Skip to main content
  1. ScienceBase Catalog
  2. USGS Data Release Products
  3. Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  4. Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from coastal wetlands on Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts and supporting environmental data, 2021

Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from coastal wetlands on Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts and supporting environmental data, 2021

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2021-04-25
End Date
2022-05-18

Citation

Sanders-DeMott, R., Eagle, M.J., Kroeger, K.D., Wang, F., Brooks, T.W., O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., Nick, S.K., Mann, A.G., and Tang, J. 2022, Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RRL3T0.

Summary

Saline tidal wetlands are important sites of carbon sequestration and produce negligible methane (CH4) emissions due to regular inundation with sulfate-rich seawater. Yet, widespread management of coastal hydrology has restricted vast areas of coastal wetlands to tidal exchange. These ecosystems often undergo impoundment and freshening, which in turn cause vegetation shifts like invasion by Phragmites, that affect ecosystem carbon balance. Understanding controls of carbon exchange in these understudied ecosystems is critical for informing climate consequences of blue carbon restoration and/or management interventions. Here we present measurements of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane, along with ancillary meteorological [...]

Contacts

Contact :
Rebecca Sanders-Demott
Author :
Rebecca Sanders-Demott, Meagan Eagle, Kevin D Kroeger, Faming Wang, Thomas W Brooks, Jennifer A O'Keefe Suttles, Sydney K Nick, Adrian G Mann, Jianwu Tang
USGS Program :
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

metadata_chambers_2021.xml
“CSDGM metadata.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		58.83 KB application/fgdc+xml
phragmites_chamber.jpg
“Photo of a chamber sampling platform in a Phragmites wetland at Sage Lot Pond.” 		thumbnail 3.06 MB image/jpeg
air_soil_temp_2021-2022.csv
“CSV file containing data on soil and air temperature.” 		43.32 MB text/csv
chamber_fluxes_2021.csv
“CSV file containing data on methane and carbon dioxide fluxes.” 		45.92 KB text/csv
slp_met_2021-2022.csv
“CSV file containing meteorological data.” 		3.53 MB text/csv

Purpose

Measurements of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from static chambers were collected in 2021 to assess carbon exchange at coastal wetland sites across a range of impounded and natural, tidally unrestricted conditions in several villages within Falmouth, MA that vary in salinity, management status, and water level. Environmental metrics that could inform carbon exchange, including air and soil temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation were also collected to support data interpretation. This dataset can help evaluate the effect of hydrologic management on carbon dioxide and methane exchange in coastal wetlands. Data were collected to inform predictive models of carbon fluxes across coastal wetlands of varying management status and salinity and to facilitate National Park Service restoration planning and future blue carbon project assessments.
Photo of a chamber sampling platform in a Phragmites wetland at Sage Lot Pond.
Photo of a chamber sampling platform in a Phragmites wetland at Sage Lot Pond.

Map

Communities

  • USGS Data Release Products

Tags

Provenance

Data source
Input directly

Item Actions

View Item as ...

JSON ATOM ISO XML

Save Item as ...

JSON FGDC MODS XML ISO XML

View Item...

Metrics