Dataset title: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Research Sites in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, January 2003 - ongoing Dataset ID: doi:10.6073/pasta/82c13533b7323a4a7f39934c752f0da0 Dataset Creator Name: Michael Rugge Position: Program Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Email: ruggem@fiu.edu Name: Timothy Russell Position: Geographic Information Systems Analyst and Researcher Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Email: tmruss@wm.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: http://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract The dataset includes shapefile point locations for all current and past Florida Coastal Everglades LTER sites along the two major drainages in Everglades National Park, Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough. Timothy Russell used a GeoExplorer 3 to record GPS coordinates at all FCE LTER research sites that existed in 2003. Michael Rugge added coordinates of FCE LTER research sites recorded after 2003 to the shapefile. Geographic Coverage Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: SRS1a West bounding coordinate: -80.72742805 East bounding coordinate: -80.72742805 North bounding coordinate: 25.76145171 South bounding coordinate: 25.76145171 Geographic description: SRS1b West bounding coordinate: -80.72558792 East bounding coordinate: -80.72558792 North bounding coordinate: 25.75776827 South bounding coordinate: 25.75776827 Geographic description: SRS1c West bounding coordinate: -80.5742667 East bounding coordinate: -80.5742667 North bounding coordinate: 25.7552333 South bounding coordinate: 25.7552333 Geographic description: SRS1d West bounding coordinate: -80.654 East bounding coordinate: -80.654 North bounding coordinate: 25.7463 South bounding coordinate: 25.7463 Geographic description: SRS2 West bounding coordinate: -80.78520692 East bounding coordinate: -80.78520692 North bounding coordinate: 25.54972811 South bounding coordinate: 25.54972811 Geographic description: SRS3 West bounding coordinate: -80.85327617 East bounding coordinate: -80.85327617 North bounding coordinate: 25.46820617 South bounding coordinate: 25.46820617 Geographic description: SRS4 West bounding coordinate: -80.96431016 East bounding coordinate: -80.96431016 North bounding coordinate: 25.40976421 South bounding coordinate: 25.40976421 Geographic description: SRS5 West bounding coordinate: -81.03234716 East bounding coordinate: -81.03234716 North bounding coordinate: 25.37702258 South bounding coordinate: 25.37702258 Geographic description: SRS6 West bounding coordinate: -81.07794623 East bounding coordinate: -81.07794623 North bounding coordinate: 25.36462994 South bounding coordinate: 25.36462994 Geographic description: SRS7 West bounding coordinate: -81.114339 East bounding coordinate: -81.114339 North bounding coordinate: 25.352825 South bounding coordinate: 25.352825 Geographic description: TS/Ph1a West bounding coordinate: -80.59029790000001 East bounding coordinate: -80.59029790000001 North bounding coordinate: 25.42388762 South bounding coordinate: 25.42388762 Geographic description: TS/Ph1b West bounding coordinate: -80.59027402 East bounding coordinate: -80.59027402 North bounding coordinate: 25.43857602 South bounding coordinate: 25.43857602 Geographic description: TS/Ph2a West bounding coordinate: -80.606903 East bounding coordinate: -80.606903 North bounding coordinate: 25.403572 South bounding coordinate: 25.403572 Geographic description: TS/Ph2b West bounding coordinate: -80.607248 East bounding coordinate: -80.607248 North bounding coordinate: 25.404214 South bounding coordinate: 25.404214 Geographic description: TS/Ph3 West bounding coordinate: -80.66271768 East bounding coordinate: -80.66271768 North bounding coordinate: 25.25240534 South bounding coordinate: 25.25240534 Geographic description: TS/Ph4 West bounding coordinate: -80.52209443 East bounding coordinate: -80.52209443 North bounding coordinate: 25.31472178 South bounding coordinate: 25.31472178 Geographic description: TS/Ph5 West bounding coordinate: -80.52023732 East bounding coordinate: -80.52023732 North bounding coordinate: 25.29478536 South bounding coordinate: 25.29478536 Geographic description: TS/Ph6a West bounding coordinate: -80.6490792 East bounding coordinate: -80.6490792 North bounding coordinate: 25.21418102 South bounding coordinate: 25.21418102 Geographic description: TS/Ph6b West bounding coordinate: -80.65101654 East bounding coordinate: -80.65101654 North bounding coordinate: 25.21609115 South bounding coordinate: 25.21609115 Geographic description: TS/Ph7a West bounding coordinate: -80.63910514 East bounding coordinate: -80.63910514 North bounding coordinate: 25.19080491 South bounding coordinate: 25.19080491 Geographic description: TS/Ph7b West bounding coordinate: -80.64207766 East bounding coordinate: -80.64207766 North bounding coordinate: 25.19676203 South bounding coordinate: 25.19676203 Geographic description: TS/Ph8 West bounding coordinate: -80.52455665 East bounding coordinate: -80.52455665 North bounding coordinate: 25.23269749 South bounding coordinate: 25.23269749 Geographic description: TS/Ph9 West bounding coordinate: -80.48978207 East bounding coordinate: -80.48978207 North bounding coordinate: 25.17692874 South bounding coordinate: 25.17692874 Geographic description: TS/Ph10 West bounding coordinate: -80.68097374 East bounding coordinate: -80.68097374 North bounding coordinate: 25.02476744 South bounding coordinate: 25.02476744 Geographic description: TS/Ph11 West bounding coordinate: -80.93798347 East bounding coordinate: -80.93798347 North bounding coordinate: 24.91293492 South bounding coordinate: 24.91293492 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2003-01-08 End Date: 2021-12-27 Methods Method Step Description Timothy Russell recorded GPS coordinates in UTM at all FCE LTER sites except SRS 1c using a Trimble GeoExplorer 3 in January 2003. At each site, the GPS unit recorded 93-104 positions, horizontal precision, and maximum PDOP. The average position was differentially corrected at all sites except SRS 1a, SRS 1c and SRS 2. Timothy Russell created a point shapefile of the site locations from the coordinates using Pathfinder Office. Instrumentation Trimble GeoExplorer 3 Method Step Description Tim Grahl recorded GPS coordinates at SRS-1c on December 1, 2004. The GPS unit used to record the coordinates and the accuracy of the coordinates are unknown. Michael Rugge converted the SRS-1c coordinates from decimal degrees to UTM and appended them to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in August 2003. Michael Rugge created a new shapefile of all of FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcView 3.3 and ArcMap 9. Method Step Description GPS coordinates were recorded at SRS-1d on January 5, 2006. A Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unit was used to record the coordinates, but the accuracy of the coordinates was not recorded. Michael Rugge converted the UTM coordinates in the dbf file to decimal degree, appended the SRS-1d coordinates to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in 2003-2004, and created a new shapefile of all of FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcMap 9. Instrumentation Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unit Method Step Description Dr. Edward Castaneda recorded GPS coordinates at SRS-7 in 2017. The accuracy of the coordinates was not recorded . Michael Rugge appended the SRS-7 coordinates to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in 2003-2006 and created a new shapefile of the FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcMap 10. Method Step Description Michael Rugge merged date and time fields into one date field with the YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format and created a new shapefile of the FCE LTER site UTM coordinates using QGIS 3.10 on April 20, 2023. An EML metadata file was created for the new shapefile. 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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 FCE LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER research sites LTER spatial vector shapefiles locations coordinates global positioning systems geographic information systems Maintenance 1254.3: This is a long-term spatial dataset and subsequent data will be appended. On April 20, 2023, the dataset's metadata was converted from FGDC to EML. Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: FCE LTER Address: Institute of Environment Florida International University Miami, FL 33199