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GCE LTER Soils - LTSE

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Data Holder: 
Craft, Christopher
Publications: 
Freshwater input structures soil properties, vertical accretion and nutrient accumulation of Georgia and U.S. tidal marshes
Subnetworks: 
LTER - U.S. Long Term Ecological Research
Location:
Sapelo Island
United States
Latitude: 31.428037
Longitude: -81.279412
Background
Continent: 
North America
Year LTSE Began: 
2001
On-going or Terminated?: 
On-going but no long-term endowment
Environment
Dominant plant species (latin genus and species): 
Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus, Zizaniopsis milacea, Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica
Ecoregion: 
Warm Subtropical
Slope (%): 
0-2%
Elevation (m): 
0-200
Geological material: 
Coastal plain sediments
Experimental Design
Design (short description): 
10 permanent sites on three estuaries (Altamaha River, Doboy Sound, Sapelo River)
Number of permanent plots: 
10-20
Soil Classification
soilorder: 
Entisol
Soil taxa (ex, Great Group of Soil Taxonomy): 
Sulfaquents, Fluvaquents
Soil/Data Archive
Data Archive: 
Yes
Soil solid samples archived: 
Yes
Samples from multiple depths: 
Yes
Year of first sampling for archive: 
2001
Soil Solid Data
Organic Carbon: 
Yes
Nitrogen: 
Yes
Other macronutrients: 
Yes
Bulk Density: 
Yes