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Metadata:   WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida, in March 2013

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Dataset title
WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida, in March 2013

Dataset ID
SFWSC_001

Dataset Creator
Name: Dr. Joseph Smoak 
Organization: University of South Florida
Address: 140 7th Avenue South, DAV 258
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
Phone: 727-873-4078
Email: smoak@mail.usf.edu
URL: http://www1.usfsp.edu/coas/espg/faculty/smoak.htm


Metadata Provider
Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
Address: Florida International University
University Park
OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA
Phone: 305-348-6054
Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu

Dataset Abstract
Determine rates of soil accretion and organic carbon burial using coring methods and radiometric dating in order to understand how mangrove ecosystems might adapt to future sea-level rise and climate change.

Dataset Keywords
SFWSC
South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project
ecological research
water
sustainability
climate
South Florida
hydro-economic models
management schemes
impact
economic value
ecosystem services
climate variability
climate change
sea level rise
adaptive water management
economic productivity
soil cores
gravimetric
dry weight
loss on ignition
bulk density

Intellectual Rights
These data are classified as 'Type II' whereby original SFWSC experimental data collected by individual SFWSC researchers are to be released to restricted audiences according to terms specified by the owners of the data. Type II data are considered to be exceptional and should be rare in occurrence. The justification for exceptions must be well documented and approved by the lead PI and Site Data Manager. Some examples of Type II data restrictions may include: locations of rare or endangered species, data that are covered under prior licensing or copyright (e.g., SPOT satellite data), or covered by the Human Subjects Act, Student Dissertation data and those data related to the SFWSC project but not funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) WSC program (EAR-1204762) and the NIFA Award Number 2012-67003-19862. Researchers that make use of Type II Data may be subject to additional restrictions to protect any applicable commercial or confidentiality interests. For a complete description of the SFWSC Data Distribution and Data User Agreement, please go to SFWSC Data Management Policy: http://eimc.fiu.edu/projects/SFWSC/SFWSC_DataManagementPolicy.pdf. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project, c/o Dr. Mike Sukop, Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University, ECS 347, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33199.

Geographic Coverage

Study Extent Description
Coastal mangroves of the Shark, Harney, and Broad Rivers

Bounding Coordinates
Geographic description West bounding coordinate East bounding coordinate North bounding coordinate South bounding coordinate
South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project Study Area -81.132 -80.902 25.500 25.354

All Sites
Geographic Description Longitude Latitude
WSC-1 -80.902 25.444
WSC-2A -80.964 25.410
WSC-2B -80.964 25.410
WSC-3 -80.997 25.392
WSC-4.1 -81.042 25.372
WSC-6.2 -81.097 25.354
WSC-7 -81.021 25.418
WSC-8A -81.060 25.423
WSC-8B -81.060 25.423
WSC-9 -81.100 25.431
WSC-10.1 -81.132 25.417
WSC-11 -81.083 25.500
WSC-12 -81.109 25.487
WSC-13.2 -81.145 25.476

Temporal Coverage
Start Date:   2013-03-13
End Date:   2013-03-14

Maintenance
This is a Soil Core Dataset and subsequent data will be appended to this file.

Dataset Contact


Methods

Sampling Description
Field sampling involves collecting sediment using a coring tube.

Method Step

Description
Field methods involve collecting sediment using a coring tube.

Instrumentation
Coring tube

Method Step

Description
Lab methods include collecting all sediment material by extruding the core upwards in stratigraphic intervals. An aliquot is taken from each interval and placed in pre-weighed and dried crucible. Crucibles with aliquots are set to dry for 24 hours in a furnace at 105 degrees Celsius, allowed to cool, and then weighed for dry weight measurements. The process continues for two subsequent rounds in the furnace at 550 degrees Celsius for 3 hours and 1000 degrees Celsius for 1 hour to obtain organic matter and inorganic carbon mass respectively. The interval not used for the aliquot is then frozen, freeze-dried, and homogenized. This material is placed in pre-weighed gamma tubes and weighed. Gamma tube intervals are counted using a germanium detector to detect Radium 226 and Lead 210 levels.

Instrumentation
Furnace free-dryer mortar and pestle germanium detector

Method Step

Description
Statistical methods include standard deviation and the means.


Quality Control
Quality control standards of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)

Data Table
Entity Name:  SFWSC_001
Entity Description:  WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida.
Object Name:  SFWSC_001


Data Format
Number of Header Lines: 1
Attribute Orientation: column
Field Delimiter: ,
Number of Records: 499

Attributes
Attribute Name Attribute Label Attribute Definition Storage Type Measurement Scale Missing Value Code
SITENAME sitename Name of WSC site text Name of WSC site  
Date date Collection date datetime  
Interval interval Collection depth interval data Collection depth interval -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
Dry_Weight weight Dry Weight data Units: gram
Precision: .0001
Number Type: real
 -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
LOI_1 organic mass loss Percent organic mass Loss on ignition data Units: percent
Precision: .01
Number Type: real
 -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
LOI_2 carbonate mass loss Percent carbonate mass Loss on ignition data Units: percent
Precision: .01
Number Type: real
 -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
DBD bulk density Dry bulk density data Units: gramsPerCubicCentimeter
Precision: .001
Number Type: real
 -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )

 
  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR-1204762 and the United States Department of Agriculture NIFA Award Number 2012-67003-19862.
  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.