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Constructed and Natural Tidal Salt Marshes - LTSE

Relationships
Data Holder: 
Craft, Christopher
Publications: 
Estimating sources of soil organic matter in natural and transplanted estuarine marshes using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen
Publications: 
Nitrogen, phosphorus and organic carbon pools in natural and transplanted marsh soils
Publications: 
The pace of ecosystem development of constructed Spartina alterniflora marshes.
Publications: 
Twenty five years of ecosystem development of constructed Spartina alterniflora (Loisel) marshes
Location:
Coastal North Carolina USA (Eight locations)
United States
Latitude:
Longitude:
Background
Continent: 
North America
Year LTSE Began: 
1988
On-going or Terminated?: 
On-going but no long-term endowment
Environment
Landuse: 
Other
Ecoregion: 
Cool Temperate
Slope (%): 
0-2%
Elevation (m): 
0-200
Geological material: 
Coastal plain sediments
Experimental Design
Design (short description): 
Eight locations, one natural and constructed marsh per location
Soil Classification
soilorder: 
Multiple
Soil taxa (ex, Great Group of Soil Taxonomy): 
Typic psammaqent Typic sulfaquent Typic haplosaprist
Soil/Data Archive
Soil solid samples archived: 
Yes
Samples from multiple depths: 
Yes
Sample frequency: 
>Every 5 years
Soil Solid Data
pH and acidity: 
No
Organic Carbon: 
Yes
Nitrogen: 
Yes
Other macronutrients: 
Yes
Micronutrients: 
No
Chemical Contaminents: 
No
Water holding capacity: 
No
Bulk Density: 
Yes
Mineralogy: 
No
Vegetation Data
Biomass above ground: 
Yes
Biomass below ground: 
Yes
Macronutrient contents: 
No
Micronutrient contents: 
No
Harvest mass: 
No
Harvest nutrient contents: 
No
Soil Biota Data
Macro-invertebrates: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
Yes
Micro-invertebrates: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
No
Microorganisms: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
No
Molecular biology studies: 
No