Website

Region(s)

NE

Summary

The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM NERR) is biogeographically positioned at the ecotone of two different emergent vegetation habitats: salt marsh (dominated by smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora) and mangroves (dominated by black mangroves, Avicennia germinans) (Zomlefer et al. 2006; Frazel 2009). As such, the primary goal of this project is to conduct long-term monitoring of mangroves in emergent intertidal habitats within the GTM NERR to provide a better understanding of the ecological characteristics of this dynamic community and discern the impacts of local and global environmental changes on the estuarine ecosystem.

Parameters

species composition, percent cover (%), canopy ht (cm), trunk diameter (mm), stem density (#/m^2), widest axis (cm), narrowest axis (cm)

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2012

End

Current

Frequency

Semiannual

Method

shore-to-upland transects with evenly-spaced whole plots and subplots

Discontinuity

Data Location

By request from Nikki Dix (Nikki.Dix@floridadep.gov)

Data Format

excel

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). (2022). GTMNERR Mangrove Monitoring. Updated 07/02/2024. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/5015

Alternative Citation

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