Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015-16

Nineteen sediment cores were collected from five salt marshes on the northern shore of Cape Cod where previously restricted tidal exchange was restored to part of the marshes. Cores were collected in duplicate from two locations within each marsh complex: one upstream and one downstream from the former tidal restriction (typically caused by an undersized culvert or a berm). The unaltered, natural downstream sites provide a comparison against the historically restricted upstream sites. The sampled cores represent a chronosequence of restoration occurring between 2001–10. Collected cores were up to 168 cm in length with dry bulk density ranging from 0.04 to 2.62 grams per cubic centimeter and carbon content 0.12 %...

Categories: Data; Tags: Barnstable County (606927), Bass Creek (617465), Boat Meadow River (616844), Cape Cod (606914), Cape Cod Canal (619536), All tags... Commonwealth of Massachusetts (606926), Constant Rate of Supply (CRS) model, Dock Creek (616591), Geochemistry, Mill Creek (616621), Sagamore Beach (617797), Scusset Beach (616340), Town of Bourne (619412), Town of Eastham (619414), Town of Orleans (618257), Town of Sandwich (618259), United States of America, accretion rate, age model, carbon, carbon burial, carbon isotope analysis, cesium-137, ecological restoration, elevation, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, lead-210, location, nitrogen, oceans, piston coring, radiometric dating, salt marsh, salt marshes, sea-level change, sedimentation, soil chemistry, wetland ecosystems, wetland soils, wetlands, Fewer tags

Continuous Water Level, Salinity, and Temperature Data from Creeks and Monitoring Wells in Natural and Restored Wetlands on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2019

Environmental parameters affecting plant productivity and microbial respiration, such as water level, salinity, and groundwater temperature included in these datasets, are key components of wetland carbon cycling, carbon storage, and capacity to maintain elevation. Data were collected to (1) provide background data to evaluate potential differences in water level and carbon flux between wetland sites with differing elevation and tidal inundation and (2) facilitate applications of Blue Carbon projects in coastal wetlands. Associated child pages include continuous water level, salinity, and temperature from shallow wells installed in coastal wetland sites on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. These datasets are grouped by the...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barnstable County (606927), Bass Creek (617465), Boat Meadow River (616844), CTD measurement, Cape Cod (606914), All tags... Cape Cod Canal (619536), Commonwealth of Massachusetts (606926), Dock Creek (616591), Mill Creek (616621), Sagamore Beach (617797), Scusset Beach (616340), Town of Bourne (619412), Town of Eastham (619414), Town of Orleans (618257), Town of Sandwich (618259), USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), atmospheric pressure, ecological restoration, environment, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, groundwater level, inlandWaters, salinity, salt marshes, surface-water level, water level measurements, water temperature, wetland ecosystems, wetland soils, wetlands, Fewer tags