Abstract:
A quadrat survey was conducted in October 2001 to measure the species and size
distribution of plants at 10 GCE LTER sampling sites. The quadrats were
established as permanent plots at GCE sampling sites in October 2000 by placing
wooden stakes at random locations across two nominal zones at each site,
designated based on marsh structure (creekbank and high marsh). Several new
plots were also
... added in October 2001 to replace those lost due to catastrophic
wrack disturbance or creek bank erosion. The plots were visually surveyed and
the species, shoot height, and flowering status was recorded individually for
each shoot over 10 cm in height present in each plot. Observations from plots
exhibiting signs of disturbance were noted in the data set. This survey will
be repeated annually to assess changes in plant distribution and biomass in
relation to environmental changes documented by other GCE LTER monitoring
efforts.
Overall bounding box describing the geographic region within the Georgia
Coastal Ecosystems LTER study domain represented in data set PLT-GCEM-0110