Dataset title:  Water, Soil, Floc, Plant Total Phosphorus, Total Carbon, and Bulk Density data (FCE) from Everglades Protection Area (EPA) from 2004 to 2016

Dataset ID:  FCE1219
Research type:   Long-term

Dataset Creator

	Name:		Mr. Shishir Sarker
	Position:	Graduate Research Assistant
	Organization:	Department of Earth and Environment Florida International University
	
	Address:
			11200 SW 8th St.
			Miami, FL 33199  Miami-Dade
	
	Phone:		786-781-6095
	Email:		ssark009@fiu.edu
	URL:		https://www.linkedin.com/in/shishir-sarker-277a8a79/


Metadata Provider

	Organization:	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
	
	Address:
			Florida International University
			University Park
			Miami, FL 33199  USA
	
	Phone:		305-348-6054
	Email:		fcelter@fiu.edu
	URL:		https://fcelter.fiu.edu


Dataset Abstract

	These data are a compillation of data from multiple sources including South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) DBhydro web database, United States Environment Protection Agency Regional, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (REMAP), Everglades Soil Mapping (ESM), and Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER). The matrix of these data were compiled for soil, surface water, floc, and plants where the nutrients are counted for total phosphorus, total carbon, and bulk density. When downloading the data from DBhydro, only regularly collected samples (SAMP) were included these data. As per DBhydro metadata, the regular samples were collected monthly by grab method throughout the year from 2004 to 2016 for SFWMD monitoring stations across the EPA. All flagged and field quality controlled values were excluded to avoid the duplication of data. In order to maintain the quality assurance/ quality control (QA/QC) the method detection limit for water TP was fixed at 2 µg/L by the SFWMD. This data set were used to assess the decadal trend of TP concentration in surface water and soil in EPA. Available data from 2004 to 2014 was collected for soils and from 2004 to 2016 for water to understand a decade of trends. Both Geographic Information System (GIS) and statistical data analysis were applied to determine changes in water quality and soil chemistry. These data are the basis for Shishir Sarker's Master's thesis.
Dataset Purpose
Masters Thesis


Geographic Coverage

	Study Extent Description


	Bounding Coordinates

		Geographic description:	Data were compiled for Everglades Protection Area which includes WCA1, WCA2, WCA3, and ENP
		West bounding coordinate:	-81.270
		East bounding coordinate:	-80.360
		North bounding coordinate:	26.540
		South bounding coordinate:	25.200
	
		Geographic description:	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay
		West bounding coordinate:	-81.078
		East bounding coordinate:	-80.27
		North bounding coordinate:	25.761
		South bounding coordinate:	24.913
	



Temporal Coverage

	Start Date:  2004-01-01
	End Date:  2016-12-31


Data Table

	Entity Name:  FCE1219
	Entity Description:  Water, Soil, Floc, and Plant TP data from Everglades Protetion Area, Florida USA
	Object Name:  FCE1219.csv

	Data Format

		Number of Header Lines:  1
		Attribute Orientation:  column
		Field Delimiter:  ,
		Number of Records:  

	Attributes

		Attribute Name:  Project_PI
		Attribute Label:  PI name_or_Area
		Attribute Definition:  Name with area of Principal Investigator
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  SITE
		Attribute Label:  site names
		Attribute Definition:  Samle sites name
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  KeyID
		Attribute Label:  Area with Sites
		Attribute Definition:  Area of sample sites
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Lon
		Attribute Label:  longitude
		Attribute Definition:  longitude of site
		Storage Type:  coordinate
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  degree
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Lat
		Attribute Label:  lattitude
		Attribute Definition:  latitude of site
		Storage Type:  coordinate
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  degree
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Region_or_Area
		Attribute Label:  Area Name
		Attribute Definition:  Hydrologic Units (e.g. WCAs, ENP)
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Subsite
		Attribute Label:  Area Direction
		Attribute Definition:  Direction of subsites (e.g. North, South etc.)
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  County
		Attribute Label:  CountyName
		Attribute Definition:  Name of the County
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Sample_ID
		Attribute Label:  SFWMD Unique ID
		Attribute Definition:  South Florida Water management District Identification Number
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Agency
		Attribute Label:  Data Collection Agency
		Attribute Definition:  Name of the Agency
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Matrix
		Attribute Label:  Matrix Name
		Attribute Definition:  Types of Sample units (e.g. Soil, Water, Plants etc.)
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Date
		Attribute Label:  Date
		Attribute Definition:  Data Collection Date
		Storage Type:  datetime
		Measurement Scale: 
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Year
		Attribute Label:  Year
		Attribute Definition:  Data Callection year
		Storage Type:  datetime
		Measurement Scale: 
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Month
		Attribute Label:  Month
		Attribute Definition:  Data Collection Month
		Storage Type:  nominal
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Time
		Attribute Label:  Time
		Attribute Definition:  Data Collection Time
		Storage Type:  datetime
		Measurement Scale: 
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Season
		Attribute Label:  Season Name
		Attribute Definition:  Data Collection Season Name
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Water_TP_mg
		Attribute Label:  Surface Water Total Phosphorus
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TP
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  milligramsPerLiter
			Precision:  0.001
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Water_TP_ug
		Attribute Label:  Surface Water Total Phosphorus
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TP
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  microgramsPerLiter
			Precision:  0.1
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_Depth
		Attribute Label:  Surafce water Depth
		Attribute Definition:  Depth of Data Collection sites
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  centimeter
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_Temp
		Attribute Label:  Surface water Temperature
		Attribute Definition:  Temperature of Water
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  celsius
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_pH
		Attribute Label:  Surface water pH value
		Attribute Definition:  Surface water pH value
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  dimensionless
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_Cond
		Attribute Label:  Surface water Conductivity
		Attribute Definition:  Surface water Conductivity
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		micromhosPerCentimeter
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_Turb
		Attribute Label:  Surface water Turbidity
		Attribute Definition:  Surface water Turbidity
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		nephelometricTurbidityUnits
			Precision:  0.1
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  SW_DO
		Attribute Label:  Dissolve Oxygen
		Attribute Definition:  surface water dissolved oxygen
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  milligramsPerLiter
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Inflow_from
		Attribute Label:  Inflow Sites Name
		Attribute Definition:  Water inflows from the sites
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Inflow_to
		Attribute Label:  Inflow Sites name
		Attribute Definition:  water inflows to the sites
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: 


