Research Sites

SRS-3 Site

• Description and Location
  Site status:

  Active
  (Active from March 2000 to present)

  Latitude, longitude:

  25.46820617, -80.85327617

  Site size:

  Approx. 0.25 ha

  Watershed:

  Shark River Slough

  
  

  Hydrography:

  Seasonally driven sheetflow

  Topography:

  Flat, with ridge and slough microtopography

  Geology:

  Limestone bedrock

  Soil:

  Wetland peat, X 1m thick

  Vegetation:

  Sawgrass dominated marsh interspersed with Eleocharis/Panicum slough

  Habitat:

  Freshwater wetland

  Climatology:

  Subtropical moist, with distinctive wet (June-Nov.) and dry (Dec-May) seasons

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• Data sets

  Data sets

  FCE Datasets
  

  Microbial Sampling from Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida, USA (FCE LTER), January 2001 - ongoing
  Creators: Briceno, Henry;

  Water Quality Data (Porewater) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, January 2001 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Nitrogen and Total Carbon from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2002 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Phosphorus from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2002 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Water Quality Data (Extensive) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, October 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, May 2001 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Sawgrass above ground biomass from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

  Soil Physical Data from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), from November 2000 to January 2007
  Creators: Troxler, Tiffany; Childers, Daniel;

  Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Price, Rene; Childers, Daniel;

  Water Depths and Water Temperatures near Soil Surface from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, October 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Kominoski, John; Price, Rene; Childers, Daniel;

  Monthly monitoring of Fluorescence, UV, Humic and non-Humic Carbon, Carbohydrates, and DOC for Shark River Slough, Taylor Slough, and Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) for January 2002 to August 2004
  Creators: Jaffe, Rudolf;

  Examination of protein-like fluorophores in chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in a wetland and coastal environment for the wet and dry seasons of the years 2002 and 2003 (FCE)
  Creators: Jaffe, Rudolf;

  Periphyton Productivity from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, October 2001 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

  Periphyton Accumulation Rates from Shark River Slough, Taylor Slough and Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, January 2001 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

  Periphyton Biomass Accumulation from the Shark River and Taylor Sloughs, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, January 2003 - ongoing
  Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

  Soil Characteristics and Nutrient Data from the Shark River Slough, within Everglades National Park (FCE), from March 2003 to March 2004
  Creators: Troxler, Tiffany; Childers, Daniel;

  Physical Characteristics and Stratigraphy of Deep Soil Sediments from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) from 2005 and 2006
  Creators: Saunders, Colin;

  Radiometric Characteristics of Soil Sediments from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) from 2005 and 2006
  Creators: Saunders, Colin;

  Macrofossil Characteristics of Soil from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) from July 2003 to February 2006
  Creators: Saunders, Colin;

  Isotopic Variation of Soil Macrofossils from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) in December 2004
  Creators: Saunders, Colin;

  Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Soil Sediments from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, August 2004 - ongoing
  Creators: Chambers, Randy; Russell, Timothy; Gorsky, Adrianna;

  Bulk Parameters for Soils/Sediments from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), from October 2000 to January 2001
  Creators: Mead, Ralph;

  Monthly monitoring fluorescence data for Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) for October 2004 to February 2014
  Creators: Jaffe, Rudolf;

  Percentage of Carbon and Nitrogen of Soil Sediments from the Shark River Slough, Taylor Slough and Florida Bay within Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, August 2008 - ongoing
  Creators: Chambers, Randy; Russell, Timothy; Hatch, Rosemary; Katsaros, Dean; Gorsky, Adrianna;

  Monthly monitoring fluorescence data for Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (FCE LTER) for 2012 - 2020
  Creators: Kominoski, John Stephen;

  Stable isotope values of consumers, producers, and organic matter in the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, 2019 – ongoing
  Creators: Rezek, Ryan;

• Publications

  Publications

  Journal Articles

  Julian, P., J.W. Fourqurean, S.E. Davis, D.D. Surratt, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, J.N. Boyer, S.E. Thomas, H.O. Briceno, C.J. Madden, E. Montes, and C.R. Kelble. 2024. Long-term patterns and trends in water column biogeochemistry in a changing environment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 306: 108896

  Zhao, J., S. Chakrabarti, R.M. Chambers, P. Weisenhorn, R. Travieso, S. Stumpf, E. Standen, H.O. Briceno, T. Troxler, E.E. Gaiser, B. Dhillon, J. Kominoski, and W. Martens-Habbena. 2023. Year-around survey and manipulation experiments reveal differential sensitivities of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities to saltwater intrusion in Florida Everglades wetlands. Science of The Total Environment 858: 159865

