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Continuous Monitoring Data From Natural and Restored Salt Marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2016-17

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2016
End Date
2017

Citation

O’Keefe Suttles, J.A., Brosnahan, S.M., Gonneea, M.E., and Kroeger, K.D., 2019, Continuous monitoring data from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2016-17: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YLXOY8.

Summary

Continuous monitoring data reported are a portion of data from a larger study investigating changes in soil properties, carbon accumulation, and greenhouse gas fluxes in four recently restored salt marsh sites and nearby natural salt marshes. For several decades, local towns, conservation groups, and government organizations have worked to identify, replace, repair, and enlarge culverts to restore tidal flow upstream from historical tidal restrictions in an effort to restore salt marsh ecosystems on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Undersized or failed culverts restrict tidal exchange between the marsh and the bays and estuaries, which leads to alterations in plant community composition and in fundamental processes controlling soil carbon [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Author :
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles, Sandra M Brosnahan, Meagan Eagle Gonneea, Kevin D Kroeger
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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CCmarsh_sensors_2016_2017_meta.xml
“CSDGM metadata.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		79.45 KB application/fgdc+xml
CREEK_sal_2016_2017.txt
“Dataset of salinity in tidal salt marsh creek locations on Cape Cod.” 		3.41 MB text/plain
CREEK_WL_2016_2017.txt
“Dataset of water level in tidal salt marsh creek locations on Cape Cod, MA.” 		17.48 MB text/plain
LoggerDeploymentHeightSummary_2016_2017.txt
“Summary of deployment length and height measurements of water level loggers.” 		4.46 KB text/plain
PAR_2016_2017.txt
“Dataset of photosynthetically active radiation in wetland locations on Cape Cod.” 		11.08 MB text/plain
TEMP_2016_2017.txt
“Dataset of soil and air temperature for wetland locations on Cape Cod.” 		22.78 MB text/plain
WELLS_2016_2017.txt
“Dataset of soil and air temperature for wetland locations on Cape Cod.” 		38.96 MB text/plain
BassCreek_Restoration.jpg
“Photograph of a restored tidal restriction at Bass Creek, Cape Cod, MA.” 		thumbnail 18.47 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

Data were collected to 1) validate model predictions of carbon cycling (greenhouse gas emissions, uptake, and carbon storage) in natural and restored salt marshes and 2) provide background data to be used in evaluating potential differences in land surface elevation between sites. Environmental parameters influencing plant productivity, such as those represented by these data, are key components of salt marsh carbon cycling, carbon storage, and its ability to maintain elevation.
Photograph of a restored tidal restriction at Bass Creek, Cape Cod, MA.
Photograph of a restored tidal restriction at Bass Creek, Cape Cod, MA.

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