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Data Felsgate Creek at York River 7 Sep
2004
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| Abiotic |
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| Tides |
High Tide |
4:39 PM |
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Low Tide |
9:56 AM |
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| Temperature |
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| Air |
30C |
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| Water |
27C |
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| Sediment |
32C |
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| Weather |
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| overcast |
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| light breeze |
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| humid |
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| Salinity |
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| 5 ppt |
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| Light penetration |
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| 46.25cm |
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| Transect |
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near bridge at point |
through hummock |
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| Distance (m) |
Height (m) |
Height (m) 2nd site |
| 20 |
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0.4 |
| 18 |
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0.16 |
| 15 |
0.4 |
0.13 |
| 12 |
0.18 |
0.14 |
| 9 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| 6 |
0.08 |
0.36 |
| 3 |
0.11 |
0.29 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
| -3 |
-0.3 |
-0.26 |
| -6 |
-0.51 |
-0.42 |
| -9 |
-0.66 |
-0.5 |
| -12 |
-0.82 |
-0.54 |
| -15 |
-1.25 |
-0.62 |
| -18 |
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-0.68 |
| -21 |
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-0.78 |
| -24 |
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-0.9 |
| -27 |
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-1.07 |
| -30 |
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-1.22 |
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| Floristics |
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| Sublittoral Zone |
no vegetation observed |
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| Littoral Zone |
Spartina alterniflora |
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saltmarsh cord grass |
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Aster tenufolius |
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saltmarsh aster |
| Supralittoral Zone |
Spartina patens |
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saltmarsh hay |
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Distichlis spicata |
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salt grass |
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Typha angustifolia |
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narrow leaf cattail |
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Scirpus olneyi |
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bulrush |
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Spartina
cynosuroides |
big saltmarsh cord grass |
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Cyperus
esculentus |
chufa |
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Cyperus
erythrorhizes |
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Pluchea purpurascens |
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saltmarsh fleabane |
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Hibiscus
moscheutos |
rose mallow |
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Andropogon ellioti |
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broom sedge |
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Clethra alnifolia |
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sweet peppercorn bush |
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Myrica cerifera |
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wax myrtle |
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Baccharas
halimifolia |
silverling |
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Iva frutescens |
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marsh elder |
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| Biomass |
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size quadrat |
# stems |
ave stem hts in. |
g wet/stem |
g carbon m-2 |
| Spa alt
at low tide line |
1/2m2 |
45 |
114.3 |
14.2 |
153.36 |
| Spa alt
3m back |
1/2m2 |
29 |
73.66 |
12.4 |
86.304 |
| Spa patens |
1/2m2 |
96 |
243.84 |
16.1 |
370.944 |
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carbon m-2
= stem count*mass/g stem*0.06 g C/ g wet mass |
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| Littornia
Snails |
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| 4
x 4 grid. Stakes at
center most tree; the tallest tree with the lightest brown leaves. |
| Splash
zone with in 4 meters of the littoral zone |
| Height
(cm) |
freq capture |
freq recapture |
| 0 |
0 |
35 |
| 5 |
0 |
12 |
| 10 |
0 |
8 |
| 15 |
6 |
11 |
| 20 |
6 |
20 |
| 25 |
6 |
19 |
| 30 |
20 |
6 |
| 35 |
48 |
12 |
| 40 |
20 |
12 |
| 45 |
6 |
3 |
| 50 |
11 |
1 |
| 55 |
11 |
0 |
| 60 |
5 |
0 |
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| Fauna |
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| Larus
argentatus |
Herring Gull |
| Paleomonetes
SP. |
grass shrimp |
| Menidia
beryllina |
bay silverside |
| Anchoa
mitcheli |
bay anchovy |
| Geukensia
demissa |
ribbed mussel |
| Syngnathus
facus |
Northern pipefish |
| Uca pugilator |
fiddler crab |
| Uca rapax |
fiddler crab |
| Uca
longisignalis |
fiddler crab |
| Uca minax |
red jointed fiddler crab |
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Data
8 Sep 04
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