Dataset title: WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements (Part 3) from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida, in March 2013 Dataset ID: SFWSC_009 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 delta 13-C Delta 15-N gravimetric measurements 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: South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project Study Area West bounding coordinate: -81.132 East bounding coordinate: -80.902 North bounding coordinate: 25.500 South bounding coordinate: 25.354 All Sites Geographic Description:WSC-1 Longitude:-80.902 Latitude:25.444 Geographic Description:WSC-2A Longitude:-80.964 Latitude:25.410 Geographic Description:WSC-2B Longitude:-80.964 Latitude:25.410 Geographic Description:WSC-3 Longitude:-80.997 Latitude:25.392 Geographic Description:WSC-4.1 Longitude:-81.042 Latitude:25.372 Geographic Description:WSC-6.2 Longitude:-81.097 Latitude:25.354 Geographic Description:WSC-7 Longitude:-81.021 Latitude:25.418 Geographic Description:WSC-8A Longitude:-81.060 Latitude:25.423 Geographic Description:WSC-8B Longitude:-81.060 Latitude:25.423 Geographic Description:WSC-9 Longitude:-81.100 Latitude:25.431 Geographic Description:WSC-10.1 Longitude:-81.132 Latitude:25.417 Geographic Description:WSC-11 Longitude:-81.083 Latitude:25.500 Geographic Description:WSC-12 Longitude:-81.109 Latitude:25.487 Geographic Description:WSC-13.2 Longitude:-81.145 Latitude: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_009 Entity Description: WSC soil core and gravimetric measurements from the South Florida Water, Sustainability and Climate Project Study Area, South Florida. Object Name: SFWSC_009 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: 306 Attributes Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Site Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of WSC site Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Name of WSC site Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: IntervalDepth Attribute Label: Soil depth interval Attribute Definition: Soil interval depth Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Number Type: real Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: delta 13-C Attribute Label: delta 13-C Attribute Definition: Bulk Soil delta 13-C Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: partsPerThousand Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: delta 15-N Attribute Label: delta 15-N Attribute Definition: Bulk Soil delta 15-N Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: partsPerThousand Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )