sampling site coordinates in decimal degrees. Object Name: FCE1213_sampling_sites.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Sampling_Site Attribute Label: Sampling_Site Attribute Definition: Sampling site Storage Type: string Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Longitude Attribute Label: Longitude Attribute Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees Storage Type: float Measurement Scale: Units: degree Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Latitude Attribute Label: Latitude Attribute Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees Storage Type: float Measurement Scale: Units: degree Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Methods Sampling Description Three feldspar marker horizons are laid around each SET platform at each study site. Method Step Description Vertical accretion is measured as the rate of accumulation above feldspar marker horizons laid on the soil surface. Three feldspar marker horizons are laid around each SET platform at each study site. Vertical accretion is measured by taking a core and the depth of the marker horizon below the surface is measured to the nearest millimeter. Soil accretion is measured by freezing soil samples using liquid nitrogen Quality Control Data have been QA/QC by the PI's Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1213/2/d5322ba4f71411c5bd8bb3da521e69a9 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 FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring organic matter surface elevation table accretion aquatic ecosystems Data Submission Date: 2017-08-18 Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1213.2: Made data publicly accessible, moved sampling site location coordinates from Methods section of metadata to a new "FCE1213_sampling_sites.csv" file Dataset Contact Name: Carlos A Coronado Position: Lead Scientist Organization: South Florida Water Management District Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 USA Phone: (561) 682-6205 Email: ccoron@sfwmd.gov Dataset Submission Date 2017-08-18 Information Management Notes This is a long-term soil accretion data set and subsequent data will be appended