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  4. Eddy covariance fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA (ver 2.0, June 2022)

Eddy covariance fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA (ver 2.0, June 2022)

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Publication Date
Start Date
2020-05-21
End Date
2022-05-19

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

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metadata_phramites_eddycovariance_ver2.xml
“Revised CSDGM metadata.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		37.89 KB application/fgdc+xml
phramites_eddycovariance.jpg
“Photograph of a Phragmites wetland in the Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, MA” 		thumbnail 26.69 KB image/jpeg
phragmites_eddycovariance_ver2.csv
“Hourly data on flux of CO2, CH4, and associated meteorological parameters. v2” 		4.29 MB text/csv
revision_history.txt
“Revision history.” 		1.85 KB text/plain

Purpose

Eddy covariance measurements of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and methane were collected continuously at half-hourly intervals to assess the magnitude and drivers of carbon exchange in an impounded coastal wetland. Data were also collected to inform predictive models of carbon fluxes across coastal wetlands of varying salinity and to facilitate National Park Service restoration planning and future blue carbon project assessments.
Photograph of a Phragmites wetland in the Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, MA
Photograph of a Phragmites wetland in the Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, MA

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