Research Sites

TS/Ph-11 Site

• Description and Location
  Site alias:

  Sprigger Bank

  Site status:

  Active
  (Active from March 2000 to present)

  Latitude, longitude:

  24.91293492, -80.93798347

  Site size:

  0.25 ha

  Watershed:

  None

  
  

  Hydrography:

  Estuarine with average tidal energy, some wind-driven movement

  Topography:

  Flat subtidal basins and shallow intertidal flats

  Geology:

  Limestone

  Soil:

  Calcitic marl, > 1 m thick

  Vegetation:

  Seagrass

  Habitat:

  Seagrass

  Climatology:

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

• Photos

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• Data sets

  Data sets

  FCE Datasets
  

  Surface Water Quality Monitoring Data collected in South Florida Coastal Waters (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, June 1989-ongoing
  Creators: Briceno, Henry;

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

  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;

  Monthly monitoring fluorescence data for Florida Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, and Whitewater Bay, in southwest coast of Everglades National Park (FCE) for February 2001 to December 2002
  Creators: Jaffe, Rudolf;

  Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic matter in an oligotrophic subtropical wetland/estuary ecosystem, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from December 2001 to January 2002
  Creators: Jaffe, Rudolf;

  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;

  Macroalgae Production in Florida Bay (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, May 2007 - April 2023
  Creators: Collado-Vides, Ligia;

  Florida Bay Physical Data, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from January 2001 to February 2002
  Creators: Frankovich, Thomas;

  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;

  Florida Bay Nutrient Data, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Florida Bay Braun Blanquet, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Florida Bay Productivity Data, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Florida Bay Stable Isotope Data Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Florida Bay Physical Data, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Florida Bay Seagrass Canopy Temperature Data, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, September 2000 - ongoing
  Creators: Fourqurean, James;

  Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation for Florida Bay, South Florida (FCE) from December 2000 to September 2001
  Creators: Frankovich, Thomas;

  Mean Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation for Florida Bay, South Florida (FCE) from December 2000 to September 2001
  Creators: Frankovich, Thomas;

  Florida Bay, South Florida (FCE) Seagrass Epiphyte Light Transmission from December 2000 to February 2002
  Creators: Frankovich, Thomas;

  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

  Congdon, V.M., M.O. Hall, B. Furman, J.E. Campbell, M.J. Durako, K.L. Goodin, and K.H. Dunton. 2023. Common ecological indicators identify changes in seagrass condition following disturbances in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecological Indicators 156: 111090

  Krause, J.R., C. Lopes, S.S. Wilson, J.N. Boyer, H.O. Briceno, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2023. Status and trajectories of soft-bottom benthic communities of the South Florida seascape revealed by 25 years of seagrass and water quality monitoring. Estuaries and Coasts 46: 477-493

  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

  Howard, J., C. Lopes, S. Wilson, V. McGee-Absten, C. Carrion, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Decomposition rates of surficial and buried organic matter and the lability of soil carbon stocks across a large tropical seagrass landscape. Estuaries and Coasts 44: 846-866

  Rezek, R., J. Massie, J. Nelson, R.O. Santos, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, and J.S. Rehage. 2020. Individual consumer movement mediates food web coupling across a coastal ecosystem . Ecosphere 11: e03305

  Hatt, D., and L. Collado-Vides. 2019. A comparative analysis of the organic and inorganic carbon content of Halimeda and Penicillus (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) in a coastal subtropical lagoon. Botanica Marina 62: 323-326

  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

  Armitage, A.R., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2016. Carbon storage in seagrass soils: long-term nutrient history exceeds the effects of near-term nutrient enrichment . Biogeosciences 13: 313-321

  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

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

  Christiaen, B., R. Bernard, B. Mortazavi, J. Cebrian, and A.C. Ortmann. 2014. The degree of urbanization across the globe is not reflected in the delta N-15 of seagrass leaves. Marine Pollution Bulletin 83: 440-445

  Fourqurean, J.W., G.A. Kendrick, L.S. Collins, R.M. Chambers, and M.A. Vanderklift. 2012. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage in subtropical seagrass meadows: examples from Florida Bay and Shark Bay. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 967-983

  Herbert, D.A., W.B. Perry, B.J. Cosby, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2011. Projected reorganization of Florida Bay seagrass communities in response to increased freshwater delivery from the Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 973-992

  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

  Wachnicka, A., E.E. Gaiser, L. Collins, T.A. Frankovich, and J. Boyer. 2010. Distribution of diatoms and development of diatom-based models for inferring salinity and nutrient concentrations in Florida Bay and adjacent coastal wetlands of south Florida (USA). Estuaries and Coasts 33: 1080-1098

  Madden, C.J., D.T. Rudnick, A.A. McDonald, K.M. Cunniff, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay. Ecological Indicators 9: S68-S82. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.004

  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

  Xu, Y., and R. Jaffe. 2007. Lipid biomarkers in suspended particulates from a subtropical estuary: Assessment of seasonal changes in sources and transport of organic matter. Marine Environmental Research 64: 666-678

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

  Maie, N., C. Yang, T. Miyoshi, K. Parish, and R. Jaffe. 2005. Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic matter in an oligotrophic subtropical wetland/estuarine ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 23-35

  Mead, R.N., Y. Xu, J. Chong, and R. Jaffe. 2005. Sedimentary organic matter source assessment in a sub-tropical wetland and estuarine environment using the molecular distribution and carbon isotopic composition of n-alkanes. Organic Geochemistry 36: 363-370

  Fourqurean, J.W., J.N. Boyer, M.J. Durako, L.N. Hefty, and B.J. Peterson. 2003. Forecasting the response of seagrass distribution to changing water quality: statistical models from monitoring data. Ecological Applications 13: 474-489

  Fourqurean, J.W., and J.C. Zieman. 2002. Nutrient content of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum reveals regional patterns of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Florida Keys, USA. Biogeochemistry 61: 229-245

  Chambers, R.M., J.W. Fourqurean, S.A. Macko, and R. Hoppenot. 2001. Biogeochemical effects of iron availability on primary producers in a shallow marine carbonate environment. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1278-1286

  Master's Theses

  Kiger, Amber . 2015. Changing Bacterial Growth Efficiencies across a Natural Nutrient Gradient in an Oligotrophic Estuary. Master's thesis, Florida International University