  Laas, P., K. Ugarelli, R. Travieso, S. Stumpf, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, and U. Stingl. 2022. Water column microbial communities vary along salinity gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades wetlands. Microorganisms 10: 215

  He, D., S.N. Ladd, C.J. Saunders, R.N. Mead, and R. Jaffe. 2020. Distribution of n-alkanes and their d2H and d13C values in typical plants along a terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 281: 31-52

  Davis, S.E., R. Boucek, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.B. Dessu, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, D.D. Surratt, and T. Troxler. 2018. Episodic disturbances drive nutrient dynamics along freshwater-to-estuary gradients in a subtropical wetland. Ecosphere 9: e02296

  Dessu, S.B., R.M. Price, T. Troxler, and J. Kominoski. 2018. Effects of sea-level rise and freshwater management on long-term water levels and water quality in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Journal of Environmental Management 211: 164-176

  Marazzi, L., and E.E. Gaiser. 2018. Long-term changes in spatially structured benthic diatom assemblages in a major subtropical wetland under restoration. Inland Waters 8: 434-448

  Julian, P., R.M. Chambers, and T. Russell. 2017. Iron and pyritization in wetland soils of the Florida Coastal Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 40: 822-831

  Boucek, R., M. Soula, F. Tamayo, and J.S. Rehage. 2016. A once in ten year drought alters the magnitude and quality of a floodplain trophic subsidy to coastal river fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73: 1672-1678

  Chen, M., and R. Jaffe. 2016. Quantitative assessment of photo- and bio-reactivity of chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter from biomass and soil leachates and from surface waters in a subtropical wetland. Biogeochemistry 129: 273-289

  He, D., B.R.T. Simoneit, Y. Xu, and R. Jaffe. 2016. Occurrence of unsaturated C25 highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs) in a freshwater wetland. Organic Geochemistry 93: 59-67

  Long, S.A., G.I. Tachiev, R. Fennema, A.M. Cook, M. Sukop, and F. Miralles-Wilhelm. 2015. Modeling the impact of restoration efforts on phosphorus loading and transport through Everglades National Park, FL, USA. Science of The Total Environment 520: 81-95

  Romera-Castillo, C., and R. Jaffe. 2015. Free radical scavenging (antioxidant activity) of natural dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry 177: 668-676

  He, D., B.R.T. Simoneit, B. Jara, and R. Jaffe. 2014. Occurrence and distribution of monomethylalkanes in the freshwater wetland ecosystem of the Florida Everglades. Chemosphere 119: 258-266

  Sanchez, C., E.E. Gaiser, C.J. Saunders, A. Wachnicka, and N. Oehm. 2013. Challenges in using siliceous subfossils as a tool for inferring past water level and hydroperiod in Everglades marshes. Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 45-66

  Fell, J.W., A. Statzell-Tallman, G. Scorzetti, and M.H. Gutierrez. 2011. Five new species of yeasts from fresh water and marine habitats in the Florida Everglades. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 99: 533-549

  Rosenblatt, A.E., and M.R. Heithaus. 2011. Does variation in movement tactics and trophic interactions among American alligators create habitat linkages? Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 786-798

  Ikenaga, M., R. Guevara, C. Pisani, A. Dean, and J.N. Boyer. 2010. Changes in community structure of sediment bacteria along the Florida Coastal Everglades marsh-mangrove-seagrass salinity gradient . Microbial Ecology 59: 284-295

  Xu, Y., and R. Jaffe. 2010. Occurrence, distribution and origin of C30 cyclobotryococcenes in a subtropical wetland/estuarine ecosystem. Chemosphere 81: 918-924

  Gao, M., B.R.T. Simoneit, M. Gantar, and R. Jaffe. 2007. Occurrence and distribution of novel botryococcene hydrocarbons in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades. Chemosphere 70: 224-236

  Maie, N., N.M. Scully, O. Pisani, and R. Jaffe. 2007. Composition of a protein-like fluorophore of dissolved organic matter in coastal wetland and estuarine ecosystems. Water Research 41: 563-570

  Rehage, J.S., and W.F. Loftus. 2007. Seasonal fish community variation in headwater mangrove creeks in the southwestern Everglades: an examination of their role as dry-down refuges. Bulletin of Marine Science 80: 625-645

  Chambers, R.M., and K.A. Pederson. 2006. Variation in soil phosphorus, sulfur, and iron pools among south Florida wetlands. Hydrobiologia 569: 63-70

  Ph.D. Dissertations

  Blanchard, Jesse . 2018. A confluence of invasion, behavioral, and theoretical ecology: What drives ephemeral metacommunity re-assembly? Ph.D. dissertation, Florida International University