PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEM LTER DATABASE

DATA FILE: LTE-MD-VEGSTN.xls

DOCUMENTATION FILE: LTE-MD-VEGSTN.doc

YEAR: 2000

PI: Robert Buchsbaum

OTHERS: April Ridlon

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: A description of the two hayed and two reference areas used for vegetation studies in the haying project. Includes transects within the hayed areas

KEYWORDS: salt marsh, haying, vegetation,

SITE TYPE: Long Term Experiment

RESEARCH LOCATION: 42.744N; 70.841W

between Sawyer Creek and Stackyard Rd

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS: NA

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

Locations of the creek edges of the transects may change because of erosion, ice scouring.

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

STATION NAME = the name of the hayed or reference area

STATION CODE = coded name of hayed or reference area

TREATMENT = shows if site is a hayed area or a reference area and, is hayed, at what frequency (in years)

TRANSECT = transect number

TRANSECT LENGTH = length in meters of the transect

Lat Creek End = latitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence.

Long Creek End = longitude in decimal degrees of transect at creek (downstream) end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence.

Lat Upland End = latitude in decimal degrees of transect at upland end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence.

Long Upland End = longitude in decimal degrees of transect at upland end based on 2001 surveys by Josh Goldstein for PUH, EPH, and CC and 2002 survey of McH1 by Corey Lawrence.

COMMENTS = verbal descriptions of the locations of transects and additional notes pertaining to the observations

CALCULATIONS: NA

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Robert Buchsbaum

OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE: LTE-MD-VEGTRANS.xls; LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.xls; LTE-ME-EOYBIOM.xls

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DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS: Type 2

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