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Metadata: WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements (Part 2) 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 (Part 2) from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida, in March 2013

Dataset ID

SFWSC_008

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
Pb-210
CaCO3
OC%
TN%
TP%
gravimetric measurements

Intellectual Rights

These data are classified as 'Type I' whereby original SFWSC experimental data collected by individual SFWSC researchers are available for scientific purposes 2 years after collection. Maximum lock period = 2 years. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. EAR-1204762 and the United States Department of Agriculture NIFA Award Number 2012-6003-19862. 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 and 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_008
Entity Description:  WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida.
Object Name:  SFWSC_008

Data Format

Number of Header Lines: 1
Attribute Orientation: column
Field Delimiter: ,
Number of Records: 306

Attributes

Attribute Name	Attribute Label	Attribute Definition	Storage Type	Measurement Scale	Missing Value Code
Date	date	Collection date	datetime
Site	sitename	Name of WSC site	text	Name of WSC site
IntervalDepth	Soil depth interval	Soil interval depth	data	Units: centimeter Number Type: real
ExcessPb-210	Excess Pb-210	Activity of Excess Pb-210	data	Units: disintegrationsPerMinute Number Type: real	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
CRS_Age	Soil CRS Age	Age of soil interval, derived from Pb-210 CRS Model	data	Age of soil interval, derived from Pb-210 CRS Model	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
CRS_Age_Error	CRS Age Uncertainty	1 S.E.	data	1 S.E.	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
IntervalDates	Soil interval dates	Beginning and ending years of interval	Text	Beginning and ending years of interval
CaCO3	Loss on ignition	Carbonate mass loss	data	Units: gramsPerGram Number Type: real	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
OC%	Organic Carbon	Soil organic carbon	data	Units: gramsPerGram Number Type: real	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
TN%	Total Nitrogen	Soil total nitrogen	data	Units: gramsPerGram Number Type: real	-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )
TP%	Total phosphorus	Soil total phosphorus	data	Units: gramsPerGram 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.