Program Info
- Website
- https://www.nerrsdata.org
- Region(s)
- NE
- Summary
- The primary goal of this project is to initiate long-term monitoring of emergent intertidal vegetation at GTMNERR to provide a better understanding of the ecological characteristics of this dynamic community and discern the impacts of global environmental changes on the estuarine ecosystem. Following the NERRS protocols for biological monitoring (Moore 2009, 2010), specific objectives include: 1) Establish permanent emergent intertidal vegetation monitoring sites throughout the estuary spanning the entire north-south gradient of the reserve. 2) Characterize patterns in vegetation species composition, abundance, and cover at multiple temporal and spatial scales. 3) Determine the influence of environmental characteristics on vegetation patterns. 4) Determine the impact of large-scale environmental changes (e.g., climate change, sea level rise) on the emergent intertidal vegetation community. Coastal wetland data and metadata can be downloaded at https://www.nerrsdata.org .
- Parameters
- species cover (%), stem density (#/m^2), canopy height (m)
- Notes
- Application
- To measure changes in estuarine waters that help provide a better understanding of how human activities and natural events can affect coastal resources and to provide valuable data on the short-term variability and long-term changes in estuaries to researchers, natural resource managers and other coastal decision-makers.
- Publications
- presentations, meetings, reports, and online
- Start
- 2012
- End
- Current
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Method
- permanent quadrats 0-, 6-, and 10-m from shore at six sites; quadrats evenly spaced along replicate shore-to-upland transects at one site
- Discontinuity
- Data Location
- GTMNERR, https://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/get/vegetation_index.cfm
- Data Format
-
xlsx and docx
https://www.nerrsdata.org - Habitats
- Coastal Wetlands
- SEACAR Citation
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR); NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). (2023). Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Emergent Intertidal Vegetation Monitoring. Updated 05/01/2024. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4017
- Alternative Citation
indicates priority attributes
Contacts
Nikki Dix
Program Extent
Export Standardized Data
Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) | Last Updated | File Download |
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Coastal Wetlands : Species Composition | 12/08/24 06:38 PM | Download File - Coastal Wetlands - 4017.zip |
DIP Document | N/A | Download File - DIP |
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas
Guana River Marsh, Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR, Pellicer Creek
Indicators
Indicator |
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Coastal Wetlands - Species Composition |
Documentation and Data provided by program
File Type | File Name | Added On | Details |
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Data | GTMVEG_2022_2023.zip | 04/24/24 07:16 AM | |
Data | GTMVEG2012-2019.zip | 10/29/20 06:58 AM | |
Data | GTMVEG2017_CDMOaccepted.xlsx | 02/24/20 10:41 AM | |
Data | GTMVEG2018_for CDMO review.xlsx | 02/24/20 10:41 AM | |
Data | GTMVEG2020.xlsx | 04/27/21 06:58 AM | |
Data | GTMVEG2021.zip | 04/05/23 06:53 AM | |
Data | ID_4017_Data.zip | 07/17/18 10:40 AM | |
GIS | gtm veg sites.zip | 07/17/18 10:40 AM | |
GIS | NCB_Saltmarsh_Vegetation.zip | 07/17/18 10:40 AM | |
Logo | DEP_logo_2019.png | 04/08/19 01:57 PM | |
Logo | noaa.png | 07/15/21 12:53 PM | |
Protocols | 2018 GTM Salt Marsh Monitoring Summary.pdf | 02/24/20 10:41 AM | |
Protocols | 2018 GTM Salt Marsh Monitoring Summaryv2.pdf | 10/17/19 03:19 PM | |
Protocols | GTMVEG2012.m.doc | 07/17/18 10:40 AM | |
Protocols | GTMVEG2017.m.docx | 11/06/18 02:35 PM | |
Protocols | GTMVEG2018.m.docx | 10/17/19 03:19 PM | |
Protocols | GTMVEG2020.m.docx | 04/27/21 06:58 AM | |
Protocols | ID_4017_Reports.zip | 07/17/18 10:40 AM |