		Attribute Name:  Soil_TP
		Attribute Label:  Soil Total Phosphorus
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TP
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  microgramsPerGram
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Soil_BD
		Attribute Label:  Soil Bulk Density
		Attribute Definition:  Soil Bulk Density
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  gramsPerCubicCentimeter
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Soil_TC
		Attribute Label:  Soil Total Carbon
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TC
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		milligramsPerGram
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Soil_Depth
		Attribute Label:  Soil Core Depth
		Attribute Definition:  Soil Core Depth
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  centimeter
			Precision:  0.10
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Floc_TP
		Attribute Label:  Floc Total Phosphorus
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TP
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		milligramsPerGram
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Floc_TC
		Attribute Label:  Total Carbon
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TC
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		milligramsPerGram
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Floc_BD
		Attribute Label:  Bulk Density
		Attribute Definition:  Floc Bulk Density
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  gramsPerCubicCentimeter
			Precision:  0.01
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Species
		Attribute Label:  Species Name
		Attribute Definition:  Types of Species where data being collected
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Plant_TP
		Attribute Label:  Plant Total Phosphorus
		Attribute Definition:  Plant Total Phosphorus
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		milligramsPerKilogram
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Plant_TC
		Attribute Label:  Total Carbon
		Attribute Definition:  Composite TC
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:		milligramsPerGram
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Plant_component
		Attribute Label:  Plant Sample Component
		Attribute Definition:  Types of Plant component where TP samples were collected
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Veg_Type
		Attribute Label:  Vegetation Type Name
		Attribute Definition:  Types of Species where TP data being collected
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Soil_Type
		Attribute Label:  Soil Type Name
		Attribute Definition:  Soil Type Name
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Soil_site
		Attribute Label:  Soil Sites Types
		Attribute Definition:  Criteia of Soil Sampling Sites (e.g. Transects, Random)
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  MDL
		Attribute Label:  Method Detection Limit
		Attribute Definition:  Method Detection Limit
		Storage Type:  data
		Measurement Scale: 
			Units:  milligramsPerLiter
			Precision:  0.00
			Number Type:  real
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Sample_collection_method
		Attribute Label:  Sample Collection Procedure
		Attribute Definition:  grab samples
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)


		Attribute Name:  Habitat_at_collection_site
		Attribute Label:  Habitat Types
		Attribute Definition:  Types of Habitat Sites (Canals, marsh)
		Storage Type:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			text
		Missing Value Code: NA  (Value will never be recorded)




Methods

	Sampling Description 



	Method Step 

		Description 

			These data are a compillation of data from multiple sources including South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) DBhydro web database, United States Environment Protection Agency Regional, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (REMAP), Everglades Soil Mapping (ESM), and Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER). The FCE LTER were included for: LT_BC_Gaiser_001, LT_CCD_Chambers_001, LT_ND_Grahl_002Gaiser&_Childers, LT_ND_Losada_002_Troxlar_TPw, LT_SS_Chambers_001.


	Method Step 

		Description 

			This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
			This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


	Method Step 

		Description 

			This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
			This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


	Method Step 

		Description 

			This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
			This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


	Method Step 

		Description 

			This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
			This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


	Method Step 

		Description 

			This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.
			This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.


Distribution

	Online distribution:  https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1219/3/7d2b1587af444843d799466cb25dd7d4


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. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.


Dataset Keywords

	total phosphorus
	water quality
	soil nutrients
	inorganic nutrients
	FCE
	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
	ecological research
	long-term monitoring
	Everglades Protection Area
	Data Submission Date:  2018-07-23

Maintenance

	knb-lter-fce.1219.3: Updated metadata, fixed character encoding issue in data file where apostrophe was not UTF-8 compatible, corrected Date attribute data to only be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.


Dataset Contact

	Position:	Information Manager
	Organization:	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
	
	Address:
			Florida International University
			University Park
			Miami, FL 33199  USA
	
	Email:		fcelter@fiu.edu
	URL:		https://fcelter.fiu.edu


Dataset Submission Date 

	2018-07-23