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Continuous Monitoring Data From Great Barnstable Marsh on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2017-19

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2017
End Date
2019

Citation

O’Keefe Suttles, J.A., Gonneea, M.E., Mann, A.G., Brooks, T.W., Kroeger, K.D., Spivak, A.C., Wang, F., and Tang, J., 2020, Continuous monitoring data from Great Barnstable Marsh on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2017-19: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FYDG9Z.

Summary

Salt marshes are environmental ecosystems that contribute to coastal landscape resiliency to storms and rising sea level. Ninety percent of mid-Atlantic and New England salt marshes have been impacted by parallel grid ditching that began in the 1920s–40s to control mosquito populations and to provide employment opportunities during the Great Depression (James-Pirri and others, 2009; Kennish, 2001). Continued alteration of salt marsh hydrology has had unintended consequences for salt marsh sustainability and ecosystem services. Great Barnstable Marsh (Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts) has areas of salt marsh that were ditched as well as natural areas. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured parameters for groundwater wells (water [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Originator :
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles, Meagan Eagle Gonneea, Adrian G Mann, Thomas W Brooks, Kevin D Kroeger, Amanda C. Spivak, Faming Wang, Jim Tang
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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GBM_meta_2017_2019.xml
“CSDGM metadata.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		73.24 KB application/fgdc+xml
GBM_MET_deployments_2017_2019.txt
“Summary of deployment dates and serial numbers of meteorological sensors.” 		760 Bytes text/plain
GBM_TEMP_2017_2019.txt
“Continuous monitoring of soil and air temperature data.” 		6.96 MB text/plain
GBM_Well_2017_2019.txt
“Continuous monitoring of well water level, temperature, and salinity data.” 		30.18 MB text/plain
GBM_WellSensorDeploymentHeights_2017_2019.txt
“Summary of land elevation, deployment length, and well height measurements. ” 		1.94 KB text/plain
GBM_MET_2017_2019.txt
“Continuous monitoring of PAR and other meteorological parameters data.” 		7.75 MB text/plain
GBM_Ditches_Photo.jpg
“Aerial photograph of the ditched portion of Great Barnstable Marsh, Cape Cod, MA” 		thumbnail 8.84 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

These datasets may be used to quantify and compare metrics of salt marsh sustainability and ecosystem services (including platform elevation, soil accretion rates, carbon sequestration, and plant productivity) in ditched and natural salt marshes.
Aerial photograph of the ditched portion of Great Barnstable Marsh, Cape Cod, MA
Aerial photograph of the ditched portion of Great Barnstable Marsh, Cape Cod, MA

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  • Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

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