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Measurements of sediment porewater nutrient, sulfide, pH, and alkalinity, 1993 -2004, at a variety of sites and salinities throughout the Plum Island Sound estuary.
Measurements of sediment porewater nutrient, sulfide, pH, and alkalinity, 1993 -2004, at a variety of sites and salinities throughout the Plum Island Sound estuary.
Comparison of NH4+ freely available in sediment porewater to NH4+ exchangeable from sediments, and the variabilty with porewater salinity as it changes with season and along a transect of the Parker River estuary.
Water chemistry including nutrient concentrations for various forms of N, P, C, as well as suspended sediments and light extinction coefficients, was determined from bi-annual nutrient transects along the Plum Island Sound estuary from the Parker River Dam to the mouth of the sound. Grab samples were taken at 11 sites along a 24 km transect from the mouth of the estuary to as near the dam at the head of the estuary as poosible. These samples have generally been collected in Spring and Fall and are done in conjunction with metabolism transects measuring dissolved oxygen levels. The Spring
Porewater samples from a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley River in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and salinity concentrations.
Porewater samples from a Spartina patens-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley River in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and chloride concentrations.
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site.
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site.
Aboveground biomass is determined destructively during the growing season at a Spartina patens salt marsh on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Aboveground biomass is determined non-destructively during the growing season at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Annual productivity is determined from aboveground biomass data in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh plots on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. Aboveground biomass is determined non-destructively.
Porewater samples from a Typha sp.-dominated brackish marsh on the Upper Parker River in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER site were analyzed for ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and chloride concentrations.
Nutrient concentrations from porewater samples at marsh sites in the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. There are three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The fertilization sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, one S. patens-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers and two non-fertilized marsh sites on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
Rates of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Parker and Rowley Rivers of the Plum Island Sound estuary. Measurements include those conducted at two sites in the Parker River in Spring (high river discharge) and Fall (low discharge) for long-term monitoring, also at other sites throughout the estuary over a variety of seasons and salinities.
Water chemistry including nutrient concentrations for various forms of N, P, C, as well as suspended sediments and light extinction coefficients, are determined from bi-annual or tri-annual nutrient transects from the mouth of the Rowely River estuary to near its head about 6 km upstream. Three sets of grab samples and sonde measurements are taken at lower, mid, and upper stations of the estuary, at stations locations that may vary depending on the tide. These samples are generally collected in Spring, Summer, and Fall to capture conditions through the growing season.