Data Set Citation

When using this data, please cite the data package
Richardson D. 1999.
1996 Parramore Permanent Plot Resurvey: Calibration Saltmarsh Harvest data
knb-lter-vcr.87.10 (https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/knb-lter-vcr.87.10/knb)

General Information
Title:1996 Parramore Permanent Plot Resurvey: Calibration Saltmarsh Harvest data
Identifier:knb-lter-vcr.87.10
Alternate Identifier:VCR05121
Keywords:LTERCoreAreas:
  • Primary Production (theme)
  • Disturbance (theme)
VCRLTERCoreAreas:
  • Biodiversity (theme)
  • System State/Condition (theme)
Publication Date:1999-01-01

Data Table, Image, and Other Data Details:
Metadata download Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
Data Table:VCR05121 ( View Metadata | Download File download)

Involved Parties

Data Set Creators
Individual: David Richardson
Address:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
Phone:
(434) 924-3263 (voice)
Phone:
(434) 982-2137 (facsimile)
Email Address:
dlr2n@virginia.edu
Id:drichardson

Data Set Contacts
Individual: John Porter
Address:
UVA, Department of Environmental Sciences, 291 McCormick Road, P.O. Box 400123,
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4123 USA
Phone:
434-924-8999 (voice)
Phone:
434-982-2137 (facsimile)
Email Address:
jhp7e@virginia.edu
Id:jporter
Individual: David Richardson
Address:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
Phone:
(434) 924-3263 (voice)
Phone:
(434) 982-2137 (facsimile)
Email Address:
dlr2n@virginia.edu
Id:drichardson
Position:Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project
Address:
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Road, PO Box 400123,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123 USA
Phone:
434-924-8999 (voice)
Phone:
434-982-2137 (facsimile)
Email Address:
jporter@lternet.edu
Web Address:
http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/jhp7e.html

Metadata Providers
Organization:Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project
Address:
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Road, PO Box 400123,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123 USA
Phone:
434-924-7761 (voice)
Phone:
434-982-2137 (facsimile)
Web Address:
http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu

Data Set Publishers
Organization:Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project
Address:
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Road, PO Box 400123,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123 USA
Phone:
434-924-7761 (voice)
Phone:
434-982-2137 (facsimile)
Web Address:
http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu

Data Set Characteristics

Geographic Region:
Geographic Description: Parramore Island
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  -76  degrees
East:  -75.3  degrees
North:  38  degrees
South:  37  degrees
Mimimum Altitude:-2  meter
Maximum Altitude:10  meter
Time Period:
Begin:
1996-06-01
End:
1996-10-20

Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods

Step by Step Procedures
Step 1:  
Description:
This section contains specific methods for this dataset.
* CALIBRATING CLIP PLOTS with GROWING SEASON TRENDS
To calibrate growth of the herbaceous layer over the field season in order to compare plots with diminished temporal noise, six salt marsh plots (200,201,205,206,214,111), four brackish marsh plots (44,68,72, and part of 112), and two upland plots (39 and part of 112) were surveyed early in the field season and again every one to two months as manpower allowed. Not every plot from this subset was revisited during every calibration session, although this was attempted. Methods in the salt marsh plots varied from the others (both calibration and "normal" survey methods) in that Spartina alterniflora stems were tagged with bird bands and tracked individually, measuring height and number of live and dead leaves (and for a select few stems [every fifth], the linear lengths of the live green and senescent brown portions of each leaf) but were not destructively harvested for standing biomass. Instead, 15 randomly selected stems spanning the range of observed stem heights were measured and harvested from within the plot but outside the subplots, dried, and weighed to generate data for creating height:biomass allometric equations to be used to calculate biomass and NPP of those salt marsh subplots. For the repeated brackish and upland calibration subset of plots, the "normal" destructive biomass clipping was performed adjacent to the clipped quadrats from previous clipping sessions.

Data Set Usage Rights

Data License

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