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Soil surface elevation dynamics in a mangrove-to-marsh ecotone characterized by vegetation shifts

Dates

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Start Date
2011
End Date
2017

Citation

Howard, R.J., From, A.S., and Allain, L.K., 2019, Soil surface elevation dynamics in a mangrove-to-marsh ecotone characterized by vegetation shifts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XZYJ2X.

Summary

This release consists of soil surface elevation, also called vertical land motion of the wetland (VLMw), and vertical accretion data collected over time across an environmental gradient at Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Naples, Florida, USA. VLMw was measured using rod surface elevation tables, while accretion was measured using feldspar marker horizons (i.e., RSET-MH technique). Stations were located in the following wetland types: brackish marsh, salt marsh, transition marsh, and mangrove forest. Vegetation cover in the vicinity of the RSET-MH stations was described. The study spanned six years, from 2011 to 2017.

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
Rebecca J Howard
Originator :
Rebecca J Howard, Andrew From, Larry K Allain
Metadata Contact :
Rebecca J Howard
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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TTINWR.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		69.72 KB application/fgdc+xml
TTINWR_RSET_Vegetation.csv 4.21 KB text/csv
TTINWR__Master_Legend.xlsx 15.31 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
TTINWR_Rod_Depth.csv 389 Bytes text/csv
TTINWR_Elevation.csv 26.44 KB text/csv
TTINWR_Measurement_Day.csv 351 Bytes text/csv
TTINWR_Vertical_Accretion.csv 6.05 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected within a mangrove-marsh ecotone to determine differences in VLMw and accretion across the coastal gradient from brackish marsh to mangrove forest. The questions addressed were: (1) do patterns of surface elevation change and accretion rate vary across the environmental gradient?, and (2) if patterns exists, are they associated with vegetation change or habitat conversion to open water within the mangrove-marsh ecotone?

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